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August 17th, 2026 - 07:59 GMT

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$20 million scammer pardoned by Trump

ALBAWABA - John Long, pig farmer and Trump voter, was scammed out of $20 million by a Ponzi scheme created by Marian Morgan – after she was sentenced to 33 years in prison, Trump pardoned her. “We had justice and now it’s kind of like … ‘we’re going to let these criminals go out and do it again’,” John Long said, adding that Morgan is “criminally insane” and that “she’s ...

Women make up just 26.7 per cent of all its oil and energy industry profiles, the lowest percentage among the industries examined. (Mena Herald)

August 29th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Breaking the glass ceiling in energy: Oil and gas sector struggling with gender equality

It takes approximately one year to drill, another year for appraisal, two to three years to hammer out a production plan and another two to three years for full production before Lebanon can begin exporting gas. (Shutterstock)

August 29th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Lebanon's gas production and export will take seven years after decrees passed

The government originally proposed the tax rate to be 14 per cent but agreed to comprise the rate by one per cent to meet the demands of MPs calling for a lower rate. (Wikimedia Commons)

August 29th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Egypt's lawmakers agree on 13 percent VAT rate

Queen Rania stressed that patience is essential in every field except in education, due to the fast pace of advancements with which Jordan must keep up. (Instagram/Queen Rania Al Abdullah)

August 29th, 2016 - 10:12 GMT

Jordan's Queen Rania presses for educational reform

OPEC’s second-largest producer, trailing Saudi Arabia, Iraq depends on oil sales for 95 percent of its public spending. (AFP/File)

August 29th, 2016 - 08:54 GMT

Iraq to vie for a larger slice of the oil market

The new measures appear to be a response to directives issued by Saudi’s King Salman earlier this month, designed to protect foreign workers and guarantee they are paid. (File photo)

August 29th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Saudi labor ministry to provide legal aid in unpaid expat workers' disputes

Airport fees have until recently been avoided by Gulf states as they seek to gain a competitive advantage for business and to become regional hubs. (Flickr/Mohamod Fasil)

August 29th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Qatar to introduce airport passenger tax from August 30

Oil producing countries will hold an informal meeting in Algeria next month though it looks unlikely that they will reach an agreement to cut or freeze production to prop up oil prices.

(File photo)

August 29th, 2016 - 04:13 GMT

UAE to raise petrol prices in September

Uber and Careem suspended their operations in Abu Dhabi as of yesterday, August 27. (File photo)

August 28th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Uber, Careem suspend services in Abu Dhabi

Cuts would focus on areas where there are already a high number of Kuwaiti, GCC and Bedouin teachers, such as in social sciences. (Pixabay)

August 28th, 2016 - 11:23 GMT

Kuwait to sack hundreds of expat teachers in bid to reach 25 percent Kuwaitization

Egypt's cotton output has been declining for the past decade after farmers failed to adapt to shifting consumer demand for mass-produced items made from short- or medium-staple fiber, according to USDA. (Welspun India)

August 28th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

False labelling scandal in US reveals reality of decline in Egyptian cotton manufacturing

In July, Iran produced around 3.6 million bpd, 17 percent higher than during the first quarter of the year when initial production considerations emerged. (File photo)

August 28th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Iran to attend OPEC meeting, but will defend 'right to market share'