Thousands of employees at the largest construction firm in Dubai went on strike for the second straight day in demand of back wages. The strike is a very rare protest by labor in the Gulf Emirate. Unions in the Emirate are banned and therefore striking is something that is quite rare. Blue collar workers at Arabtec, the company that has built projects such as Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the... 

Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria, said he would not resign the presidency prior to the 2014 elections. He warned those in the opposition in an interview with a newspaper from Argentina. Assad said that foreign intervention is to blame for the crisis in his country and he welcomed, albeit cautiously, a proposed peace conference set up by Russia and the U.S. Assad was speaking to the state news... 

On Tuesday, the security services in Russia claimed they had arrested an agent of the CIA who was posing as a U.S. Embassy employee in Moscow. The Russian’s alleged that the agent was attempting to recruit a secret service agent from Russia to work for the U.S. Russia’s Federal Security Service announced the detention of a man they identified as Ryan Fogle on May 13 for the attempted recruiting... 

Natural gas production in the U.S is setting new records annually. Times of surging prices because of shortages are a thing of the past and talk now is about how much of the natural resource should be exported. Just a couple of years ago, exporting would have been unthinkable as demand far exceed supply, but today the exporting of liquefied natural gas is thought of as a means for help the country’s... 

Analysts have said that until deeper reforms regarding the economy can kick it, micro loans, job training and helping to establish businesses is a way to fix the Middle East’s huge unemployment problem. One of the causes of high unemployment with youths in the region is the gap between what is being taught to students in schools and universities versus the skills that are needed by employers. In... 

Humanitarian Organization Save the Children released on Monday its annual report on the state of mothers across the globe. The report states that even though great progress has been made in reducing the maternal and newborn deaths, each year nearly three million babies die between the first day of birth and the 30th day. A large number of those three million only live for hours after being born. Carolyn... 

A limousine, which was traveling across a major bridge near San Francisco burst into flames. The blaze killed five passengers who were female and had been trapped inside the vehicle. Four others were also injured but were able to escape the blaze, said authorities. The limo had been carrying nine female passengers and one male driver when it burst afire on the San Mateo Bridge late Saturday, said the... 

Department of Homeland Security ordered agents from Border Protection and U.S. Customs, effective immediately, to verify that all foreign students who want to enter the U.S. have valid student visas, said a government official on Friday. The memo was distributed earlier in the week as a reform to the student visa system, an official said. The reform effort is to provide the government agency with updates...