The Gulf Arab states will discuss a proposal next month to revalue their currencies, the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdul Rahman al-Attiyah, said Saturday. Saudi Arabia, the ...

Gulf Arab nations put into force a monetary pact Tuesday, moving a step closer toward the elusive goal of a single regional currency and greater integration between the mainly oil-rich states.

DOHA, Qatar — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought Arab support today for his idea of a new oil-backed currency to challenge the U.S. dollar at a twin-region summit whose agenda focuses on ...

The UAE dirham is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. It is subdivided into 100 fils. It is pegged to the U.S. dollar and is among the world’s most stable currencies.

No matter how convincing a case a sinking dollar, soaring inflation and U.S. interest rate cuts may appear to make for Gulf Arab currency reform, the oil producers are not quite ready to tinker ...

Arab anti-Zionist agitators will refuse to accept Palestine currency and banknotes bearing Hebrew inscriptions, according to a report published by the Arab newspaper, “Assiassa”.

Tunisian Prime Minister Yousef El-Shahed is targeting the foreign-currency black market as his government bids to boost state coffers and promote growth, after the slumping economy triggered some ...

10.00 – 11.15 Jairus Banaji (IAS) 'Late Antiquity to Early Islam: Legacies, Ruptures and Innovation' Discussant: Michael Morony (UCLA) 11.15 – 12.30 Gene Heck (Riyadh) 'Precious metals and the ...