REUTERS Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways said on its major shareholder had no current plans to divest its stake in the airline. The carrier was responding to press reports that Boodai Corporation, an investment holding conglomerate, hired HSBC Bank Middle East Limited to advise it on a possible stake sale. Sources had confirmed this to Reuters early last week. Jazeera Airways’ major …

Istanbul / AFP Turkish authorities on Saturday raced to set up reception centres to process Syrian and other migrants two days ahead of the implementation of a hugely controversial deal with the EU for them to be sent back from Greece to Turkish soil. Turkey is due to start receiving migrants who crossed the Aegean Sea for EU member Greece …

Bloomberg President Barack Obama said he was concerned that crackdowns against the press by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could lead his nation down a “troubling” path. The comments, which represented a rare pointed critique of the leader of a NATO ally, came the day after Turkish security officials clashed with protesters and reporters before Erdogan delivered a speech in …