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Ahmad's, the replacement of McDonald's in Malaysia. (Ahmad's official Facebook page)

December 16th, 2025 - 11:42 GMT

Al Bawaba Staff

McDonald's boycott continues: Ahmad's replaces the fast-food giant in Malaysia

ALBAWABA - In a firm stance to support the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and despite the end of the attacks by the Israeli army, Malaysians continue to boycott McDonald's and the rest of the companies that support the occupation. Ahmad’s Fried Chicken is a local brand in Malaysia that originally started from a basic food truck on the road and expanded to 35 branches across the Asian country. The ...

The fund was allocated by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) during last year’s summit to support development projects in the Kingdom

June 10th, 2012 - 10:33 GMT

Qatar to pay $1.25b to Jordan through GCC fund

Algeria needs to import large quantities of refined fuel products such as gasoline and gasoil due to insufficient refining capacity

June 7th, 2012 - 11:22 GMT

Algeria tries to boost its oil and gas capacity

Budget deficit in first quarter reached LL1.009 trillion compared to LL1.655 trillion in the same period of 2001, a decrease of LL646 billion

June 7th, 2012 - 10:26 GMT

Can telecom revenues justify Lebanon's budget deficit?

Jordan will be among the countries that benefit from this global growth as the country’s tourism industry has solid roots

June 6th, 2012 - 11:55 GMT

Jordan's tourism recovers this year, fostered by global growth

The situation in Libya will continue to be monitored; but as of now it remains unsafe for any flights to resume

June 6th, 2012 - 11:44 GMT

Gunmen stall flights in Libya

Iranian nuclear programme has escalated the threat level in the region

June 6th, 2012 - 10:37 GMT

Saudi is threatened by Iran's nuclear plans

The price of 98-octane graded fuel is now LL34,600, while the 95-octane graded fuel is LL33,900

June 6th, 2012 - 10:27 GMT

Lebanese gasoline prices descend further

This increase compares to a yearly decline of 0.5 percent in the coincident indicator witnessed in the first three months of 2011

June 6th, 2012 - 10:17 GMT

Lebanon's economy booms first quarter

The UAE Ministry of Economy yesterday announced that while the country saw its gross domestic product (GDP) grow by 4.2 per cent in 2011 to Dhs981.7 billion

June 5th, 2012 - 12:13 GMT

UAE's shroud of darkness: on stand by for sluggish growth

The virus, dubbed “Flame”, is capable of spying on various computer files, notably those created by industrial engineers

June 5th, 2012 - 12:02 GMT

Microsoft virus afflicts mayhem on UAE

Large-engine cars, imported mainly from the US, cost around JD20,000 per car, making it affordable to the vast majority of medium-income Jordanians

June 5th, 2012 - 11:54 GMT

Elevated fuel price disturb Jordan's auto-trade

The measures pushed down the number of motors re-exported from the free zone in Jordan to Tripoli from around 150 cars a day to less than 50 per week

June 5th, 2012 - 10:12 GMT

Egypt red-tape blocks exports to Libya