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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    News in-depthEbrahim Raisi
    Iranian hardliners back Raisi’s low-key approach despite protests

    President avoids clashes with other politicians, leading to rare unity across state bodies

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Atlas Merchant Capital LLC
    Bob Diamond’s private equity firm raises funding from Qatar

    Atlas Merchant Capital secures commitment of $100mn from Qatar Financial Centre and seeks $1.5bn from other investors

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
    Biden’s about-turn on Saudi war in Yemen

    US hopes truce between Riyadh-backed coalition and Iran-supported rebels will take hold but prospects remain slim

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Hajj flights from Israel to Saudi Arabia included in talks to improve ties

    US brokers effort to help former foes normalise relations as Joe Biden’s visit approaches

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    EU immigration
    Rights groups call for probe after more than 20 migrants killed at Spanish enclave

    ‘Stampede’ said to have happened as 2,000 tried to breach fence separating Morocco and territory of Melilla

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran and EU herald fresh talks to revive nuclear accord in ‘coming days’

    Negotiations between UK, France, Germany, Russia, China and indirectly the US have been on hold since March

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Masterpiece London 2022
    Tutankhamun rises again in show looking at ancient Egypt’s cultural legacy

    The Factum Foundation’s display at the Masterpiece art fair has a digital recreation of the pharaoh’s tomb

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US reminds UAE of vigilance to combat Russian sanctions evasion

    Gulf ally told that insufficient due diligence is not a defence amid fears of ‘illicit financial flows’

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Lebanon
    Lebanese lenders claim IMF plan to seize assets breaks the law

    Proposal to seize assets labelled unlawful and unconstitutional

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    News in-depthIsrael
    Israel’s Netanyahu prepares for comeback

    Collapse of coalition means country’s longest-serving prime minister has a shot at return to power

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    UK trade
    UK seeks Gulf trade boost as talks start to secure deal

    Negotiations on agreement with GCC will skirt contentious issue of human rights

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Israel
    Israel faces fifth election in three years

    Premier Naftali Bennett and foreign minister Yair Lapid have ‘exhausted options’ to stabilise government

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from June 20: UK rail strikes to go ahead, Russia threatens retaliation against Lithuania following rail ‘blockade’
  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin claims Russia has weathered sanctions better than Europe

    Remarks contrast with data from western institutions, which estimate blow to EU has been less severe

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Libya oil output holds up despite port shutdowns and protests

    Country is producing about 700,000 barrels of crude a day, western diplomats and analysts say

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Energy crisis
    Israel and Egypt to boost gas deliveries to EU

    New energy deal signed in Cairo as Brussels aims to reduce dependence on Russia

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    The Big Read
    Oil vs human rights: Biden’s controversial mission to Saudi Arabia

    The president’s trip to Riyadh next month is a remarkable U-turn that was sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Sanctions-hit Russian businessmen seek tips from Iran

    Tehran’s expertise at accessing the world’s black markets is in demand as war in Ukraine offers unexpected benefits

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    EU energy
    EU looks to Israel as it battles Russian energy ‘blackmail’

    Commission president Von der Leyen discusses co-operation over offshore gas infrastructure

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    US foreign policy
    Biden to visit Saudi Arabia and Israel during Middle East trip

    US president to meet Saudi crown prince in reversal of policy towards oil-rich ally

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Janan Ganesh
    Joe Biden is right to go to Saudi Arabia

    The west is in a struggle against some autocracies, not ‘autocracy’

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Joe Biden’s U-turn on Saudi Arabia lays bare the west’s energy dilemma

    Russia's war in Ukraine has forced US to seek more supplies from other autocracies

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    News in-depthIran nuclear deal
    Crisis over cameras threatens to scupper Iran nuclear talks

    Tehran and western powers struggle to find Plan B as analysts warn of ‘lose-lose’ escalation

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Brookings Institution
    John Allen resigns from Brookings over Qatar lobbying allegations

    FBI has been investigating whether retired general secretly lobbied for Gulf country

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    Iraq
    Iraq bans citizens from interactions with Israel

    New law puts Baghdad at odds with Gulf nations building closer ties with Jewish state

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