Oil-rich Gulf countries have become a magnet for global wealth, and they’re trying new strategies to keep the good times rolling.
Middle East
The Arab League’s about-turn, engineered by Riyadh, coincides with Washington’s waning influence in the region as it shifts attention to China and Russia.
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has positioned the U.A.E. as a friend to all sides since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
The Turkish president emerged with a surprise advantage in a fight for his political survival ahead of a second round of voting with far-ranging domestic and geopolitical implications.
Egypt and U.N. mediated the truce. At least 33 Palestinians were killed, Gaza officials say, while militants fired more than 1,200 rockets, Israel’s military says.
The strike in March was one of four attempted drone attacks from Iraqi territory by Iranian-backed militias against U.S. forces outside the country since August.
European countries are alarmed by Iran’s progress in enriching uranium at close to weapons-grade levels.
A demand by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers to exempt their community from the draft is pushing the government to rethink what it requires of the nation’s youth.
An Israeli civilian was killed by Palestinian rocket fire, as Israel killed more senior Islamic Jihad commanders in targeted strikes.
Violence between the two sides continued to escalate following a series of Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
The Israeli military said it killed three Palestinian militant commanders in targeted bombings in the Gaza Strip that Palestinian officials said left 15 people dead.
As the U.S. tries to stop the illegal flow of dollars into Iran, local money traders next door in Iraq are finding new ways to get hold of greenbacks.
Move represents a rejection of U.S. goals as Arab countries forge policies independent of Western concerns.
The Biden administration has renewed direct talks with Syria to determine the fate of missing journalist Austin Tice and other Americans who disappeared during the nation’s civil war.
The incident came six days after Iranian forces in the Gulf of Oman seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker bound for Texas.
Israeli jet fighters struck targets in Gaza in response to the rocket attack.
Kevin McCarthy addressed Israel’s Knesset after the president aired concern about Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul.
If his killing is confirmed, he would be the extremist group’s third leader to die in less than 18 months.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure from within his own government to move forward even if a compromise cannot be reached.
Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani was fatally shot by a single assailant, a rare attack on a senior religious figure.
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