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Mar 18, 2014

Fresh controversy hits Qatar World Cup

UK newspaper claims $2m changed hands after Gulf state won bid

Global Insight Emir of Qatar faces first test
David Gardner Qatar stands firm
Gulf states withdraw Qatar ambassadors
Lex Qatar stocks – IQ test

Analysis

Tea with FT Middle East: Subhash Chandra

Billionaire media mogul launches new channel dubbing Indian soaps and lifestyle programmes into Arabic to feed the Middle East’s appetite for subcontinental content

Mar 16, 2014

Dubai agrees refinancing deal

UAE extends maturity of $20bn in bonds and loans for five years

Mar 14, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

Saudi Arabia grants aid to Pakistan

Riyadh $1.5bn package boosts Islamabad’s foreign reserves

IMF approves $6.6bn Pakistan loan
In depth Syria crisis

Omani leader Sultan Qaboos bin Said (2nd r) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) walk during a welcome ceremony in Muscat on March 12, 2014. Rouhani arrived in Oman for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional tensions. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED MAHJOUB (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED MAHJOUB/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mar 13, 2014 MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY

Rouhani seals gas deal with Oman

Iranian leader’s visit to ally is his first to an Arab neighbour

Café reveals softer side to Iran’s basij
Javad Zarif Iran keeps its word

Mar 9, 2014

Arabtec in housing deal with Egypt’s military

UAE company to build 1m units

File picture of Qatar's Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani at the 12th Arab Games in Doha

Mar 9, 2014 Global Insight

Emir of Qatar faces his first big test

Doha in a spat with Gulf neighbours over support for Islamists

David Gardner Qatar stands firm
Savvy and affable but untested - Sheikh Tamim Profile

Egypt Copts bear brunt of Islamist anger

Egyptian policemen take position in the City of Delga

Fears grow over possible return to low-level insurgency in the country

Misurata’s brigades exert pressure on Libya

A Libyan flag flies on Tripoli Street in Misurata

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The wartime experiences of Misurata still cast a destabilising shadow over the country’s politics.

Mar 7, 2014 David Gardner

Qatar stands firm over Brotherhood backing

Spat between Gulf states continues as Doha refuses to alter policies

Fresh controversy hits Qatar World Cup
Global Insight Emir of Qatar faces first test

Mar 5, 2014

Gulf states withdraw Qatar ambassadors

Frustration over maverick foreign policy prompts moves

Fresh controversy hits Qatar World Cup
Global Insight Emir of Qatar faces first test

Mar 5, 2014 The A-List from COMMENT

The Saudis and Pakistan’s shift on Syria

Islamabad’s move to back the rebels will have serious consequences, writes Ahmed Rashid

An anti-government protester throws a tear gas canister during clashes after a revisit to the grave of detainee Jaffar Mohammed, in the village of Daih west of Manama, March 3, 2014. An explosion that went off while policemen were dispersing demonstrators in Bahrain killed three police personnel on Monday, the Interior Ministry said on its Twitter account. It said that a group of protesters had broken away from a mourning procession in the village of Daih and started blocking roads. The explosion took place as the policemen were trying to disperse the rioters, it added. There was no immediate word on what had caused the blast. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

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Mar 4, 2014 MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY

Signs of Iran meddling in Bahrain grow

Concern Tehran may be exploiting discontent among Shia radicals

Feb 28, 2014 COMMENT

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Stickler Scot who invoked an emir’s powers to build Dubai

Feb 26, 2014

UAE focuses on putting Egypt economy on track

Feb 23, 2014 UK

CPS focuses on improved asset recovery

Agency to send lawyers to countries with criminals hiding assets

Feb 19, 2014 UK

BAE strikes Eurofighter deal with Saudis

Agreement on pricing 72 jets seen as coup for UK company

Feb 17, 2014 COMPANIES

UAE financial hub sets to lure investors

Abu Dhabi appoints ex-Dubai regulator to oversee centre launch

Feb 4, 2014

Saudi Arabia targets its Syria fighters

Kingdom will imprison citizens who fight abroad

Feb 3, 2014

Saudi rulers face dilemma on reforms

Need to expand opportunities to put economy on stronger footing

Feb 3, 2014

Pakistan eyes $2.5bn gas deal with Qatar

Deal worth as much as $2.5bn a year for the supply of LNG

Jan 29, 2014 MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY

Saudi women defy tradition to enter work

Private sector employment benefits female workers

Jan 27, 2014

Low cost of US shale gas attracts UAE

Gulf state looks abroad to meet soaring domestic energy demand

Multimedia

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A Spanish national flag flies from a construction site advertising a residential show flat in Madrid, Spain

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Supporter of BJP holds a mask of Hindu nationalist Modi during a rally being addressed by Modi in New Delhi

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The new Imperial College building on Exhibition road, South Kensington.

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This undated hand out picture released by Norway's energy group Statoil on January 17, 2013 shows vehicles parked at the In Amenas gas field, jointly operated by British oil giant BP, Norway's Statoil and state-run Algerian energy firm Sonatrach, in eastern Algeria near the Libyan border. Algerian troops surrounded Islamists holding foreign hostages at the gas field on January 17, a day after a deadly attack the gunmen said was in reprisal for Algeria's cooperation in French operations in Mali. The Islamists told Mauritanian media they were holding 41 Westerners. Their captives included French, British and Japanese citizens, as well as seven Americans, they said, adding that the action was in response to Algeria's opening of its air space to French warplanes involved in an assault on Islamists in neighbouring Mali.