5:48pm

Wealth gap rises under Ahmadi-Nejad

Oil revenues shrink with international sanctions

Analysis

HSBC Bank Chief Executive Officer Simon Cooper speaks during the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Dubai October 26, 2009. ©Reuters
HSBC Mideast chief sees exponentially growing connections
– Simeon Kerr
4:53pm

War set to cause food shortages in Syria

Farming sector in ‘tatters’ warns UN as production tumbles

From COMMENT 6:57pm

There will be no peace dividend after Afghanistan

Bad decisions exact a high price, write Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference during her visit to Stormont Castle ©AFP From US & CANADA 5:43pm

Clinton warns over north Africa crises

Mali could become ‘safe haven’ for Islamist rebels

Yair Lapid ©AFP From ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT 5:01pm

Former Israeli TV presenter seizes spotlight

Centrist Yair Lapid surges in poll to become potential kingmaker

Global Insight from ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT 4:57pm

Israelis clip Netanyahu’s wings

Prime minister will have to look to centre for coalition partners

A Lebanese trader monitors the market at the Byblos bank dealing room in Beirut ©Reuters MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE 4:29pm

Byblos Bank tests risky African frontiers

The bank is looking to expand further overseas

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY 1:35pm

Centre-left revival shakes up Israel

Middle-class voters shift focus to economic and social issues

IRAN 12:08pm

Iran’s car industry output falls sharply

Decline of about 50% in volume ‘unprecedented’

Return to power: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at his campaign headquarters on Wednesday ©Getty MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY 10:31am

Netanyahu vows to build ‘broad coalition’

Israeli PM suffers election blow but remains favourite to form government

Jan 22, 2013

Russia signals talks with Syrian groups

Moscow says it will hold deeper negotiations with opposition

Jan 22, 2013

Jordan election undermined by boycott

Critics believe vote will take place under biased system

The World Jan 22, 2013

In the Picture – Israel’s 2013 election

From COMPANIES Jan 21, 2013

Total ‘oil-for-food’ trial opens in Paris

Energy group accused of bribery over UN programme in Iraq

From UK Jan 21, 2013

Cameron vows strong response to threat

UK to offer more assistance to French operation in Mali

Global Insight Jan 21, 2013

Bloody past shapes fortress Algeria’s reflex

The progress of al-Qaeda radicals was underestimated

IRAN Jan 21, 2013

Tussle over Iran central bank governor

Currency falls 8% amid confusion over fate of Mahmoud Bahmani

Roula Khalaf from US & CANADA Jan 21, 2013

The US cannot stay out of the Middle East

Sometimes there is no alternative to American leadership

Jan 21, 2013

Satellite telecoms group ‘turning corner’

Chief executive at UAE group says Thuraya has ‘changed momentum’

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Jan 21, 2013

Just Falafel’s taste for fast expansion

Fast-food outlet uses franchise partners for global chain

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