4:09am

UAE financial association board resigns

Boardroom dispute leaves industry group in disarray

Analysis

HSBC Bank Chief Executive Officer Simon Cooper speaks during the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Dubai October 26, 2009. ©Reuters
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8:28pm

Bahrain makes overture to opposition

Approach to restart dialogue in troubled Gulf state

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY 6:07pm

Jordan elects mostly pro-government MPs

Poll boycotted by Muslim Brotherhood-led opposition

From UK 2:05pm

UK advises Britons to leave Benghazi

Foreign Office is aware of threats to westerners in the Libyan city

Editorial from COMMENT 6:44pm

Bibi’s constraints

Netanyahu should look to centre for coalition partners

Jan 23, 2013

Wealth gap rises under Ahmadi-Nejad

Oil revenues shrink with international sanctions

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference during her visit to Stormont Castle ©AFP From US & CANADA Jan 23, 2013

Clinton warns over north Africa crises

Mali could become ‘safe haven’ for Islamist rebels

Yair Lapid ©AFP From ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT Jan 23, 2013

Former Israeli TV presenter seizes spotlight

Centrist Yair Lapid surges in poll to become potential kingmaker

Global Insight Jan 23, 2013

Israelis clip Netanyahu’s wings

The prime minister will have to look to the centre for coalition partners

Jan 23, 2013

War set to cause food shortages in Syria

UN warns farming sector is in ‘tatters’ as production tumbles

MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Jan 23, 2013

Byblos Bank tests risky African frontiers

The bank is looking to expand further overseas

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Jan 23, 2013

Centre-left revival shakes up Israel

Middle-class voters shift focus to economic and social issues

IRAN Jan 23, 2013

Iran’s car industry output falls sharply

Decline of about 50% in volume ‘unprecedented’

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Jan 23, 2013

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

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