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Arab Investments hopes its £36m hotel will offer smokers an oasis from the ban that has forced them out of most buildings since 2007

Dublin-based software group wins key contract

Response, including violent threats and offers of rewards to those who kill Hamza Kashgari, merited a firm reaction from the authorities

Turkey backs effort to force Assad to end the violence, saying it could not stay silent after ‘fiasco’ of Russian and Chinese UN veto

Prime minister criticises Paul Auster and senior AK party member says the novelist is part of a conspiracy to destabilise the government

Doha recruits veteran leader of the UK financial services industry as looming regulatory changes in UAE raise alarm in the funds sector

Move marks breakthrough in long-running effort to heal the rivalry between the two biggest forces in the Palestinian national movement

Serious consideration should be given to whether to arm the rebels and how and when to establish humanitarian corridors

Planned privatisation of the stock exchange has drawn criticism but proponents insist it is the best way of improving performance

Leadership change reveals shift in focus towards Turkey and Saudi Arabia as investors shun north African economies, fearing political upheaval