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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    AnalysisManchester City Football Club PLC
    The rise of Abu Dhabi power broker Khaldoon al-Mubarak

    He has helped transform Man City into a slick, trophy-winning machine

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Indonesia looks to set up sovereign wealth fund

    Initiative would be modelled on Singapore’s Temasek with focus on start-ups

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Gideon Rachman
    Trump, Obama and their battle with the ‘blob’

    The Nato summit underlines a surprising continuity in US foreign policy

  • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
    AnalysisOpec
    Five things to watch at this week’s Opec meeting 

    With Saudi Aramco IPO imminent, ministers will debate production deal, role of Russia and US shale impact

  • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
    Iran
    Iranians left with questions after worst violence in decades

    Many people killed and hundreds of buildings torched in week of protests

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Nato
    Erdogan calls Macron ‘brain-dead’ over Nato comments

    Dispute over Turkish invasion of Syria heats up as alliance prepares to meet in London

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    FT CollectionsMergers & Acquisitions
    Prize assets

    LVMH buys Tiffany and Manchester City becomes one of sport’s most valuable businesses

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Iraq
    Iraq’s prime minister to resign after weeks of protests

    Adel Abdul Mahdi’s decision to step down follows intervention from country’s senior Shia cleric

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco flotation to rely on local money

    Foreign investor subscriptions less than 11% as data confirms scaled back ambitions

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  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Iraq
    Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate as anti-Tehran anger grows

    Arson is second such attack in weeks of violent demonstrations

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Lebanon
    Lebanon urged to restructure debt as crisis deepens

    Embattled government under pressure to use limited reserves for imports

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Barclays PLC
    Ex-Barclays banker denies devising Qatari side deal

    Roger Jenkins says he would not have made proposal without approval of his bosses

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Chloe Cornish
    Turmoil in Lebanon is hurting Syria

    As Beirut runs out of hard cash, businesses across the border suffer

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    FT CollectionsPrize assets
    Why the Gulf states are betting on sport

    Saudi Arabia is following Qatar and the UAE in spending big on sporting events

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco turns to Gulf funds to prop up IPO

    Abu Dhabi expected to invest $1.5bn as major backer of oil company’s flotation

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Turkey
    Turkey and Qatar boost currency swap arrangement to $5bn

    Larger swap line could lift Turkey’s foreign currency reserves by as much as $2bn

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Barclays PLC
    Former Qatari PM wanted to be ‘special gulf guy’ for Barclays, court hears

    Senior banker tells fraud trial how he cultivated business ties with Sheikh Hamad

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia arrests writers in fresh crackdown, says rights group

    Security officials said to have raided homes and seized laptops and mobile phones

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Egypt
    Egypt news outlet raided after report on Sisi’s son

    Journalists detained in ’dangerous escalation’ of regime crackdown

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Rivals bid to challenge Netanyahu after corruption charges

    Pressure mounts on Israeli prime minister to step down or hold leadership contest

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Iraq
    Crackdown on Iraq protests echoes Saddam Hussein era

    Worst repression in years as Baghdad veers away from democratic promise

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Israel
    Defiant Netanyahu on the attack over bribery charges

    Israeli PM fights for survival against indictments, opposition and some in own party

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco looks for IPO support close to home

    Local banks, citizens and even the kingdom’s clerics seek stake in national champion

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Israel
    Netanyahu charges threaten to deepen Israel political crisis

    Prime minister calls indictment for bribery, fraud and breach of trust ‘attempted coup’

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Israel
    Israel moves closer to third election after unity talks fail

    Challenger Benny Gantz’s deadline to form governing majority due to expire

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