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Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, illustrating the region’s shifting political landscape.
The United Arab Emirates, which has translated its wealth into outsize global influence, is diverging from U.S. foreign policy — particularly when it comes to isolating Russia and limiting ties with China.
Archeologists and palaeontologists say legislation needed to protect major finds championed by David AttenboroughLeading British archaeologists and palaeontologists are warning that one of the nation’s most significant palaeolithic sites is under threa…
Some 40 countries that have largely remained on the sidelines of the war were invited to talks this weekend in Saudi Arabia, as Ukraine redoubles international efforts to isolate Moscow.
Parliamentary ombudsman says Matthew Hedges was let down by UK government during imprisonmentThe UK’s parliamentary ombudsman has found that the Foreign Office “failed to notice signs of torture” when officials visited a British academic imprisoned in …
Exclusive: Long list of ‘sensitive’ topics for petrostate include oil and gas production, emissions and Yemen war crimesA comprehensive list of “touchy and sensitive issues” for the United Arab Emirates, which is running the next UN climate summit, has…
Mohammed Baharoon explores the ‘quantum’ politics of the Middle East, its regional dynamics, the role of the BRICS, and the effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the region.
Dubai is more socially lenient than much of the Middle East, but vaguely worded laws forbid any speech, including journalism and satire, that is deemed critical of authorities or insulting to the United Arab Emirates.
As Russian oil and gas imports fell petrostates including UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia increased exports to UKUK fossil fuel imports from authoritarian petrostates surged to £19.3bn in the year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it can be revealed….
Sultan Al Jaber – Cop28 president and CEO of state oil firm – is ‘ally the climate movement needs’, posts sayAn army of fake social media accounts on Twitter and the blogging site Medium have been promoting and defending the controversial hosting of a …