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A boy walks past a sign that reads 'Islamic State in Iraq and Syria' in Raqqa, Syria, August 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Zohra Bensemra

France, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Ahrar al-Sham demise signals defeat of ‘moderates’ in Syria

by Sami Moubayed August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A Kuwait Finance House branch in Kuwait. Photo: AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat

Bahrain, China, Egypt, Kuwait, Middle East, Turkey, World

Kuwait lender eyes China business amid Gulf saturation

by Asia Unhedged July 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Swedish defense contractor Saab has been selling its fighter aircraft to countries such as junta-ruled Thailand, but could run up against a new 'democracy clause' in Swedish law. Photo: AFP / Fabrice Cofferini

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Sweden vs France: the future of EU arms sales to Asia

by Emanuele Scimia July 20, 2017

Beijing, China, India, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

India takes balanced approach in the Middle East

by Manish Rai July 17, 2017July 17, 2017

People walk past a construction site at the Chinese part of the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Horgos, China, May 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov

AT Finance, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Beijing, Brunei, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, World

BRI could signal boom for worldwide ‘localization’ services

by Doug Tsuruoka July 16, 2017February 18, 2020

People walk in Mall of Qatar in Doha, on July 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Naseem Zeitoon

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Qatar rejects Arab states’ accusations, UK’s Johnson flies to Saudi

by Reuters July 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Shiite Muslim demonstrators burn an effigy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a protest in New Delhi on June 9, 2017. Photo: AFP

Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Military chief could be new commander of ISIS

by Sami Moubayed July 5, 2017February 18, 2020

People walk past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Bahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

China kicks off ‘Northbound’ bond trading on Monday

by Reuters July 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Arab states issue 13-point ultimatum to Qatar, 10-day deadline

by Reuters June 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing at a news conference announcing CK Hutchison Holdings company results. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Middle East, World

Hong Kong, Canadian funds bid for German metering firm Ista

by Reuters June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A still image taken from footage shot on June 18, 2017 and broadcast on Iranian television, purports to show missiles being fired from Iran into eastern Syria. Photo: IRINN via Reuters

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Five takeaways from Iran’s missile strike in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 20, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump waves to the crowd during a rally in Ohio. Photo: Reuters/John Sommers

AT Finance, Bahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Is Trump launching a new world order?

by Michael T. Klare June 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia on June 10, 2017. Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP Forum/Sefa Karacan

Bahrain, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Qatar dispute deepens Middle East divisions

by Reuters June 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani meets with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh, in June 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

Qatar’s wait-and-see strategy

by Barak Barfi June 10, 2017June 10, 2017

Souq Waqif market in Doha: Qatar's neighbors resent the country's ties to Muslim Brotherhood. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Trump berates Qatar as Gulf stand-off escalates

by Agence France-Presse June 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Doha, Qatar. Photo: Flickr Commons

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Is Qatar kaput?

by Norman A. Bailey June 9, 2017June 10, 2017

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to speak to the media outside 10 Downing Street. Photo: Reuters/Stefan Wermuth

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

What mandate for Theresa May?

by Chris Patten May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

Casinos are among the lures Russia is using to promote tourism and investment into the underpopulated but resource rich Far East region. Photo: Vitaliy Ankov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik

AT Finance, Bahrain, Brunei, China, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

Russia eases visas to lure investors, tourists to Far East

by Asia Times staff April 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Air Koryo adds to fizz to North Korea's aviation industry. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Colas, cigarettes: Air Koryo branches out to dodge sanctions

by James Pearson and Sue-Lin Wong April 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

The honeymoon of the generals

by Tom Engelhardt April 24, 2017

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud welcomes Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a reception ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 11, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via Reuters

AT Finance, Bahrain, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, World

Duterte dazzles in Gulf state jaunt

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Jollibee on King's Road in North Point. Photo: Asia Times, Jollibee

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, Singapore

Jollibee draws crowds to new North Point branch

by Asia Times staff April 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Rosie the Riveter is symbolic of an age when America mobilized its citizens for WWII. Illustration: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Demobilizing America: a nation made by war and a citizenry unmade by it

by Tom Engelhardt April 5, 2017April 5, 2017

Design illustration of a smart city to be built in Kuwait by a consortium of South Korean firms. Source: Yonhap

Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea

South Korea building ‘smart’ city in Kuwait in 2019

by Asia Unhedged April 3, 2017February 18, 2020

King Abdullah II and Vladimir Putin. The Jordanian leader has been silently supportive of Russia's military intervention in Syria. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Revamped jihadi militia opens new chapter of violence

by Sami Moubayed March 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Like their two heavyweight wrestlers seen here battling it out for gold at last year's Olympics, Egypt and Iran have been great rivals for centuries. But they have also proved great sources of stability and repositories of civilization. Photo: Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

Egyptian-Iranian détente a boon for the region and beyond

by Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Yassin El-Ayouty March 1, 2017March 3, 2017

When hopes were high: Libyan men ritually slaughter two camels to celebrate the liberation of the country in Martyr's Square, Tripoli, on October 23, 2011. Photo: AFP

Egypt, European Union, France, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

ISIS thriving in Libya 6 years after revolt against Gaddafi

by Sami Moubayed February 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Struggling to escape Khomeini's shadow: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani casts his ballot in a 2012 parliamentary election in Tehran, with an image of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, looming behind him. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iranian president and kingmaker

by Sami Moubayed January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Peter Zhang (left), Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Sir Richard Heygate signed an MOU in March 2016.

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

SinoFortone – ragtag opportunists or a front for Beijing?

by Richard Cook January 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

How the US ends up training al-Qaeda and ISIS collaborators

by Christina Lin December 10, 2016December 9, 2016