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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is steering an increasingly divided ship. Bloomberg

Federal Reserve poised for final rate cut this year amid growing divisions

Markets coalesce around quarter-point cut, but road forward grows more uncertain

Economy

US, Israel and Qatar holding talks in New York, report says

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Israel on Wednesday said it would open the Rafah crossing 'exclusively for the exit of residents'. AFP

Eight countries including UAE condemn Israeli plan to open Rafah as one-way exit from Gaza

News

Mike Waltz heads to Jordan and Israel as US pushes Gaza peace plan

US
President Donald Trump brought the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to Washington this week to sign a peace deal. Reuters

US focus on Middle East evolving as security dynamics shift, White House says

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Fifa awards Donald Trump its inaugural peace prize

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Kibbeh and courage: How a Syrian family is catering for an uncertain future in the US

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IMF regional director Jihad Azour said investment in AI will boost the UAE economy. Joshua Longmore / The National

InterviewAI investment a 'game changer' for UAE and Gulf, Jihad Azour says

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi at the launch of her book Let Them Know She is Here: Searching for the Queen of Mleiha at the Sharjah International Book Fair. Photo: SIBF

ReviewSheikha Bodour's book is self-portrait of one of Gulf’s key cultural thinkers

The Congress of Vienna, with ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815. The Vienna Congress was also notable for introducing a “moral order” dimension to policy that persists to this day. Getty Images

CommentThe GCC summit in Bahrain had echoes of the 1815 Vienna Congress

Demonstrators march in support of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Panama City. AFP

Business InsightsWhat political upheaval in Venezuela will mean for its energy sector

Most of Gaza's beehives have been destroyed during Israel's two-year war. Photo: Imad Ghazal

Buzz of Gaza's beehives silenced by Israel's war

Israel strikes the southern Lebanese village of Jbaa on Thursday. AFP

CommentFrom Venezuela to Lebanon, Trump is gradually encircling Iran and Hezbollah

Former US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin. AP

US Fed has been too slow lowering interest rates, says former treasury secretary


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Netflix strikes $72bn deal to buy Warner Bros studios

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New York Mayor Eric Adams issues order banning Israel divestment

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A Lukoil fuel station in Newark, New Jersey. Reuters

US pauses sanctions on Lukoil petrol stations until end of April

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A solider checks an Anduril Industries Ghost-X reconnaissance drone at the National Training Centre in Fort Irwin, California. Bloomberg

US launches one-way attack drone force in the Middle East

Pentagon chief had announced plan to make it easier for US military to buy and develop small drones

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Donald Trump disparages Minnesota's Somali community

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US pitches Fifa 2026 World Cup as perfect time to visit

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Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said young Americans were getting their information from social media. AFP

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Putin warns Europe against war as he meets Trump envoys

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Trump warns Israel to refrain from 'interfering' in Syria and maintain dialogue

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US and Syrian forces strike ISIS weapons stockpiles

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Iraq invites US companies to bid on West Qurna 2 oilfield

Russian major Lukoil, which holds 75% stake, is under heavy US sanctions

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US and Syrian forces strike ISIS weapons stockpiles

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Calls for inquiry after Hegseth accused of ordering killing of strike survivors

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