Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East may lose its geopolitical significance in the post-oil world. Photo: Reuters

The Middle East in a post-oil world

Saudi Arabia may become what the Vatican City is for the Christians, while the leadership of the Islamic world could shift away to non-Arab countries like Malaysia, Turkey and Indonesia

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks arrive from Iran, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, at Najaf airport, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

Middle Eastern countries to reimpose restrictions as Eid holiday approaches

FILE PHOTO: US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook speaks during a joint news conference with Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Gulf dispute has gone on too long, US envoy says on visit

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Middle East dual shock spillover on Bangladesh’s remittance

FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, US, as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meets with Argentine Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

IMF slashes Middle East and Central Asia growth forecasts

Partners of convenience. Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP via Bloomberg

China is not the Middle East’s high roller

An Iraqi soldier wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant to sanitize a street, during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq March 31, 2020.REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Middle East at 'critical threshold' in pandemic - WHO

Houses are seen in the Jewish settlement of Itamar, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Israel’s annexation of the West Bank would be a gift to Iran

Momen directs Bangladeshi ambassadors in Middle East to ensure expats’ welfare

Momen directs Bangladeshi ambassadors in Middle East to ensure expats’ welfare

FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes temperature of passengers of a van, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Taiz, Yemen April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

Coronavirus could cause upheaval across Middle East: Red Cross

FILE PHOTO: A Saudi man walks past a poster depicting Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, after a curfew was imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Coronavirus to hit Mideast growth more than 2008 crisis, 2015 oil shock: IMF

Workers wearing protective face masks work on a residential construction site, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike

Gulf's migrant workers left stranded and struggling by coronavirus outbreak

Expatriate Bangladeshis won’t lose overseas jobs: Shahriar

Expatriate Bangladeshis won’t lose overseas jobs: Shahriar