Middle East
Dubai debt shock knocks £14bn off bank shares
Britain is in the front line as fears grow over exposure to the Gulf emirate's financial problems. Sarah Arnott reports on a day that sent global stock markets reeling.
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UN watchdog raps Iran over nuclear programme
Friday, 27 November 2009
Twenty-five nations backed a resolution that demands Tehran immediately freeze construction of its newly revealed nuclear facility.
'Iraq invasion was of questionable legitimacy'
Friday, 27 November 2009
The invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said today.
Curtain rises on new dawn for Iraqi theatre
Friday, 27 November 2009
As the clock strikes eight, the curtain is raised at the Iraqi National Theatre in what actors hope is a return to regular night-time performances, six and a half years after the US invasion.
Is Dubai the 'New Lehmans'?
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Sean O'Grady: The disarray in Dubai looks like losing everyone involved about $80bn and has already shaken the stock markets.
Dubai's debt shakes world markets
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Debt-swamped Dubai today asked for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills, causing a drop on world markets.
Israeli cabinet approves settlement 'restriction'
Thursday, 26 November 2009
The Israeli cabinet has approved a "restriction" of West Bank settlement construction for a 10-month period in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says is a bid to show the world that Israel wants peace with the Palestinians.
'Iraq was not top of weapons concerns list'
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Foreign Office officials said they believed Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme had been dismantled.
Does this show British soldiers broke Geneva Conventions?
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Public inquiry to be launched into allegations of abuse against Iraqi civilians at UK-run detention camp
Saddam options 'discussed a year before Iraq war'
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
British officials privately discussed the prospect of "regime change" in Iraq in late 2001 - more than a year before the invasion.
British tourist killed in Israeli helicopter crash
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
The helicopter crashed about 300 metres from the seaside city of Netanya this afternoon.
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