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Middle East Minute for January 22, 2022

Outcry as Iran executes young protester with mental illness: judiciary

Mohammad Ghobadlou

Saudi Arabia markets Middle East's first euro green bond: What to know

Delegates arrive for the opening session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD COP16, in the Saudi capital Riyadh on December 2, 2024. Saudi Arabia is hosting the COP16 UN conference on land degradation and desertification as the top oil exporter pitches itself as an environmental defender despite criticism of its role at climate talks. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia, US to name negotiators on ending Ukraine war: Washington

The talks triggered concern in Ukraine and Europe following the United States' recent overtures towards the Kremlin

Agence France-Presse

US-Russia talks conclude in Saudi Arabia, most high-level meeting since 2023: What to know

TOPSHOT - (L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace on February 18, 2025. Top US and Russian diplomats were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on res

UAE doubles tax inspections in first half of 2022

Ras al-Khaimah

Egypt’s monthly inflation falls for first time in 2022

Workers sort oranges at the MAFA farms pack house on January 31, 2021 in Cairo, Egypt.

Public backlash as Iran closes $3.7B corruption case, largest in its history

A man checks old banknotes in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on March 3, 2025. Iran's parliament sacked the country's finance minister on March 2 after impeaching him over soaring inflation and a plunging currency, state television reported. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

AL-Monitor Doha: Ramadan festivities arrive to the Old Port

TOPSHOT - Qatari soldiers fire the cannon marking the end of the first fasting day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and signalling for people to have their "iftar" fast-breaking meal, at Souq Waqif bazaar in Doha on March 1, 2025. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)