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As Trump’s aid freeze tests Jordan’s economic stability, can Gulf and China offer lifeline?

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Jordanian King Abdullah II as he departs the White House, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 2025.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Chinese lessons in Saudi schools show growing ties

Mandarin's entry into public schools is the latest sign of growing ties between Saudi Arabia and China

Agence France-Presse

Two winners from Iran's elections: Hardliners and security crackdown

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 01: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R)leaves after casting his ballots during the parliamentary and key clerical body elections at a polling station on March 1, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Iranians are voting in parliamentary elections and will also cast ballots for the Assembly of Experts, which selects and nominally oversees the work of Iran's supreme leader. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Oscars nod 'truly magical' for Iranian film's young stars

L-R: Mahsa Rostami, Niousha Akhshi and Setareh Maleki are now living in exile in Berlin after filming 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'

Agence France-Presse

Saudi Aramco, QatarEnergy, UAE’s Emirates among Fortune Arabia top 10

QatarEnergy

Egypt unveils first ancient royal tomb since Tutankhamun

Antiquities ministry pictures showing the location and entrance to the tomb

Agence France-Presse

What’s behind crash of Middle East diesel exports to Europe?

FABIAN BIMMER/AFP via Getty Images

With 32% trade boost, Turkey eyes Saudi investments amid domestic downturn

Saudi Arabia and Turkey's national flags flutter outside the presidential complex in Ankara prior to the arrival of the Saudi crown prince to Ankara, June 22, 2022.

Analysis

Despite hopes of Trump's envoy, Lebanon-Israel normalization deemed unrealistic

A vehicle drives past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the latest war, near the border wall in the southern Lebanese village of Ramia on March 5, 2025. Lebanese official media said two people were wounded on March 5 when Israeli drones attacked a vehicle in the south, a day after a deadly raid and despite a November 27 ceasefire. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP) (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Dario Sabaghi

By Dario Sabaghi

Moody’s upgrades outlook for Turkish banks amid economic U-turn

Borsa Istanbul