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Venture capital funding in Middle East falls by 29% in 2024

An employee at tech startup al-Gameya, uses a computer with the official Facebook page of the application open on a web browser, at the company offices in Cairo, on Sept. 12, 2021.

Trump says pro-Palestinian campus protester 'first arrest of many to come'

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Columbia University campus to mark one year of the war between Hamas and Israel in New York City on October 7, 2024

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Gulf sovereign investors unshaken by Middle East wars but opt for global markets

A photograph taken on October 28, 2019 shows Saudi and foreign journalists at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) badge collection centre in the Saudi capital Riyadh. - Top finance executives and political leaders have converged on Saudi capital Riyadh for a Davos-style investment forum, in stark contrast to last year's mass boycott following the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. US officials and the heads of giant banks, top asset management firms and major sovereign wealth funds top the g

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Trump warns Gaza 'you are dead' if hostages not freed

Outgoing Israel armed forces chief Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi (C-L) and his successor, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir (C-R) listen to a reading from the Torah during a visit to the Western Wall

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Israel halts Gaza electricity supply ahead of new truce talks

The initial phase of the Israel-Hamas truce brought relative calm to Gaza after more than 15 months of war devastated the territory

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US strikes in Yemen kill 31 as Trump vows to end Huthi attacks

A US Central Command (CENTCOM) photgraph shows forces launching strikes against Huthi targets in Yemen

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Lebanon faces IMF test as new cabinet prioritizes economy, reconstruction

TOPSHOT - UNIFIL vehicles drive past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun near the border with Israel on February 19, 2025. Israeli forces withdrew from a series of border villages including southeast Lebanon's Odaisseh, Kfar Kila, Mais al-Jabal, Markaba and Hula under an extended ceasefire deadline that expired on February 18, but remained in five points near the border. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP) (Photo by FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

US strikes in Yemen kill 31 as Trump vows to end Huthi attacks

A US Central Command (CENTCOM) photgraph shows forces launching strikes against Huthi targets in Yemen

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How Turkey's egg tax complicates US soaring prices amid bird flu crisis

An employee checks eggs at Aytekin chicken farm on on May 06, 2022 in Bandirma, Turkey.

UN says 2023 was deadliest year for migrants in a decade

Unprecedented numbers of migrant deaths were recorded last year across Africa (1,866) and Asia (2,138)

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