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US-Israel war on Iran
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Gambling on death: Polymarket and the dark rise of war betting

In-depth: The war on Iran is the first major conflict to be traded in real time on prediction markets, and evidence about insider trading is already emerging

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
13 April, 2026
Sudan's Islamic leader, Moslem cleric, parliamentary speaker and President of Sudanese Islamic National Front, Dr Hassan al-Turabi (r), Pakistani Khurshid Ahmad, leader of the Jammat-e-Islami party (c) and Rashid Ghanoshi of Tunisian Tehrik-e-Islami party adresses the media 18 February 1991 in Islamabad at the end of a conference of some 20 Islamic parties from around the world. The group, supporting Iraq, pledges material and moral aid to Baghdad.
Pakistan
World
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Renowned Pakistani scholar Khurshid Ahmad dies aged 93

The New Arab Staff
14 April, 2025
Nobel Committee announces the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Science during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 14, 2024. (Photo by Atila Altuntas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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MENA
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Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu wins Nobel economics prize

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 October, 2024
Middle East
MENA
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Israeli airline El Al cuts prices after profiteering accusations

The New Arab Staff
22 August, 2024
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Book Club
Book Club
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Polanyi's The Great Transformation and the myth of free markets

Riad Al Khouri

Riad al Khouri

14 August, 2024
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Turkey
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Turkey faces a financial reckoning after Erdogan's victory

Alessandra Bajec
07 June, 2023
Turkey-Syria earthquake
MENA
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Turkey earthquake could result in loss of up to 1% of GDP

Agencies
16 February, 2023
Taliban and China
The New Arab Voice
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The Taliban Tallys Up Business with China

Rosie McCabe
27 January, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Currency crisis brews as Egypt floats pound against dollar

Thaer Mansour
27 October, 2022
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Gaza
MENA
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Because of complaints of fraud, Hamas bans forex in Gaza

Sally Ibrahim
16 March, 2022
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey to lower taxes on basic foods to fight high inflation

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 February, 2022
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development
Perspectives

A Coup Attempt at the IMF

Joseph Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz

28 September, 2021
Trump and Mohammed Bin Zayed shake hands. [Getty]
weapons
Perspectives

How Abu Dhabi uses its influence in the US

Eve Thiebaud

Eva Thiebaud

10 May, 2021
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MENA
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Libya becomes regional centre for bitcoin mining operation

The New Arab Staff
20 April, 2021
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politics
MENA
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With Lebanon in freefall, what comes next?

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 March, 2021
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poverty
MENA
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11 million jobs lost in MENA over Covid-19: report

The New Arab Staff
01 March, 2021
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkey fires central bank governor: presidential decree

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 November, 2020
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MENA
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Israel withholding Palestinian money 'economic warfare', says PA

The New Arab
31 December, 2019
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subsidies
MENA
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Jordan to cut bread subsidies by 25 percent

The New Arab
12 December, 2019
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Islamic State
MENA
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IS to 'decentralise financing' following Baghdadi's death

The New Arab & agencies
20 November, 2019
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Middle East
MENA
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Lebanon dollar bonds tumble as protests continue

The New Arab & agencies
18 October, 2019