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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Fires Missiles at UAE in First Attack Since Ceasefire]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UAE Says Swap Talks With US Are About Joining ‘Elite’ Group]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 14:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UAE, Saudi Leaders Break Ice to Discuss Iran Missile Attacks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:36:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Sisters Wielding $50 Billion Connect Wall Street to Riyadh]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Olayans have steered their family empire into an influential investment behemoth.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devon Pendleton]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bahrain Gets First S&P Downgrade Since 2017 as Debt Woes Persist]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pursuing an Elusive Peace Framework for Gaza]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s plan has taken an important step forward with backing from the UN Security Council.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:59:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, Gaza Strip on Nov. 7.  Photographer: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria’s Hard Road Ahead After Trump Embrace of Al-Sharaa]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The president must still overcome many challenges in charting a future for the war-ravaged nation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:59:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ahmed Al-Sharaa, Syria’s president, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Third-Quarter Fiscal Gap Widens on Oil Revenue Drop]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:57:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Credit Titans Eye Opportunity in Saudi Liquidity Squeeze]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The HSBC Holding Plc office building in the King Abdullah Financial Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. The de facto Saudi leader, Mohammed bin Salman, is preparing to welcome US President Donald Trump back with a grand display of pageantry as the two look to monetize their relationship.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Urges Egypt to Speed Up Privatization Amid Review Talks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Authorities are targeting three or four deals in the telecommunications, airport management and financial sectors this fiscal year.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Recovery to Determine Saudi Fiscal Trajectory, IMF Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:04:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu Declines Egypt Peace Summit Invite After Reports He’d Go]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:11:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas Frees Gaza Hostages After More Than Two Years of Captivity]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marissa Newman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senior US, Israeli Officials Travel to Egypt for Gaza Deal Talks]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/hamas-says-it-s-seeking-fair-hostage-exchange-in-egypt-talks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abeer Abu Omar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A plume of smoke rises in the background as Palestinians return from a food distribution point near the Netsarim corridor in central Gaza on Oct. 5. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Major Projects in ‘Uneven’ Progress, Moody’s Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abeer Abu Omar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas Agrees to Release Israeli Hostages But Sets Conditions]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-03/hamas-agrees-to-some-of-trump-s-terms-ahead-of-sunday-deadline</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fares Alghoul]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hamas Says It Will Respond to Trump’s Gaza Plan ‘Very Soon’]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abeer Abu Omar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:30:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Palestinian woman walks over blast debris in Gaza City in September.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blue Owl, xAI Bets Boost Qatar Fund’s $500 Billion US Pledge]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-29/ai-investments-blue-owl-xai-deals-solidify-qia-s-500-billion-us-pledge</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dinesh Nair]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:08:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>QIA has invested in firms including Applied Intuition, a California-based provider for autonomous vehicles and drones.  Source: Applied Intuition</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Arab-Israel Normalization Faces Major Test After Qatar Attack]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Dagher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gulf States Follow First Fed Rate Cut This Year to Maintain Pegs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Abeer Abu Omar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:44:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Aramco headquarters building, center, near the King Abdullah Financial District metro station, right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. The de facto Saudi leader, Mohammed bin Salman, is preparing to welcome US President Donald Trump back with a grand display of pageantry as the two look to monetize their relationship.</media:description>
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