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Like Trump, Iran’s new supreme leader is a real estate mogul, with a house on ‘Billionaire’s Row,’ a villa in Dubai, and upscale European hotels

A Bloomberg investigation in January found Khamenei has avoided putting investments in his own name, but they totaled more than $138 million.

By Jason MaMarch 9, 2026
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Dubai’s signature Token2049 crypto event set to go forward even as other conferences hit pause amid growing conflict
By Carlos GarciaMarch 9, 2026
A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026.
Iran’s attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain signal a new kind of war as AI plays an increasingly strategic role, analysts say
By Jeremy KahnMarch 9, 2026
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Trump promised to fill America’s oil reserves ‘right to the top.’ A year later, oil has exceeded $100 and they’re still less than 60% full
By Tristan BoveMarch 9, 2026
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Investors priced in a 6-week Iraq War but it lasted 8 years and cost $3 trillion. They’re doing it again
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 9, 2026
Odds of a stock market meltdown with 1970s-style stagflation jump to 35% this year, veteran strategist warns
By Jason MaMarch 9, 2026
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Politics‘The embarrassment of a superpower laid low’: Critics round on Biden after Taliban takeover
By Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire and The Associated PressAugust 16, 2021
Middle EastIsrael’s El Al Airlines makes historic flight through Saudi airspace en route to UAE
By Ivan Levingston, Layan Odeh and BloombergAugust 31, 2020
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By Bernhard WarnerAugust 28, 2020
NewslettersInvestors ride the Big Tech rally even as COVID cases and unemployment spike
By Bernhard WarnerAugust 21, 2020
NewslettersThe S&P 500 is on its best bull run in 87 years. Here’s why
By Bernhard WarnerAugust 14, 2020
FinanceJittery Investors Sell off Saudi Aramco, Middle Eastern Stocks in First Trading Session Since Soleimani Killing
By Filipe Pacheco and BloombergJanuary 5, 2020
A Lebanese demonstrator poses for an picture during a protest against dire economic conditions in Baouchriyeh on the northern outskirts of Beirut, on October 18, 2019. - Public anger has simmered since parliament passed an austerity budget in July to help trim a ballooning deficit and flared on Thursday over new plans to tax calls on messaging applications such as Whatsapp, forcing the government to axe the unpopular proposal. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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By Lin Noueihed, Dana Khraiche and BloombergOctober 18, 2019
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PoliticsTrump Pivots on Turkey Economic Threats to Protect U.S. Kurdish Allies in Syria
By Robert Burns, Matthew Lee, Deb Riechmann and The Associated PressOctober 8, 2019
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TechFacebook Misinformation Cleanup Targeted Pages Meant to Mislead on Middle East Ideas
By Sarah Frier, Kurt Wagner and BloombergAugust 1, 2019
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LeadershipSecretary of State Pompeo Combats Obama Administration Ideals in Cairo Speech
By Renae ReintsJanuary 10, 2019
Theresa May Meets Saudi Crown Prince
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By Vivienne WaltOctober 19, 2018
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Middle EastU.S. and France Implement Sanctions to Fight Chemical Warfare in Syria
By Renae ReintsJuly 25, 2018
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By Natasha BachJuly 4, 2018
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By Sarah GrayJune 26, 2018
Middle EastThe Richest Man in the Middle East Might Be Forced Pay $6 Billion for His Freedom
By Emily PriceDecember 23, 2017
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By Fortune Editors and ReutersDecember 6, 2017
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President Trump Hosts Lebanonese Prime Minister Saad Hariri At The White House
Middle EastPresident Trump Sends Jared Kushner to Israel to Help Broker a Peace Deal
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