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U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May

Trump Paid no Income Tax in 2020, Reported Losses in Office, Records Show

Donald Trump paid no income tax during the final full year of his presidency as he reported a loss from his sprawling business interests, according to tax figures released by a congressional panel. …

21 December 2022
Britain's Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street to attend Parliament in London, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Just three weeks after taking office, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the challenge of balancing the nation's budget while helping millions of people slammed by a cost-of-living crisis. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will deliver the government's plan for tackling a sputtering economy in a speech to the House of Commons on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK Budget Takeaways: Higher Taxes, More Aid To Needy

The British government unveiled an emergency budget featuring billions in tax increases in a bid to restore trust and stability in the U.K. economy and help millions struggling to cope with a…

AP 17 November 2022
British Prime minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's weekly question time debate, at the House of Commons in London, Britain, November 2, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS

UK To Extend Windfall Taxes On Energy Firms -The Times

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt are planning to extend windfall taxes on oil and gas companies to raise nearly 40 billion pounds ($45.55 billion) over…

02 November 2022
Commuters walk across London Bridge toward the financial district, in London, Britain, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

UK Faces Tax Rises As Well As Spending Cuts - Treasury Source

Everyone in Briton will need to pay more in tax in the coming years to fix a hole in public finances, a source in the finance ministry said on Monday, following a meeting between Prime Minister Rishi…

31 October 2022
British Prime Minister Liz Truss looks on as she speaks to the media at the Empire State building in New York, U.S., September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool/File Photo

Liz Truss Says Sorry, Faces Deep Spending Cuts To Balance Books

Prime Minister Liz Truss apologized for threatening Britain's economic stability after she was forced to scrap her vast tax-cutting plans and embark on a program of "eye-watering" public spending…

18 October 2022
New Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

New UK Finance Minister Hunt Scraps Tax Cuts, Reins in Energy Support

New finance minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss's economic plan and scaled back her vast energy subsidy on Monday, launching one of the biggest U-turns in British fiscal policy to…

17 October 2022
A Saudi national wearing a face mask gets his passport from a Saudi Immigration officer, at the King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2021. (File photo: Reuters)

Saudi Government Agencies Grow More Business-Like

“A few weeks ago, there was a miscommunication with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZTCA) regarding my company’s tax return, which led to a problem with the authority. I called the point of…

Motasem Al Felou 27 August 2021
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US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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18 August 2025

Seven instances that showed the Russian leader had the upper hand during his meeting with Trump

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How Gaza’s hakawati use storytelling to cling to memory and life

17 August 2025

Storytelling in a genocide in which there has been no formal education for two years is no luxury. Rather, it is an attempt to revive the imaginations of a generation robbed of their childhood.

Houssam Marouf
Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler hold up an MOU on security cooperation in Ankara on August 13, 2025. Syrian Foreign Ministry
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The implications of expanded Syria-Türkiye military ties

15 August 2025

Israel has made clear its objection to Turkish military bases in Syria. Could a recently signed MOU between Ankara and Damascus to boost security cooperation threaten Türkiye's good ties with the US?

Omer Onhon
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How Vision 2030 diversified the Saudi economy

16 August 2025

In the second instalment of a two-part series, Al Majalla looks at how Saudi Arabia moved from a horizontal to a vertical development model, powered by an ambitious package of reforms

Hussein al-Sharaa
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. Toby Melville / AFP
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Performative politics: Palestine recognition pledges ring hollow

18 August 2025

The moves by France, the UK and other Western states appear to be more about appeasing domestic critics with symbolic gestures rather than a genuine attempt to change Israel's behaviour

Christopher Phillips

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