Saudi oil company named world’s most profitable business
State-owned Saudi Aramco makes profits of £84.7bn last year, beating Apple and Exxon
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North Korea’s secretive small arms exports under spotlight in global survey
Saudi Arabia and Iran also highlighted in report revealing that small arms trade is still a murky industry in which weapons can reach wrong hands
Trump had undisclosed second meeting with Putin, White House confirms
A White House official has acknowledged the two presidents met again informally after their bilateral talks at the G20 summit in Germany in July
Kuwait steps up efforts to end Qatar blockade
Kuwaiti emir flies to Qatar as Donald Trump also intervenes for second time in Gulf diplomatic crisis
Turkish referendum: all you need to know
Sunday’s vote could lead to the most significant political development since the Turkish republic was declared in 1923
Japanese warships to join US fleet near North Korea as tensions rise
Navy destroyers will join USS Carl Vinson for military drills amid fears Pyongyang plans further nuclear and missile tests
High-ranking North Korean diplomat in London defects to South Korea
Defection of Thae Yong Ho is coup for UK intelligence as diplomat could have useful knowledge of Kim Jong-un regime
It’s the will of the Turkish people, Erdogan says. But which people?
Fear abounds amid the president’s purge ‘in defence of democracy’. Yet there’s still resistance in the streets
‘We see him as one of us’: why many Turks still back authoritarian Erdoğan
President is perceived to represent lower-class and religiously conservative sections of society, and under his rule people have become better off
I’m frightened by the nationalism that’s been unleashed in Turkey
Hearing explosions during the coup attempt was scary enough, but so are the abuses that are being carried out by Erdoğan’s supporters in the name of ‘democracy’
