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Middle East & North Africa

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Hizbollah
    Hizbollah vows to retaliate against Israel over pager explosions

    Militants say they will continue attacks near Lebanon’s border with Israel after sabotage of communications devices kills 12

    1 hour ago
    Civil defence first-responders carry a wounded man whose handheld pager exploded
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Visual investigation
    How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law

    Mobilisation of violent settlers has intensified Palestinians’ fears of attacks and displacement

    A composite image of settlers overlaid on a map of the West Bank
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Special ReportThriving Cities
    Tackling period poverty in Lebanon’s refugee camps

    Education is also key for women and girls struggling with lack of privacy, poor water supply and the high cost of menstrual pads

    A reusable sanitary pad made by the Pachamama Project
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    Exploding pagers join long history of killer communications devices

    Israel, blamed by Hizbollah for Tuesday’s attack, has long used telephones and their successors to track and kill enemies

    CCTV footage of a man’s bag exploding in a Beirut supermarket on Tuesday, left
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Israel adds securing northern front against Hizbollah to war aims

    Decision increases fears about escalation of conflict with Lebanese militants

    Smoke rises above a hilly landscape as seen from Israel's border with Lebanon. Black and white smoke plumes are visible amid the terrain
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Microsoft wants more ‘clarity’ over AI chip curbs to Middle East

    Tech giant creates new AI institutes with UAE’s G42 as it awaits decision to lift US controls on chip shipments

    OpenAI and Microsoft logos on a smartphone and a laptop
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Masoud Pezeshkian
    Iran’s new president signals readiness to resume nuclear talks with west

    Masoud Pezeshkian uses first press conference to deny sending missiles to Russia for Ukraine war

    Masoud Pezeshkian gestures as he speaks to reporters during his press conference in Tehran
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    News in-depthItamar Ben-Gvir
    How a far-right minister weaponised Israel’s police

    The defender of Jewish settlers was once a fringe figure. Now he is shaping internal security in a time of war

    Itamar Ben-Gvir stands in the middle of a group of people and guards
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Russia’s increased co-operation with China and Iran spooks Europe Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: EU asylum applications stable amid frenzied immigration debate

    Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hand of Ali Akbar Ahmadian
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Hong Kong-focused ETFs set to list on Saudi exchange

    Planned listings follow 2023 launch of Hong Kong’s first Saudi equities ETF, which has attracted $1.25bn in assets

    Saudi traders follow shares on screen at the stock market trading room in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli air strikes kill 6 UN staff at Gaza school sheltering homeless

    Latest attacks prompt condemnation from EU’s top diplomat and Arab countries

    Palestinians walk through debris in the courtyard of al-Jaouni school in Nuseirat following the Israeli air strike
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    OutlookAhmed Al Omran
    All change (again) on Saudi dress code

    Prince Mohammed made efforts to change the kingdom’s conservative image but rules are being toughened once more

    Prince Mohammed bin Salman in open collared white shirt and blazer ordering coffee with former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg at a coffee shop in New York in 2018
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    European Commission
    Forming a European Commission runs into delays and roadblocks Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Why the EU has not joined western powers in sanctioning Iran over arms deliveries to Russia (yet)

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Kim Ghattas
    Middle East plays roulette as everyone gambles for time

    As the world waits for the US election, the possibility of a ceasefire and deal is diminishing

    Thousands of protesters lift flags and placards during an anti-government rally
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    ICC prosecutor seeks ‘urgent’ arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

    Request in legal filing comes as Israel makes fresh diplomatic push against claims its politicians committed war crimes

    Karim Khan visits a children’s hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, in July
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    West imposes fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with weapons

    US, UK, Germany and France accuse Tehran of sending ballistic missiles for war against Ukraine

    Antony Blinken speaks as David Lammy listens to him during a joint press conference
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Dozens killed and injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza ‘humanitarian’ zone

    Palestinians condemn ‘massacre’ while Israel says it was targeting ‘Hamas terrorists’

    A line of people stand on the edge of the crater
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Wizz Air
    Wizz Air bets on allure of cheap seats for new low-cost Middle East flights

    Airline to begin no-frills service from Europe to Jeddah and Abu Dhabi next year

    Passengers boarding a Wizz Air plane via a stairway at an airport in Poland
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel has to choose between hostage deal and risk of escalation, Gallant says

    Defence minister says only Hamas would benefit from worsening regional conflict

    Yoav Gallant flanked by Israeli flags
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Sudan’s devastating civil war became a global battleground

    With 150,000 dead and millions displaced, Russia, Iran and the UAE are jockeying for influence.

    A man in camouflage fatigues  carrying a weapon walks between burnt-out vehicles in the streets of Omdurman
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Algeria
    Algerian president criticises ‘vague and contradictory’ election results

    Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who won a landslide victory, and his two rivals cite irregularities in official figures

    People walk past an election poster of Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Algeria
    Abdelmadjid Tebboune elected for second term as Algeria’s president

    Victory widely expected in country where polls are choreographed to ensure army’s chosen candidate wins

    People walk past posters of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, with Algerian flags hanging above, after the presidential election results were announced in Algiers, Algeria.
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Three Israelis killed in shooting on West Bank-Jordan border

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns attack and closes crossings with Arab neighbour

    A sign pointing towards the King Hussein Bridge
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Iran ships ‘hundreds’ of ballistic missiles to Russia

    Delivery of weaponry to Moscow marks ‘dramatic escalation’ in war against Ukraine, warn Kyiv and western officials

    A Fath ballistic missile against the backdrop of the Islamic republic’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    InterviewIsrael-Hamas war
    ‘We can’t solve all problems by force’: Israeli left leader sets out alternative vision

    Yair Golan of the Democrats says October 7 underscores the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    Yair Golan
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