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Middle East & North Africa

  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu says Israeli forces to seize more territory in Gaza

    Prime minister says country has ‘shifted gears’ in its efforts to force Hamas to release 59 hostages it still holds

    Palestinians walk along a dusty street lined with debris and destroyed buildings in Gaza City on April 1 2025
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Kim Ghattas
    After the euphoria, Lebanon and Syria realise what lies ahead

    In both countries, the mood is newly sober as a system of vested interests fights back

  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    What Wall Street expects from Trump’s ‘liberation day’

    US President Donald Trump is expected to announce the substance of his trade policy

  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    German politics
    Berlin seeks to deport EU citizens over pro-Palestinian protests

    Irish, Polish and US activists appeal rulings based on events at university sit-in against Israeli offensive in Gaza

    Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in October last year
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    News in-depthIsrael
    Netanyahu pushes Israel to brink of constitutional crisis

    Mass protests and strike threats rock country amid fears prime minister will defy Supreme Court

    Demonstrators in Tel Aviv hold posters and placards including a photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a sign reading ‘CRIME minister’ in yellow ink over a black background
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
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    Elon Musk transforms Wisconsin court race

    State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history

  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Netanyahu gives testimony to Israel police over ‘Qatar Gate’ trial

    Prime minister’s mounting legal troubles bring him into increasing conflict with legal and investigatory bodies

    Benjamin Netanyahu waves
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel orders evacuation of Rafah as it steps up offensive

    Civilians told to flee to ‘humanitarian area’ as aid groups warn of worsening disaster in Gaza

    Displaced Palestinians arriving in Khan Younis, Gaza
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    The Big Read
    Is Iran on a collision course with the west?

    Time is running out for an unpredictable US president and a distrustful Iranian supreme leader to avoid dangerous escalation

    A photo montage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and nuclear weapon facilities
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    News in-depthSaudi Arabia
    Weak oil price adds to strain on Saudi mega-projects

    Kingdom prepares to unwind production cuts but puts at risk its ambitious spending plan

    Jaumur, NEOM’s cosmopolitan coastal community set around a vibrant marina
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    CoreWeave tests investor appetite for AI

    The company closed flat after a volatile trading debut and concerns over its business model

  • Sunday, 30 March, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Orbán to host Netanyahu in defiance of ICC arrest order

    Five-day visit to Hungary this week will be Israeli leader’s first since warrant to member of international court

    Viktor Orbán shakes hands with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2018
  • Sunday, 30 March, 2025
    Syria
    Syria swears in new government months after Assad was deposed

    President Ahmed al-Sharaa claims to form a diverse cabinet following international pressure

  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Cash, tents and a secret vault: Nicolas Sarkozy’s Libya trial

    Former French president awaits verdict in corruption case linked to the late Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi

  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Middle East war
    Israel strikes Beirut for first time since November ceasefire

    Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle East

    Thick black smoke rises from a densely populated area. The cityscape is filled with closely packed buildings
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel scraps system protecting aid workers in Gaza, agencies say

    Military no longer acknowledges notifications designed to help groups move safely around the strip

    Palestinians receive bags of flour and other humanitarian aid distributed in Jabalia on the Gaza Strip
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Kuwait
    Gulf petrostate Kuwait tries to kick-start diversification from oil

    Nation set to borrow for first time in eight years as it seeks to catch up with Saudi Arabia and UAE

    A view of the al-Zour oil and gas installations in Kuwait
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Israel
    Israel overhauls judge appointments in face of protests

    Opposition says law to bring politicians into selection process will bring Israel ‘to the brink of civil war’

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed by national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in parliament in Jerusalem on March 27 2025
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Gazans protest in rare display of dissent against Hamas

    Rallies are largest show of public anger against militant group since the start of devastating war with Israel

    Palestinians take part in an anti-Hamas protest
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Lebanon
    Lebanon closes in on next central bank head

    Wealth manager backed by financial elite is frontrunner in race that will test new government’s reform agenda

    Barbed wire protects the headquarters of Lebanon’s central bank in Beirut
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    The money menders of Gaza

    Traders charge commissions of 30% on hard currency while others repair bills by hand due to severe shortage

    Worn and torn Israeli banknotes being repaired in a tent shop in Deir al Balah, Gaza
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    Israel
    Israel passes budget in boost to Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition

    Opposition condemns bill that will lead to massive increase in military and defence spending

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his finance minister Bezalel Smotrich
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    News in-depthSyria
    Syria’s White Helmets return to Damascus

    First responders branded as terrorists under ousted dictator are helping to rebuild a shattered state

    Members of the White Helmets in Damascus, Syria celebrate the end of the Assad government on January 18 2025
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
    The Israel-Hamas war in maps and charts

    A visual guide to the conflict

  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Top US officials shared classified details of military strikes with journalist

    Vice-president and defence secretary debated charging Europe for American attack on Houthis

    Pete Hegseth
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