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    Middle East conflict

    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
      Hizbollah warns Israel of war ‘without limits’ and threatens Cyprus

      Leader of militant group issues threat as fears grow of full-blown war across Lebanon’s southern border

      Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
    • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
      Poland
      Poland probes state oil group’s Swiss subsidiary for alleged Hizbollah links

      Orlen Trading Switzerland investigated for losses on trades and potential connections to Iran-backed group

      A PKN Orlen operated petrol station in Warsaw
    • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
      Behind the Money podcast18 min listen
      How shale rewrote the global oil order

      What’s keeping oil prices from jumping higher?

    • Monday, 22 April, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel’s head of military intelligence resigns over October 7 attack

      Departure will increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over worst security failure in country’s history

      Aharon Haliva
    • Monday, 22 April, 2024
      Why Hizbollah was sidelined in Iran-Israel clashes

      Though regional hostilities recently hit their most dangerous level, militant group’s participation remained largely symbolic

      Hizbollah funeral
    • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
      Explainer
      Who pulls the strings of power in Iran?

      Military confrontation with Israel highlights dominance of Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guards

      Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
    • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
      War in Ukraine
      US lawmakers approve aid to Ukraine and Israel after months of delay

      Funding comes after Kyiv was forced to ration munitions in the face of Russian advances

    • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
      News in-depth
      Relief pervades Tehran after limited Israeli strike

      Patriotism among Iranians tempered by discontent over languishing economy

      An anti-Israel banner with pictures of Iranian missiles in Tehran
    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      News in-depth
      Military briefing: the Israeli missiles used to strike Iran

      Wreckage photographed in Iraq indicates how Israeli jets hit back at Tehran from afar

    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      News in-depth
      Netanyahu’s Iran gambit leaves chance of avoiding all-out war

      Attack does not compel Tehran to respond, say former officials and analysts, though they fear a line has now been crossed

      Israel’s war cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, shown meeting last week over Iran’s drone attack on the country
    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      Israel launches calibrated retaliatory strikes against Iran

      Officials and diplomats indicate attacks were limited and sought to avoid full-blown escalation

    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      Kim Ghattas
      Unease about Iran is bringing Arab states closer together

      The standoff with Israel has done little to raise Tehran’s regional standing

      Ann Kiernan illustration of a whirlpool of US and Middle Eastern flags as missiles are fired above
    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      Mohamed El-Erian
      Markets are a frog in boiling water on Iran-Israel

      While the reaction to the latest hostilities has been tame, the global economy is too fragile for a new crisis

      Protesters inTehran on Friday after Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iran
    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      Global InsightAndrew England
      Israel and Iran pull back from the brink

      While risk of immediate all-out war has been averted, the danger for Middle East has far from passed

      Iranian military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility near Isfahan on Friday
    • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
      News in-depth
      Iran crisis risks easing pressure on Israel over Gaza, diplomats warn

      Humanitarian situation in Palestinian enclave remains dire, says EU’s top diplomat

      People mourn the deaths of relatives killed by an Israeli bombardment, at Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 16
    • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
      Iran warns of shift in nuclear stance if Israel threatens atomic sites

      Revolutionary Guards issue warning as US announces new sanctions

      Ayatollah Ali Khamenei viewing a model of a nuclear facility
    • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
      Europe Express
      Why grim geopolitics kept EU leaders busy over dinner Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Competition hawks fret over Enrico Letta’s plans for EU merger rules

      German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, with EU Council president Charles Michel
    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
      News in-depth
      Israeli public split on how to respond to Iran strike

      Country divided over how and when to retaliate after drone-and-missile barrage launched by Islamic regime

      Israel’s military displays what it says is an Iranian ballistic missile that it retrieved from the Dead Sea
    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
      Israel to retaliate against Iran, warns Cameron

      UK foreign secretary calls on Jewish state to do ‘as little to escalate this as possible’ amid fears of regional war

      David Cameron, left, meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Wednesday
    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
      Europe Express
      Why the EU is treading carefully with Iran sanctions Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: EU citizens care more about security and defence than climate

      European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
      News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
      Ukraine’s air defence struggle highlights risks to Israel

      Full-scale conflict has depleted Ukrainian defences, and Israel could face a similar plight despite successful interceptions

    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      A glow-up for China’s state-owned enterprises

      Beijing reforms unloved SOEs to win back investors

    • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
      US and EU prepare fresh sanctions against Iran after Israel attack

      Most European capitals support tougher stance but are wary of designating Revolutionary Guards a terror group

      Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards during a military parade
    • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Netanyahu and Sunak speak after RAF helped repel Iranian attack

      UK warns any escalation is in no one’s interest and would deepen insecurity in region

      UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the steps of 10 Downing Street in March
    • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
      Israel calls for tightened sanctions on Iran as government debates response to attack

      International pressure mounts on Jewish state to show restraint

      Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by members of the war cabinet
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