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    Middle East & North Africa

    • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Bank robberies in Gaza

      The enclave has suffered from cash shortages and looting

    • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
      Middle East conflict
      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, 19 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Armed gangs stage bank heists in Gaza

      Lenders robbed at gunpoint lose $120mn as Palestinians queue for days to rescue their own cash

      Montage showing an armoured vehicle, Palestine flag, new shekels money and a Bank of Palestine letterhead
    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
      Israel
      Israeli military approves plan for ‘offensive’ in Lebanon

      Fears of all-out conflict between Israel and Hizbollah grow as US envoy holds crisis meetings in the region

      Mmoke billowing from the Israeli side of the border after being targeted by rockets from Lebanon.
    • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Netanyahu slams Biden for withholding large bombs from Israel

      Hawkish message designed to appeal to rightwing allies and US Republicans ahead of scheduled address to Congress

      Benjamin Netanyahu
    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      The Israel-Hamas war — in maps and charts

      A visual guide to the war

    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s war cabinet after centrist members resign

      Body has overseen nation’s war in Gaza for the past eight months

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defence minister Yoav Gallant and Benny Gantz in October last year after the formation of the war cabinet
    • Monday, 17 June, 2024
      The Big Read
      How Saudi Arabia won back Biden

      The president came to office threatening to make the kingdom a pariah state. But in a volatile Middle East, their ties have become stronger than ever

      Montage of images Joe Biden and Prince Mohamed
    • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Benjamin Netanyahu denounces Israel military’s ‘tactical pause’ plan

      Prime minister’s comments come as domestic criticism grows over his handling of the war

      People calling on the Israeli war cabinet to sign a hostage deal take part in a protest rally outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv
    • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
      Bribery and corruption
      Belgium will not charge Moroccan suspects in Qatargate probe

      Decision by judicial authorities is latest setback for investigation into claims of corruption in European parliament

      Flags at the European Parliament building
    • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
      Insurance
      Mubadala battles to salvage investment in insurance start-up Wefox

      Investors split over options that range from deal with rival Ardonagh or putting together new rescue financing

      Wefox web page
    • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
      Iran
      Reformist candidate Pezeshkian shakes up Iran presidential election

      Former health minister looks to upset odds after being chosen as one of six candidates for this month’s vote

      Masoud Pezeshkian
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Houthi movement
      Iran-backed Houthis hit ship with sea drone

      The Liberian-flagged dry bulk carrier is taking on water and no longer under the command of its crew

      Houthi supporters attend a protest against the US and Israel
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Hamas demands changes to Biden ceasefire plan

      US says some gaps between Israel and Palestinian militants are ‘bridgeable’ — but others are not

      Antony Blinken, US secretary of state
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Frontline Ltd
      Oil tanker group Frontline unlikely to return to Red Sea ‘anytime soon’

      Chief Lars Barstad says any Gaza ceasefire would not immediately restore shipping

      Four men, one holding a rifle up, ride in the back of a pick-up truck
    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli cabinet discusses punitive measures against UN agencies

      Months of tensions boil over after UN chief adds Israeli military to blacklist for failing to protect children in conflict

      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
      Emerging market investing
      Frontier emerging markets lure investors back with high yields

      Foreign buyers attracted to the local currency debt of former pariahs such as Kenya and Pakistan

      Boys sell sweet pastries to pedestrians outside an 18th-century Ottoman landmark in Cairo
    • Monday, 10 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Biden’s Gaza ceasefire plan endorsed by UN Security Council

      Vote increases pressure on Israel and Hamas to bring an end to conflict

      The UN Security Council
    • Monday, 10 June, 2024
      News in-depthIsrael
      Gantz’s war coalition exit removes ‘moderating influence’ on Netanyahu

      Resignation of centrist former general leaves Israeli prime minister even more beholden to far-right allies

      Montage of Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz
    • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Gantz resigns from Israel’s government over Gaza

      Centrist former general calls for early elections and accuses Netanyahu of mismanaging war against Hamas

      Benny Gantz
    • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Israel’s raid to free hostages takes ‘horrific’ toll on central Gaza

      Hundreds of Palestinians killed and injured in gun battles and bombardment that accompanied operation

      Debris in Nuseirat a day after Israel’s operation to free hostages in the area
    • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
      Iran
      Iran promotes hardliners as presidential candidates

      Guardian Council disqualifies prominent moderates but gives green light to one reformist MP

      Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
    • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza but scores of Palestinians killed

      Health officials say medics were overwhelmed by fatalities after operation to free quartet captured on October 7

      Rescued hostage Noa Argamani embraces her father
    • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
      Energy sector
      Colombia halts coal exports to Israel in protest against war in Gaza

      Decision by country’s leftist president follows move by Turkey to suspend trade ties

    • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
      Saudi Aramco
      Saudi Aramco prices stock offer at low end of range in $11.2bn sale

      Oil company targets international investors as government raises funds

      General view of Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia
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