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  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s new president vows to ‘normalise’ economic relations with the world

    Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian says he ‘will not rest’ until US sanctions are lifted

    Masoud Pezeshkian, top, during his swearing-in ceremony at Iran’s parliament in Tehran on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli military warns of ‘anarchy’ as far-right protesters storm army bases

    Unrest breaks out after military police detain soldiers over alleged ‘serious abuse’ of Palestinian prisoner

    Israeli soldiers and police clash with protesters after they broke into the Beit Lid army base on Monday
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    Who are the Druze? Community reels after bloody attack

    Deadly rocket strike puts religious minority at centre of escalating conflict between Israel and Hizbollah

    Mourners attend a funeral for 10 of the victims of the Golan Heights rocket attack
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US and Germany call on citizens to leave Lebanon amid fears of war

    Rocket strike in occupied Golan Heights sparks fears that hostilities could escalate

    Passengers depart from Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    News in-depthWest Bank
    The West Bank has so much cash its lenders are worried

    Bank earnings in Palestinian territory have been hit and theft is rising as Israeli curbs and war fallout leave over $1bn idling in vaults

  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Big Tech’s Big Stumble

    Tesla, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet lead tech sector sell-off.

  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Foreign officials race to de-escalate tensions after Golan Heights attack

    Politicians and diplomats try to avoid full-blown war between Israel and Hizbollah after rocket attack kills 12

    Antony Blinken
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel meets mediators in drive for ceasefire breakthrough

    Recent demands from Benjamin Netanyahu could scupper attempts to bring war in Gaza to a halt

    Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s supreme leader endorses reformist Pezeshkian as president

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s official backing for election winner opens way for formation of new government

    Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president elect Masoud Pezeshkian
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu vows to retaliate against Hizbollah after deadly attack

    At least 12 people died after rocket strike on football pitch

    Relatives mourn over a coffin during a funeral
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Cyber Security
    Cyber attacks on shipping rise amid geopolitical tensions

    State-backed hackers present a fresh threat to an industry that has long faced security concerns

    A gantry crane lifts a shipping container
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    InterviewVisual Arts
    Forensic Architecture’s investigations are both art and evidence

    Founded by Eyal Weizman, it has produced reports into the shooting of a Black man in London and alleged human rights violations in Gaza

    Three stills from forensic videos that examine a fire in a tower block, a bombing of city and the shooting of a man by police
  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli civilians killed after rocket hits football field in Golan Heights

    Hizbollah denies responsibility for deadliest attack on Israel since start of Gaza war

  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Donald Trump
    Trump denies rift with Israeli leader after Mar-a-Lago meeting

    Former US president calls for hostages held by Hamas to be freed in joint appearance with Benjamin Netanyahu

    Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK drops challenge to ICC warrant against Netanyahu

    Change of stance over response to alleged war crimes is likely to strain Britain’s relations with US and Israel

    Man walks past rubble
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu allies attack Harris over ceasefire call

    Israeli ministers hit out at US vice-president, with one saying ‘no halt to the war, Madame Candidate’

    Kamala Harris with Benjamin Netanyahu before their meeting at the White House on Thursday
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    UK defence industry
    Leonardo chief ‘open to’ Saudi role in fighter jet project if UK cuts support

    Roberto Cingolani says ‘fourth partner could be very convenient’ for Global Combat Air Programme

    Global Combat Air Programme fighter model on display at the Farnborough air show in England on July 22 2024
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu meets Biden and Harris after polarising address to Congress

    Several Democratic politicians boycotted Israeli premier’s speech in which he struck defiant tone about war in Gaza

    Benjamin Netanyahu holds up his hand during his address to a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington on Wednesday
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    West Bank
    Israeli military seizes plot in ancient West Bank ruin

    Government plans to raise national flag at Sebastia as it widens grip on cultural heritage sites

    A horse belonging to Israeli settler Yinon Levi iat his farm in the West Bank outpost of Meitarim
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Theatre
    My English Persian Kitchen brings Iranian cuisine to theatre’s onstage cooking trend

    Writer Atoosa Sepehr and dramatist Hannah Khalil want the audience to see the country in a new way

    Two women in a kitchen cutting food
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Kim Ghattas
    The Middle East’s problems extend far beyond Gaza

    Nothing is resolved until everything is resolved

    A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest in support of the Palestinian people in Cairo, Egypt.
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Israel
    Hizbollah drone footage highlights Israeli security vulnerabilities

    Militants able to capture detailed images of Israeli air base close to Lebanon border

    Drone footage released by Hizbollah of Israel’s Ramat David air base
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey returns $5bn Saudi deposit in show of economic confidence

    Move underlines progress in country’s $1tn economy since pivot to more conventional monetary policy

    Mehmet Şimşek
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The ICJ’s damning verdict

    Court ruling should prompt a rethink of the west’s policies towards Israel

    People walk through rubble in a bombed area of Gaza
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    WHO warns Gaza at ‘high risk’ of polio outbreak

    Health organisation says the risk of transmission is high because of ‘the very dire situation with water sanitation’

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