This year's annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Marrakech are of exceptional importance. This is…

• 14 May 1948: Israel launches its 'War of Independence' known as the Nakba or 'catastrophe' in the Arab world. This was considered the first Arab…

The 50th anniversary of the October War — launched by Syria and Egypt against Israel on 6 October 1973 — coincides with several developments in…

At the start of 2023, nine countries — the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s…

The first half of 2023 saw a surge in natural disasters, preliminarily estimated at $194b, with the fifth-highest economic impact on record and the…

Global investment in AI has risen from about $800mn in 2010 to $78bn in 2021. Estimates suggest the technology will contribute up to $15.7tn to the…

Artificial intelligence is bringing about rapid change not seen even during the Industrial Revolution. The AI revolution will go down in history…

Nearly two months ago, India banned exports of non-basmati white rice, stoking fears of a world food crisis amid tight grain supplies caused by the…

Morocco’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country last Friday night was one of the most powerful quakes to hit Morocco in recent decades. The…

As the premier forum for international economic cooperation, the Group of Twenty (G20) plays a critical role in steering the global economy through…