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Sadiq al-Kabir has run Libya’s finances for 13 years, building support and interest in global financial circles. Ewan White
Profiles

Sadiq Al-Kabir: Libya’s increasingly dominant central banker

When he is in the country, Sadiq al-Kabir works in an office in an historic building on Tripoli’s seafront, but he is just as likely to be working…

Kawthar Zantour 21 July , 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared less focused on himself and less outraged in general while addressing delegates at the party's 2024 convention in Milwaukee last week. Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Trump’s new moderation: changed man… or strategic calculation?

It was remarkable and quite unusual for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, during his speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC)…

Aqeel Abbas 20 July , 2024
How Lebanon’s banks can get money back to depositors Shutterstock
Business & Economy

How Lebanon’s banks can get money back to depositors

The decline of Lebanon’s banking sector has left millions of people without access to their money, after it was, in effect, seized by the government…

Salwa Baalbaki 20 July , 2024
New UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has to pick his battles. His priorities include the US, Europe, and Ukraine. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Pick your fights: Labour’s foreign policy priorities and challenges

After a resounding electoral victory on 4 July, the Labour party now face the reality of government.Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet have all been…

Christopher Phillips 20 July , 2024
Loretta Napoleoni's book looks at how the internet has fuelled the rise of tech titans who have amassed great wealth and power, often at the expense of workers' rights Shutterstock
Culture & Social Affairs

A few tech titans controlling our digital world? Double-click for disaster

Loretta Napoleoni’s new book tells of a state of mind that comes from our times of great change and warns of tougher tests ahead in the age of…

Osama Esber 19 July , 2024
Officials from the US, Israel, Palestinian groups, and Arab states have been discussing a ceasefire, the rehabilitation of Gaza, and the future of Palestinian governance. Eduardo Ramon
Documents & Memoirs

International diplomats share documents outlining Gaza’s future

Two documents have been circulated in recent days to key Arab, American, and Israeli officials regarding the Gaza War. One talks about a ceasefire…

Ibrahim Hamidi 19 July , 2024
Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. Marco Bello / Reuters
Business & Economy

Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect

In markets it is known as the “Trump trade”, a bet that Donald Trump’s return to the White House would herald more inflation and higher interest…

The Economist 19 July , 2024
Opinion

‘Hillbilly’ Vance could give Trump the Rust Belt… and the White House

Donald Trump’s prospects of retaking the White House in November are likely to improve significantly by appointing J.D. Vance as his nominee for Vice…

Con Coughlin 19 July , 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has just been re-elected for a second five-year term. Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Profile: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

She is the recently re-elected president of the European Commission and a former German defence minister, a name known to many, but who is Ursula von…

Bryn Haworth 18 July , 2024
Sudanese refugees forced into Ethiopian forests and away from humanitarian aid
Politics

Sudanese refugees forced into Ethiopian forests and away from humanitarian aid

More than 6,000 Sudanese refugees have been sheltering in in a small forested area in the Olala region of Ethiopia's Amhara province for around two…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 18 July , 2024
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Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

25 June 2025

Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi

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