Erbil: The three blindfolded Kurdish men kneeling in yellow jumpsuits with their backs to the audience recalled the Baghdad trials of alleged Islamic…

Two key moments shaped this year’s summit of central bankers at the US resort of Jackson Hole, which is home to one of the biggest annual events on…

Jerome Powell’s tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve has been admirably sure-footed. But on 31 July, he may have stumbled when he announced that…

The appointment of Michel Barnier, the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, as France’s new prime minister will be seen as a desperate attempt…

A proposal from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Nasser al-Kidwa, former Palestinian Foreign Minister and nephew of President Yasser…

The recent arrest of Riad Salameh, Lebanon’s former central bank governor, has grabbed headlines, but many Lebanese doubt he will stay behind bars…

If today’s stock markets have their version of the great wildebeest migration, it is the stampede of the Nvidia bulls. Wall Street is no Serengeti,…

A new book with a vivid title challenges the narrative the West pushes about being a haven of freedom, democracy, happiness, and economic opportunity…

There is growing concern that the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over Addis Ababa’s plans for a dam on the Nile could escalate. It comes after…

It is just over two months since Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government took office, but already there are clear signs that the UK will be adopting a…