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    • Monday, 26 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel plans $60bn debt raising and tax rises to fuel defence spending

      Finance ministry accountant general says demobilisation of reservists will boost economy

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      Reservists prepare to enter Gaza
    • Monday, 26 February, 2024
      Aerospace & Defence
      Israel-Hamas war boosts German investor interest in defence sector, says Renk chief

      Capital markets adjusting to ‘new world order, not just a single event of Russian aggression against Ukraine’

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      Staff check a Marder tank gear transmission in Renk’s factory in Augsburg, Germany in May 2023
    • Monday, 26 February, 2024
      UK politics
      Hoyle braced for tough week as SNP demands new Gaza vote in Commons

      Opposition party wants fresh motion on ceasefire while some MPs still looking to oust Speaker

      Sir Lindsay Hoyle
    • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      The Israel-Hamas war in maps: latest updates

      A visual guide to the war

      Montage of Gaza map and photograph of Israeli tanks on the border
    • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      US hopeful of Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal in ‘coming days’

      National security adviser Jake Sullivan says negotiators in Paris reached ‘understanding’ on basics of agreement

      Smoke from an Israeli bombardment of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday
    • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
      Oil & Gas industry
      Qatar to increase LNG export capacity in bet on Asian demand

      Gulf state’s liquefied natural gas production capacity to rise nearly 85% before end of decade

    • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
      Houthi movement
      US and UK launch fresh air strikes against Houthis in Yemen

      Latest military action follows series of attacks by militant group on commercial shipping in the Red Sea

    • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
      News in-depthUK by-elections
      ‘Macho’ all-male Rochdale by-election fuels political divisions over Gaza

      Locals bemoan campaign’s lack of focus on ‘serious poverty’ blighting the community

    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
      Middle Eastern finance
      Abu Dhabi steps in to ease Egypt’s currency crisis with $35bn investment

      Cash for Mediterranean development could unlock IMF deal for most populous Arab country, say analysts

    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel unveils plan for complete postwar control of Gaza

      Netanyahu document on future of besieged Palestinian enclave at odds with US aims

    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
      Money laundering
      UAE removed from money laundering ‘grey list’

      Gulf state no longer subject to additional scrutiny by Paris-based Financial Action Task Force

      Dubai skyline
    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
      News in-depthIran
      Thousands of Iranians fall victim to cut-price Apple iPhone scam

      Angry customers picket Tehran police station over multi-million-dollar fraud endorsed by high-profile figures

      A woman looks at an iPhone in a store in Tehran
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
      Geopolitics
      Brazil’s Lula ‘persona non grata’ in Israel as Gaza war angers developing world

      Latin American and African nations have been sharply critical of Jewish state

      Brazilian President Lula da Silva welcomes Brazilians and Palestinians returning from the Gaza Strip at Brasilia Air Base
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
      Robert Shrimsley
      Parliament finds itself in a dangerous position after the Speaker’s intervention

      MPs are asking whether Lindsay Hoyle’s procedural manoeuvre has made them more or less safe

      Sir Lindsay Hoyle looks over his glass and points while sitting in the Speaker’s chair
    • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
      Global InsightAndrew England
      Israel-Hamas hostage talks test US diplomatic heft

      Washington is caught between support for Israel and desire to halt Gaza war

      FILED - 15 November 2023, Israel, Tel Aviv: Israeli’s Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant (L) meets with the US Special Coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk (R) at the Ministry of Defence. Photo: Ariel Hermoni/GPO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      House of Commons UK
      House of Commons descends into chaos over Gaza vote

      Tories and SNP walk out after accusing Speaker of siding with Labour on selection of ceasefire amendment

      Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Looting all but halts Gaza aid deliveries as law and order nears collapse

      Egypt seeks to broker deal with Israeli military to allow Palestinian police to guard convoys

      A man walks past a truck carrying humanitarian aid from the UK that entered Gaza by truck
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel’s top military lawyer warns troops in Gaza about ‘improper conduct’

      Some behaviour including unjustified force and looting has crossed over into ‘criminal’ acts, says military advocate general

      An Israeli soldier walks among destroyed buildings in Gaza
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      Inside Politics
      Gaza interventions by prince and Starmer will lead both to regret

      Labour’s tactics for crunch vote will hardly defuse SNP’s attacks and risks repelling wings of its voter base

      Prince William
    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel grapples with ‘Eichmann’ dilemma over Hamas attack trials

      Proposal for dealing with October 7 suspects prompts comparisons with proceedings against Nazi war criminal

      Armed men cross the Beit Hanoun Crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on October 7
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Labour Party UK
      UK Labour demands immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

      Party states new position ahead of Wednesday parliament vote on SNP motion

      Palestinian supporters hold a sign reading, ‘Starmer, what do you stand for?’
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Media
      Barclay family pledges UK businesses for Abu Dhabi loans in Telegraph bid

      Filings show that companies including the Very Group have new charges linked to an IMI deal

      A customer buy a copy of the Daily Telegraph
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      US warns Israel against offensive into Rafah in draft UN resolution

      Text seen by Financial Times also calls for ‘temporary ceasefire’ in Gaza

      Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Container shipping
      Container lines ‘struggling’ with port congestion and ship shortages

      Carriers are turning up on the wrong days because of scheduling problems arising from Red Sea crisis, says sector chief

      Container ship
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Kim Ghattas
      Israel’s ‘don’t reward them’ argument misses a moment of opportunity

      It is time for Biden to deploy his political capital with Israelis to give Arab diplomacy a chance

      Joe Biden with Benjamin Netanyahu during the US president’s visit to Tel Aviv in October
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