UAE News

The fight for Sudan’s skies

A drone attack on the coast heralds a new phase in the country’s civil war

A Faustian pact with the Houthis

A new American deal strengthens their grip over Yemen

Nigeria has more people without electricity than any ot...

Fixing that will be fiendishly difficult

MAGA meets MBS

Trump and the Saudis get along famously in person but poorly on policy

How many people have died in Gaza?

New research suggests the death toll may be higher than current reports

Trump resets America’s Middle East policy in surprising...

Hawks are out and pragmatists are in, at least for now

Trump’s decision to lift sanctions is a triumph for Syr...

But Ahmed al-Sharaa badly needs to reassure minorities at home

Donald Trump bypasses Israel on the path to peace in Gaza

Binyamin Netanyahu looks increasingly isolated from his closest ally

The chimera of private finance for development

A fashionable idea has yet to fulfil its promises

Africa’s oldest surviving Catholic church is under threat

A centuries-old chapel is a testament to Christianity’s deep roots in Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa keeps his cool with Donald Trump

The episode underlined Donald Trump’s warped views of South Africa

Israel says it is unleashing an “unprecedented attack”

More war beckons, as Donald Trump freezes out Binyamin Netanyahu

One happy Damascus

But the technicalities of easing sanctions will prove tricky

The world’s worst conference

Hell on earth in Dubai-on-the-Med

Meet Africa’s ascendant right

They are devout, well-connected and have a MAGA wind in their sail

A bitter race to elect the head of Africa’s pivotal bank

America has lost interest, but the rest of the world should not