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Both overplayed their hands and wound up in long, inconclusive wars of attrition. Now in its fifth week, the third Gulf war ...

Iran maintains oil exports of 2.4m-2.8m barrels daily despite war and sanctions, earning twice pre-conflict revenues as Gulf ...

A furore over AI and a novel presages the future of books ...

Their view is that the films are undisguised propaganda—not for the government or even the ruling party but for Narendra Modi ...

BRITAIN’S immigration debate has become a frenzied auction. The Labour government, having presided over a precipitous drop in ...

Xi Jinping faces a massive leadership reshuffle across China's Communist Party and state apparatus, with hundreds of ...

P étion-Ville is the last place in Haiti where life looks normal. In this breezy hilltop suburb of the capital, ...

The importance of a single passage depends not just on the trade it carries, but on the available alternatives. For some passages—such as the Red Sea, where attacks by the Houthis have sent insurance ...

Europe faces economic stagnation amid Middle East conflicts, with leaders divided on reforms needed to scale startups into ...

India's security forces claim they are close to defeating Maoist insurgents after six decades of conflict, with rebel ...

Iran has been hit thousands of times and struck back against neighbours with drones and missiles. The conflict now spans at ...