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  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    Shipping
    Climate graphic of the week: shipping routes behind Mediterranean oil spill

    Environmental damage to the coast of Israel and Lebanon described as one of worst ecological disasters in decades

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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Jamal Khashoggi
    US concludes Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi operation

    Washington defends decision to spare Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from sanctions

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Head of Canada’s largest pension fund quits after Covid vaccine trip

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board chief Mark Machin flew to the UAE to get jab

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    ObituaryAhmed Zaki Yamani
    Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi oil minister, 1930-2021

    Orchestrator of Opec oil embargoes who survived being kidnapped by Carlos the Jackal

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Shamima Begum cannot return to UK for citizenship battle, Supreme Court rules

    Decision in case of ‘jihadi bride’ represents victory for home secretary Priti Patel

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    US foreign policy
    US launches air strikes against Iran-linked militias in Syria

    Biden orders first military action since taking office in retaliation for attacks in Iraq

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Jamal Khashoggi
    Khashoggi killing report will test US-Saudi relations

    Biden considers ‘range of actions’ over crown prince’s alleged role in journalist’s killing

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Joe Biden has a narrow window to save Iran deal

    Both parties need to compromise to end the stand-off over the accord

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
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    Saudi Arabia's mega-project: a 170km 'line' city through the desert

    A car-free city built in a straight line through a remote part of Saudi Arabia is MBS's grand plan. Will it succeed?

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    First countries to receive doses will be Honduras, Czech Republic and Guatemala

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Syrian crisis
    German court convicts former member of Syrian intelligence

    Ruling under international law makes legal history and campaigners hope other members of Assad regime will be prosecuted

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    David Gardner
    Joe Biden’s ‘snub’ signals a reset with Saudi Arabia

    The White House distances itself from the kingdom’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Kamel Daoud
    The west is too obsessed with its colonial guilt

    France’s Stora report on the country’s occupation of Algeria shows that the colonised also need to face up to their past

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    ObituarySaudi Arabia
    Ahmed Zaki Yamani, former Saudi oil minister, dies aged 90

    Opec’s longest-serving minister rose to prominence during the 1973 oil embargo

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran inspection deal opens window for nuclear talks with US

    Last-minute compromise leaves room for face-to-face discussions over revival of treaty

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Israel finds BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine reduces virus transmission

    Health ministry data show shot is 89% effective at preventing infection of any kind

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Lebanon
    Currency crisis leaves Lebanese cupboards bare

    Hunger threatens to reignite unrest as dollar peg slips and inflation soars in heavily import-dependent country

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
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    Dubai’s ruling family speaks out on Sheikha Latifa

    Daughter of emirate’s billionaire ruler is ‘being cared for at home’

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
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    BioNTech/Pfizer Covid vaccine no longer needs ultra-cold storage

    New stability data come as Israel study shows efficacy of single dose

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
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    Line of fire: what it is to be a man in today’s British army

    The military’s changing role has laid bare the need for its culture of masculinity to evolve too

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Iran nuclear deal
    US offers to join negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme

    State department says it would ‘accept invitation’ to join talks as Biden seeks to re-enter deal

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Lebanese court removes judge from Beirut port explosion case

    Victims condemn decision that follows legal complaint by two former ministers charged in the probe

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    News in-depthUS foreign policy
    ‘Reality bites’ as Biden tries to loosen ties with Saudi Arabia

    US president’s promise to make kingdom a ‘pariah’ hits early stumbling blocks

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    US foreign policy
    Biden speaks with Netanyahu after being accused of snub

    ‘Friendly and warm’ conversation between leaders of US and Israel ends four-week silence

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    United Arab Emirates
    UN to raise alleged detention of Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa with UAE

    Allegations an embarrassment for Dubai’s billionaire ruler

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