Politics

Trade disputes, Taiwan and Iran war: Can US and China reach a consensus?

When Trump and his team meet their Chinese counterparts this time, the contrasts will be impossible to ignore

Saudi Arabia's new regional policy has a strong potential partner in Turkey

Betul Dogan Akkas

Could Carney's Davos speech mark a turning point towards a post-American order?

Marco Carnelos

Why Algeria is a crucial pillar of North African security

Dalia Ghanem

How the Middle East can escape the cycle of conflict in 2026

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Trump's national security plan declares end to Middle East wars. But is it for real?

Marco Carnelos

How the Nobel 'Peace Prize' helped propel Washington's war drive in Venezuela

Hamid Dabashi

Epstein saga exposes Israel's iron grip on US power

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Sheikh Hasina, former Bangladesh prime minister, sentenced to death

Labour's Palestine motion means Keir Starmer's war on left is not over

Jonathan Cook

Keir Starmer has squandered his opportunity to wage war on the Tories

Peter Oborne

Saudi Human Rights

Boris Johnson criticised for joke about UK becoming 'Saudi Arabia of penal policy'

MBZ's foreign policy U-turn could reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

‘Discriminatory’ laws exclude thousands from voting or running in Qatari elections

Morocco's former prime minister conspicuously absent from election ballot

UK Labour Party apologises to pro-Palestine group after ban confusion

Turkey and the UAE: Making amends and talking business in post-Trump era

Ali Bakir

Inside Saudi Arabia

Relatives of Hamas supporters sentenced in Saudi Arabia hope for royal pardon

Qatar: Local tribe protest new electoral law that ‘excludes’ them

A bitter Middle East crisis at the heart of the Conservative Party

Peter Oborne

Afghanistan: Iran could be the biggest loser from US withdrawal

Shireen T Hunter