Middle East & Africa

At nearly 93, Paul Biya is all but guaranteed a victory—but has no successor.

Benjamin Netanyahu lacks a realistic vision for navigating Israel’s potential economic isolation.

There is cautious optimism for an agreement, but many outstanding details remain unresolved.

A reckoning of the geopolitical impacts from the last two years of war—and war crimes.

The Trump administration has made an unprecedentedly sloppy security guarantee to Qatar.

Lasting agreements require sustained focus, not just theatrics.

Trump’s plan is just the latest example.

The impact will be felt for years, even if Trump’s peace plan succeeds.

Decisions made early on set the path for a devastating war.

Netanyahu has favored vengeance over vision since the Hamas attack.

Israeli bombardments and bulldozing have created 50 million tons of rubble.

The defeat of Moscow-friendly parties in the Moldovan election is just the latest of many setbacks.

Israel and Hamas won’t go willingly.

Trump gives Doha major (and unusual) security guarantees.

Jobs across the continent are at risk as a duty-free deal with Washington lapses.

Internal fissures mean that the Taliban’s rejection of the issue is far from settled.

The state faces a stark choice to confront groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas or risk another war with Israel.

Trump’s tariffs are having major ripple effects on the fashion industry’s female work force.

Erdogan’s visit to Washington showed that the United States and Turkey just don’t need each other as much as they used to.

The Israeli prime minister was met with protests both inside and outside of U.N. headquarters.

Israel has many friends in Washington, but MAGA is increasingly divided.

Meaningful international support for Palestinian liberation remains necessary to defeat terrorism.

The Syrian leader sought to reassure his many doubters that he’s a man of peace and tolerance. 

Questions mount over the fate of migrants deported by the U.S. to the West African country.

Gulf states move cautiously in response to their growing perception of Israel as a threat.

Ankara’s stealth takeover suits its geopolitical interests but has ruined many civilian lives.

The mutual defense agreement could make Islamabad even more risk-tolerant.

The Spartan model didn’t work for Sparta. It will be even worse for Israel.

Rights advocates say the lack of accountability for massacres in March could have profound consequences.

Electric cars were a punchline here just a few years ago. Thanks to Chinese companies, that’s not the case anymore.

Day 1 of the gathering’s high-level week was dominated by discussion of a two-state solution.

Spokesperson: Doha strikes “a paradigm shift for the whole region.”

As humanitarian aid dries up, Sahrawis in Algeria face a deepening crisis.

As international norms crumble, Turkey’s revisionist policies appear less provocative in comparison.

Job losses are only one factor in the equation driving its financial decline.

The Ugandan warlord recently went on trial in absentia, but he continues to elude a decades-long international manhunt.

Netanyahu’s policies since Oct. 7 have strained relations with Cairo at the expense of Israeli security.

Washington is pushing outdated ideas and unrealistic goals.

Aid critics ignore competing policy goals and structural trade-offs between control and flexibility.

The would-be agreement between Iran and the IAEA hinges on U.S. willingness to come back to the table.

Russia and Iran have proved weaker than many thought. So will China.

Leaving Gaza in 2005 wasn’t a failed bid for peace but a catastrophically successful effort to freeze the peace process.

The Israeli military has now bombed several countries in addition to its assault on Gaza.

Allegations against the court’s head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately.

The debate in Tehran is heating up—and moving in unexpected directions.

Russia and China can buy Tehran time but not a deal.

The project grants Addis Ababa control of the Nile River and threatens water supplies downstream.

By striking Qatar, Netanyahu has forsworn negotiations and expanded the battlefield.

The far right has normalized the idea of expelling Palestinians.

Beijing should act to rein in a $2 billion industry.

From soda to sports, global consumers are implicated in Africa’s most deadly conflicts. This also creates an avenue for change.

Qatar decried the strike as a violation of international law.

Toppling Assad didn’t solve Turkey’s problems—it made them worse.

The United States should not legitimize another fragile rupture in an unsettled region.

From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.

Governments, civil society, and the private sector are reimagining development away from external interventions.

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

With concrete steps, Washington can keep Syria’s future on track.

The unspeakable suffering of Palestinians has echoes of the persecution of the Jewish community.

For years, the group has relied on the perception that it is untouchable.

The clock is ticking for a new nuclear deal with Iran.

The Wagner Group is no more but Moscow is peddling the same false promises.

The declaration comes amid a downturn in the diamond market and U.S. foreign aid cuts.

As Lebanon moves to confront the country’s most dangerous militia, U.S. support will be vital.

Keeping the Pretoria Agreement in a comatose state should not be seen as an end in itself.

Critics should be talking instead about regime change.

Israel is directly targeting media workers, rights groups warn.

Is Trump hurting military readiness?

France, Germany, and the U.K. ran out of patience with Tehran and are bringing back previously halted U.N. measures.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the 12-day war, Western sanctions, and a pathway to nuclear talks.

One of the last remaining counters to the president’s power tries to fight back.

The government and army are taking back their own country.

It’s time for Washington to shift from patron to partner.

The Trump administration is throwing away a chance to end HIV worldwide.

The unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects.

China and the U.S. are competing for influence in the troubled region.

The U.S. president says it’s six (or maybe seven), but reality is a bit murkier.

As Qatari-brokered talks are suspended, fighting is intensifying in eastern Congo.

Former Iranian foreign minister outlines path for diplomacy.

Despite the hype, much of Ankara’s new military technology remains in development and untested.

Netanyahu’s plan to seize Gaza is a catastrophe for all.

International condemnation is not a problem as long as the Israeli government’s long-term objectives are advanced.

Mass evictions and violence at World Heritage Sites around the world have sparked backlash against the U.N. body.

Both countries’ strategic calculus suggests it will be even more violent.

After almost two years of war, Israel is feeling the growing weight of governmental opprobrium.

Everything we know—and don’t know—about what’s really happening on the ground.

Germany halts arms exports as more countries mark a shift in opinion on Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.

After five straight years of drought, the country is running dry.

Everything has changed in the region, and nothing is different.

Recent announcements by France, Britain, and Canada are mostly performative.

Peace between Rwanda and Congo is good news, but more pressure is needed to make it stick.

Netanyahu is seeking to remake the Middle East by force.

Disputed territory between the United Arab Emirates and Iran could unlock a nuclear solution.

After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.

Abuja’s rejection of Washington’s third-country deportations should be a wake-up call.

A newscast showing starving children prompted sympathy—and criticism.

The sudden U.S. attack on Iran could complicate China’s Taiwan calculus.

A U.N. conference tries to revive hope for a way out of the Israel-Palestine conundrum.

Refugees returning to Afghanistan face economic hardship and uncertain futures.