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Azerbaijan president: COP29 won’t stop us investing in ‘god-given’ gas

President Ilham Aliyev used a Berlin climate speech to push for major foreign investments to boost its natural gas exports to Europe.

April 26, 2024 5:04 pm CET

Iran wants to hit Israel while avoiding retaliation from Washington, US assesses

The Biden administration expects Iran’s response in the coming days, and as early as this weekend.

April 12, 2024 4:49 am CET

Tony Blair wants to help Azerbaijan run its climate talks

The former PM’s interest highlights contradictions for the powerbrokers and consultants running COP29.

April 1, 2024 9:00 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade agenda is faltering. Are the Gulf states his last hope?

Bruised by a breakdown in talks with Canada and sluggish progress with India, Britain is setting its sights on this gold-lined pocket of the Middle East.

March 21, 2024 7:31 pm CET
Beyond the Bubble

The shameful abandonment of seafarers

An increasing number of sailors are being abandoned by their vessels’ owners, left stuck on board sometimes for months or even years.

March 20, 2024 4:00 am CET
Magazine

5 scenarios for Russia after Putin’s next term

The Russian president is about to be reelected for another six years. What will that mean for his country and the West?

March 16, 2024 12:25 pm CET

Cyprus-Gaza humanitarian corridor to open soon, EU says

Israel welcomed the opening of the maritime corridor but cautioned it would require security checks.

March 9, 2024 8:02 am CET

Biden to order US military to construct port in Gaza

“We’re not planning for this to be an operation that would require U.S. boots on the ground,” said a senior administration official.

March 7, 2024 6:36 pm CET

Attack on ship in the Middle East causes first fatalities in assaults on commercial freighters

2 mariners were killed and 6 more were injured, according to U.S. officials.

March 6, 2024 7:43 pm CET

WTO in ‘damage control’ mode as Abu Dhabi agenda unravels

The failure of WTO member countries to produce anything meaningful at the group’s 13th Ministerial Conference could further erode the Geneva-based organization’s ability to create new global trade rules.

February 25, 2024 3:36 pm CET

The West tried to crush Russia’s economy. Why hasn’t it worked?

From an unenforced oil price cap to rogue countries teaming up, Moscow is exploiting the West’s weaknesses.

February 23, 2024 3:39 pm CET

UAE set to be removed from money laundering ‘gray list’

Critics say the push to remove UAE from a list of wayward jurisdictions was driven by political considerations.

February 23, 2024 10:13 am CET
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Guatemala fires key official in charge of WTO reform talks

The Guatemalan government has fired Marco Molina, a highly-respected Geneva-based official who has been leading talks for the past year on reforming the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) …

February 21, 2024 4:35 pm CET

WTO boss too busy — for now — to think about 2nd term

“The thought hasn’t even crossed my mind,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tells POLITICO.

February 19, 2024 3:32 pm CET

Houthis damage British cargo ship in new attack

The Iran-backed militants claim to have also shot down an American drone.

February 19, 2024 11:16 am CET

Don’t just blame the US; India is blocking WTO reform too

As Narendra Modi bids for a third term, the nation of 1.4 billion is taking multiple files hostage at the global trade body.

February 16, 2024 6:00 am CET

Von der Leyen’s human rights hypocrisy

The European Commission chief is emboldening oppressive leaders, in effect telling them, don’t do as I say, if I bother to mention anything, do what you want to do.

February 15, 2024 4:00 am CET

EU proposes sanctions on Chinese firms for helping Russia

Brussels wants to sanction companies in mainland China for the first time, and other countries, as war in Ukraine nears 2-year mark.

February 13, 2024 8:47 am CET

UK government comms chief quits to spin for Gulf petrostate

Veteran civil servant Alex Aiken says he has “done my bit” as he packs his bags for Abu Dhabi.

February 7, 2024 5:27 pm CET

Spoilage alert: Red Sea crisis hits Europe’s fresh food trade

Houthi attacks on shipping are disrupting shipments of perishables, with exporters in southern Europe most affected. 

January 26, 2024 2:44 pm CET

Gaza hospital crisis: French warship treats wounded Palestinian children

For staff on the Dixmude, addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unlike anything they have seen before. 

January 22, 2024 4:00 am CET
Unpacked

Airstrikes are unlikely to deter the Houthis

As far as Washington and London are concerned, Western retaliation is meant to convey a clear message to Iran — stop. But why would it?

January 15, 2024 1:58 pm CET

Russia finds way around sanctions on battlefield tech: report

That doesn’t mean sanctions have failed; they just need to be enforced better — including by requiring Western companies to track their own products, US-Ukrainian research team finds.

January 11, 2024 3:08 pm CET

On Hamas, what did Qatar know and when did it know it?

On the question of who stood to benefit from October 7, Western intelligence turns its gaze to Doha.

January 11, 2024 4:00 am CET
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