Middle East and North Africa
Britain and Israel to sign trade and defence deal
Pact covers Iran as well as cybersecurity, despite controversy over use of Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in UK
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security correspondent
28, Nov, 2021 @11:56 PM
Iran nuclear talks to resume with world powers after five-month hiatus
Expectations of salvaging 2015 deal low amid fears Iran is covertly boosting nuclear programme
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
28, Nov, 2021 @2:28 PM
How settler violence is fuelling West Bank tension
As attacks on Palestinians worsen, we speak to farmers, settlers, Israeli human rights activists, and the mother of a three-year-old boy left injured in a raid
Donald Macintyre & Quique Kierszenbaum in Al Mufakara
28, Nov, 2021 @10:00 AM
Nothing can stop Iran’s World Cup heroes. Except war, of course…
The ‘Persian Leopards’ are going great guns on the football field, but at nuclear talks in Vienna a far more dangerous game is being played
Simon Tisdall
28, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
Controversial Pegasus spyware faces its day of reckoning | John Naughton
The infamous hacking tool is now at the centre of international lawsuits thanks to a courageous research lab
John Naughton
27, Nov, 2021 @4:00 PM
Kurdish village fears the worst for its loved ones after Channel disaster
Relatives await news on 10 men whose phones have gone silent and a map pin that remains stubbornly stuck halfway between Britain and France
Martin Chulov and Nechirvan Mando in Ranya, Iraqi Kurdistan
27, Nov, 2021 @8:00 AM
‘Amoral 21st-century mercenaries’: problems mount for NSO Group
Israeli spyware firm’s problems go from bad to worse as scathing Apple lawsuit follows US blacklisting
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington DC
26, Nov, 2021 @3:37 PM
Man arrested over alleged kidnap of boy who survived Italy cable car crash
Gabriel Abutbul Alon accused of helping remove Eitan Biran, six, from Italy during bitter custody battle
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
26, Nov, 2021 @11:26 AM
Channel drownings unlikely to slow exodus from Iraqi Kurdistan
As officials grapple with crisis, even more Kurds are preparing to make dangerous journey to Europe
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent and Nechirvan Mando
26, Nov, 2021 @5:00 AM
UK ministers urged to ‘stop playing politics’ over Channel crossings
Aid groups say more deaths are likely and Britain must allow safe routes for asylum seekers
Jamie Grierson, Jon Henley in Calais and Dan Sabbagh in Dunkirk
25, Nov, 2021 @8:59 PM
Interpol’s president: alleged torturer rises as symbol of UAE soft power
Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi’s election has raised concerns about human rights and the surveillance state
Ruth Michaelson
25, Nov, 2021 @6:40 PM
Weatherwatch: Israel hit by torrential rain and flash floods
Drains blocked by sand after extended dry period are thought to have worsened conditions
Jodie Woodcock (metdesk)
25, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
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