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Economic crisis

Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and Ukraine

Economy

‘I hear you’: Burnham’s pledge to ‘knock money off bills immediately’ signals politics of deliverism

UK

Mary Honeyball praises forward-looking PM 'prepared to inject some optimism' into United Kingdom

UK

Burnham Advocates Closer EU Relationship: Big Gains Will Only Come from Rejoining the Single Market

UK

'Epic folly': As the US and Iran both declare victory, 'none of the problems were resolved'

'Inclusive' World Cup fell short as Trump administration shut out fans, rights groups say

US-Iran deal 'wouldn't resolve anything': Trump trapped between 'unwinnable war, unpresentable deal'

Middle East

'Once Trump accepted Iranian 14-point proposal as basis of talks, he gave Iran political initiative'

Middle East

'US war on Iran not about the Iranian people: Europe can put the issue of human rights on the table'

Middle East

Ethiopia: 'One of the most rapidly growing economies in Africa, but wealth distribution is terrible'

Africa

China's 'key priorities': Open Hormuz, get oil flowing, avoid 'getting dragged into conflicts'

Asia / Pacific

Opaque nature of US-Iran shadow war: Are they 'dancing their way out of a minefield' towards a deal?

Middle East

Inside Iran's 'mosquito fleet': Telegraph's Adrian Blomfield with a rare frontline glimpse of Hormuz

Middle East

The industrial crisis is challenging both the EU and France's distinct social and economic models

France

Opening Hormuz 'not a humanitarian gesture': Essential to keeping global food system operating

Middle East

'Iranians believe they have upper hand because they can endure double blockade better than US'

'Trump's high-stakes political theatre: US winning conventional war, Iran winning asymmetrical war'

Middle East
Focus

Residents pay the price as Afghanistan-Pakistan border remains closed

Middle East

'We cannot let Iran be our spokesperson': Lebanon charts own path in talks with Israel

Middle East

IRGC asserting themselves as Iran 'responds to Trump’s method of conducting diplomacy in kind'

Middle East

Ghassan Salamé: Lebanon negotiating with Israel 'to give serenity, prosperity to fellow countrymen'

Middle East

'Hierarchy of sovereignty': Israel claims authority over 'which Lebanese areas are inhabitable'

Middle East

'US military leverage a risky tactic': Bombs, military escalation will not bring Iran 'to the table'

Middle East

Tale of two truces: Lebanon 'steps up' alongside Israel as Tehran, Washington edge towards deal

Middle East

Iran believes they hold the cards amid 'dysfunction & chaos in US national security decision-making'

Middle East

'Pakistani military calling the shots: Has connections with IRCG, very good relationship with Trump'

Middle East

US-Iran truce: ‘Sensitive behind-the-scenes conversations’ paved way for Pakistan-brokered ceasefire

Middle East

'Unlawful' war on Iran: 'Use of force by the United States never justified'

Middle East

US war on Iran: Lucas makes case for 'discussions & dialogue over renewing violence & confrontation'

Middle East

Manlio Graziano: 'Europe still needs the US but they know they cannot trust Americans anymore'

Europe

'Hit by both sides': US war on Iran threatens Iraq's 'careful strategy of multi-alignment'

Middle East

US war on Iran: Trump pressures allies in war effort but offers 'no role in strategy'

Middle East

Trump's 'puppet regime': Home to world’s largest oil reserves, is Venezuela key to US economy?

Americas

Europe, NATO under pressure over Iran war: 'Trump strong with the weak and weak with the strong'

Middle East

US war on Iran: 'Absolute disaster' for Middle Eastern airlines

Middle East

War in the Middle East: World more concerned by politics than the humanitarian fallout

As US pursues 'maximalist demands', Iran relies on four decades of asymmetric warfare

Middle East

US not 'postured' for another Iraq 2003: Iran maintains vast, 'high-quality military capability'

Middle East

‘Transnational repression’: Iranian diaspora faces harassment, death threats, pressure on families

Middle East

'New phenomenon of dangerous rhetoric': World leaders embrace proud disregard for international law

Middle East

US, Israeli war goals 'not realistic': Regime change in Iran 'can't be achieved' by airstrikes

Middle East

As 'war of choice' escalates into international crisis, Miller says Trump has 'no strategy'

Middle East

'Tehran assumes war is behind them: Iran will not capitulate, Trump has it all wrong'

Middle East

Iraq caught between US and Iran, facing attacks from both warring sides & Iran-aligned actors within

Once seeking de-escalation, Saudi Arabia now sees ‘no coexistence’ with hardline Iran

Middle East

US goals shift: 'At the beginning of the Iran war, the US and Israel were on the same page'

Middle East

War on Iran: 'Fought on faulty assumptions, notion of externally delivered regime change delusional'

Middle East

'We do not have a single war on Iran: We have an Israeli war and an American war'

Middle East

Myth of liberation: As war rages, trapped Iranians 'curse' the regime, the Americans & the Israelis

Middle East

'Volatile: Oil market much more resilient than in 1970s' as conflict speculation drives price swings

Middle East

'Disaster: Attacks on gas infrastructure, in Iran and Qatar, may set us back several years'

Middle East
Middle East Matters

Strait of Hormuz: Iran leverages control of a critical chokepoint in the global oil trade

Middle East

A global superpower with a quiet voice: China 'not as loud or influential' beyond the Global South

Asia / Pacific
Spotlight

'If the Cuban government were to collapse, that would be a security threat to the United States'

Americas

'Walking centrist line: Far right says budget too socialist, far left says budget as too right-wing'

France

'Necessary evil at key times: Most French people don't like 49.3, but France needs a budget'

France

'Rioters must be put in their place,' says Iran’s Khamenei as death toll reaches at least 10

Asia / Pacific

Iran to unleash 'decisive' response if economic protests destabilise country, prosecutor says

Asia / Pacific
Business

Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests, currency turmoil

Business

Far left dismisses pension reform suspension, Socialists claim victory, far right embraces stability

France

Bolivia turns page on Socialist era, elects great-nephew of 1952 revolution leader

Americas

'Putschist playbook': Seize power, promise elections following two-year transition, postpone polls

Macron wagers there's little to 'no appetite for an election', outside the political fringes

France

With the next election just 18 months away, many feel they're better served stepping back from power

France

France’s Fiscal Reckoning: Can Lecornu defy gravity, as he seeks compromise and coalition-building ?

France

The French Exception: Why both reform and compromise are political minefields in the Fifth Republic

France

Gen Z revolution or coup against democracy? Madagascar's political upheaval harkens back to 2009

Africa

France's inability to form coalitions: All parties in parliament behave as if they've got a mandate

France

Biggest challenge for Lecornu govt: 'Show that democracy is still a winning formula'

France

'Symbolic power: What's the point of Macron, or the centre, if they give everything away?'

France

German MEP Andresen: 'Even people close to Macron don’t really understand what he is doing'

France

Hind Ziane: Solution to France’s political crisis is to call snap elections, build absolute majority

France