Middle East & Africa
Beyond Belt and Road
China’s relationship with Africa is growing murkier
A decline in capital flows does not necessarily signal disengagement
Israel’s hostages
The one thing Israelis agree on: rescuing the hostages
Bibi’s failure to do so has prompted huge protests
A kingdom divided
Have Israel’s far-right religious nationalists peaked?
They wield great power but schisms within the movement are deepening
Nigeria parties on the cheap
A Nigerian’s guide to weddings during the cozzie livs
Even the most lavish of partygoers are adjusting to a cost-of-living crisis
Real estate and religion
Israel’s settlers are winning unprecedented power from the war in Gaza
They are gaining land—and sway over the army, police and politics
The Middle East
Israel and Hizbullah play with fire
They both attempt escalating attacks that fall short of all-out war
The real action
Making love not war in the Middle East
Israelis and Lebanese are finding each other on dating apps, whether they want to or not
The sun also rises
A shift towards green investment is under way in Africa
Green deals represent almost half of all venture-capital activity in the continent
Click click boom
YouTube in Africa offers a new kind of news
Demographics and the weakness of traditional media explain the rise of video news
Iran’s new government
The threat of war is empowering the Islamic republic’s hardliners
As a result, Iran’s new president is off to a disappointing start
A new epidemic
In Congo, a desperate struggle to control the deadly mpox outbreak
A rush to isolate the disease and vaccinate people is under way
The Israel-Hamas war and Iran
The Middle East’s bizarre waiting game: ceasefire or Armageddon?
Israel accepts a proposal to pause fighting but Hamas’s hardliners may not