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Talk of war between Israel and Lebanon is growing

Israel and Hizbullah would still prefer to avoid one, but that is getting ever h...

The National Basketball Association is making a big bet...

The world’s second-favourite sport is taking off on the fastest-growing continent

South Africa’s future is in the hands of a divided ANC

The party is debating whether to embrace populism or pragmatism

Why avocados are driving another sort of green economy ...

A clement climate at high altitudes and an entrepreneurial spirit are giving Ken...

Joe Biden leaked Israel’s first plan to end the war in ...

But hardliners in Israel and Hamas may yet scupper it

Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot leave Israel’s war cabinet

Will this force Binyamin Netanyahu at last to decide to push for a ceasefire?

The children of Iran’s revolution still want to go West

Some go to undermine the Islamic Republic; others to boost it

Who are the main contenders to be Iran’s next president?

After the death of the puritanical president, Iran’s reformists hope to win a sl...

Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal

For all America’s optimism, the two sides look fundamentally irreconcilable

Kung fu gives Africans their kicks

A rare soft-power export from China is spreading across the continent

The deadly journey to the Gulf

Migrants from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia risk drowning, extortion and violence

The president of Somaliland is bargaining for recognition

But a war at home has not helped his case

A remarkable new era begins in South Africa

A national unity government can save democracy and the economy

Israel’s northern border is ablaze

Can it fight Hamas and Hizbullah simultaneously?

Private firms are driving a revolution in solar power i...

Unreliable grids and falling costs are persuading companies to go off-grid

Is a Palestinian state a fantasy?

Amid war in Gaza, the prospect is at once more relevant than ever and more distant

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