Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran has said it has reached an agreement with Oman on the details of a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, in the clearest signal yet from Tehran that a diplomatic push to reopen…
By: Isac Hammouch In the history of states and authoritarian regimes, there exist men crafted to be living tombs for secrets. They are carefully selected, trained in the virtue of silence, and summoned to be nothing more than shadows moving in the corridors of power, executing orders without leaving a trace. Ahmed Boukhari was one…
The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas shipments usually pass, has effectively been closed since the start of the US and Israel’s war with Iran in late February due to Iranian attacks on vessels and a US blockade of Iranian ports. In mid-June, the US and Iran signed a…
Iran says it is negotiating with Oman to reach “an understanding” over a temporary route through the Strait of Hormuz to allow commercial shipping to resume. The statement came after US President Donald Trump said new talks on ending the war in Iran would begin on Monday – and that he had called off “massive”…
Defence giants Lockheed and Northrop see billion-dollar deals as Pentagon accelerates missile arsenal production Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 The United States Department of Defense penned a new deal with defence giants Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman in an effort to ramp up production capacity for parts used in missile defence systems. The…
Andy Burnham is having a good time. I can’t remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profile British politician) actually looked as though they were enjoying what they were doing. I saw a clip the other day in which Burnham remembered arguing with his dad about the point of an English degree,…
Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck “rapidly” with the country. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he had been asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on any attack as the “perimeters” of a deal had been…
In these days of extreme weather events, it seems odd to say that the US needs a big landslide. But a landslide defeat for President Donald Trump in November’s midterm elections is exactly what is required if the country is to start reversing his deliberate and rapid erosion of its democracy. The respected Varieties of…
Doha – Qatar experienced a Sunday marked by two major events. A few hours after the announcement of the passing of the former Emir and father of the current Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the country was targeted by a new missile and drone attack claimed by Iran as part of the regional…
The Israeli army announced Sunday that it had killed Ali Mussa Daqduq, one of Hezbollah’s most experienced and wanted operatives, during a targeted strike in southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, the operation targeted a historical leader of the Lebanese Shia movement, considered by Washington and Israel to be one of the architects of several…
