Middle East & Africa
A forever ceasefire?
Trump says the war is over. How 14 bombs may change the Middle East
After America announces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, big questions remain
Ballistic theatre
After Iran’s knife-edge missile strike Trump says “no more hate”
A ceasefire may soon end the fighting
Power and defiance
Iran’s hardliners accept a precarious truce, for now
Missiles hit Israel shortly after Trump announced a ceasefire
America at war
Trump’s Iran attack was ambitious. But has it actually worked?
Assessing the wreckage of the regime’s nuclear dream
Mayhem in the Middle East
Trump smashes Iran—and gambles the regime will now capitulate
He says American strikes have “obliterated” the nuclear programme
Week two of the war
An explosive moment of truth for Iran and Israel
A test of Trump’s nerves, Iranian resilience and Israeli overreach
Weekend profile
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s great survivor
War with Israel has put the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader back in his Manichean comfort zone
Middle East peace talks
Trump v Iran: a negotiation made in hell
The president is unreliable. The Islamic Republic is inflexible
The other war
Gaza is in a bloody limbo as the battle over Iran rages
Deadly shootings at aid-distribution sites are happening almost daily
Cheap and deadly
Africa’s scary new age of high-tech warfare
The proliferation of new technology could make conflicts even longer and deadlier