Business / Corporate Jun 20, 2023

Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion in Lebanon courts

Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of underreporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds.

World | ANALYSIS Apr 30, 2023

Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control

Even with hundreds of people killed and the capital Khartoum turned into a war zone, there has been little sign of compromise between leaders of the two warring factions.

World | ANALYSIS Feb 9, 2023

Earthquake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Bashar Assad

Amid an outpouring of sympathy for the Syrians hit by the earthquake, Damascus is seizing the moment.

World | ANALYSIS Jan 27, 2023

Lebanese elite bury blast probe, pushing fragile state closer to edge

There is now little hope of justice ever being served over the explosion that killed 220 people and devastated swathes of Beirut.

World / Politics | FOCUS Jul 26, 2022

What became of the Arab Spring?

As the birthplace — and sole success story — of the uprisings against autocratic rule looks set to revert to dictatorship, here's a glance at other countries swept up in the movement.