As Israel Bombards Gaza, Fears of Humanitarian Disaster Mount
GAZA CITY—More than a quarter-million Gazans fled their homes and some tried to escape the strip for Egypt as Israeli forces launched new rounds of airstrikes in the enclave... Read more
GAZA CITY—More than a quarter-million Gazans fled their homes and some tried to escape the strip for Egypt as Israeli forces launched new rounds of airstrikes in the enclave... Read more
TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to form a national unity government that includes members of the opposition and former military leaders, a move aimed at reassuring a country still reeling from... Read more
Hamas’s lightning strike on Israel last weekend has raised the question how the group financed the surprise operation. One answer: cryptocurrency. During the year leading up to the attacks, three militant... Read more
As Israel combats the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, it faces the strategic question of whether Iran will direct its other protégé, the Lebanese Hezbollah, to open a... Read more
The UK faces another five years of high interest rates to stem rising prices, an influential global group has warned. The International Monetary Fund expects the UK to have... Read more
Last week’s turmoil in the global bond markets will be playing on the minds of finance ministers and central bank governors when they gather in Marrakech this week for... Read more
The HS2 rail line will not be extended to London Euston unless enough private investment is secured for the project. If cash is not put forward by private funds,... Read more
The interest the government pays on national debt has reached a 20-year high as the rate on 30-year bonds reaches 5.05%. A rise in the cost of borrowing comes... Read more
Quantitative easing, the policy tool deployed across the Group of Seven to stimulate economies through the financial crisis and pandemic, is rapidly falling out of favor in Britain. From politicians to... Read more
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to say if the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 will be axed. Asked by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg if the high-speed... Read more