Today
Drone targets Netanyahu’s house as Hezbollah ramps up strikes
Israel’s military said dozens of projectiles were launched from Lebanon a day after Hezbollah announced a new phase in fighting.
- Adam Schreck and Samy Magdy
This Month
The storm chasers trying to save the world from drought
Everyone agrees the planet needs more water. So why is cloud-seeding so controversial?
- Jeremy Miller
September
Ukraine’s new foreign minister Is Zelensky’s latest power play
Ukraine’s new foreign minister has cultivated deep contacts in NATO states during postings to Ankara and Warsaw. He’s also close to Ukraine’s wartime power centre.
- Volodymyr Verbianyi and Natalia Ojewska
August
Widespread boycotts in Muslim countries hammer Western brands
Consumers are shunning goods produced by companies such as Coca-Cola, KFC, Starbucks and Mondelez in protest against their perceived support for Israel in the war in Gaza.
- FT Reporters
July
Tough-talking Haniyeh was seen as more moderate face of Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh moved between Turkey and Qatar’s capital Doha, escaping the travel curbs of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to act as a negotiator in ceasefire talks.
- Samia Nakhoul and Stephen Farrell
April
‘At the end of the day, we’re Aussies’: Assyrians assess church attack
For Sydney’s tight-knit Assyrian community, Monday’s terrorist attack in a church was confronting and triggering for a long-persecuted people.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Global economy
Who is the ‘massive player with deep pockets’ behind gold’s surge?
A powerful force is stalking the world’s gold market and it is operating in the shadows. Whoever it is – or they are – seems insensitive to cost.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Women can’t sue Qatar Airways over invasive strip search, court finds
The Federal Court judge also says the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, which was being pursued by the women, is immune from foreign prosecution.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Erdogan suffers historic loss in municipal elections
Poll results show voters turned against the ruling party in much of Turkey, but the change was more dramatic in urban areas.
- Selcan Hacaoglu, Beril Akman and Firat Kozok
March
Why this is the best hamam in Istanbul
Forget the old stereotype of being whipped with towels. This lovingly restored hamam revives the gentle ancient art of communal bathing.
- Ayesha de Kretser
How to spend 48 hours in Istanbul
With new flights starting and a free stopover included, it’s time to tick Türkiye’s biggest city off your bucket list.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- India
Narendra Modi figures out what Trump never has
Alone among strongmen, the Indian PM now concentrates on broadening support rather than just stoking the resentments of his base.
- Mihir Sharma
- Opinion
- Lunch with the AFR
‘Asian countries feel their time has come’: why the West must adapt
The best-selling historian Peter Frankopan says that the rise of Asia and rising global temperatures will force the West to rethink its future and its history.
- Kevin Chinnery
- Opinion
- Highflyer
I just flew from Istanbul to Melbourne with Turkish Airlines
Fares from Melbourne to Istanbul come with free nights in five- and four-star hotels.
- Ayesha de Kretser
February
New player in market set to spark fare wars to Europe
Turkish Airlines will start flying direct into Melbourne (via Singapore) two weeks sooner than previously announced - igniting consumer hopes of better prices.
- Fiona Carruthers and Ayesha de Kretser
January
Military plane crashes in Russia, killing Ukraine POWs, Moscow says
Moscow said the plane had been carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being transferred to the Belgorod region to be exchanged for Russian service personnel.
- Ivan Nechepurenko and Andrew E. Kramer
Fresh air routes to Europe in eight weeks
Turkish Airlines will fly between Istanbul and Melbourne from March, as the federal government seeks to put the decision to block extra Qatar Airways flights into Australia behind it.
- Patrick Durkin
Blinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans
The US and Israel are united in the war against Hamas but sharply divided over Gaza’s future, with Washington and its Arab allies hoping to revive the peace process.
- Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy and Najib Jobain
Deaths mount as envoys vie to stop Gaza war’s spread
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, were on separate trips to the region to try to quell spillover.
- Maayan Lubell and Simon Lewis
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
America’s allies: with friends like these, who needs enemies?
The United States’ foreign entanglements have become numerous and knotty enough to make George Washington turn in his grave.
- Andreas Kluth