Growing pressure: How long can Israel resist Gaza ceasefire calls?
We ask about the mounting pressure from allies and the mounting domestic pressure after last week's accidental killing of three escaped hostages by Israeli forces.
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Fuel on the fire? West Bank settler violence draws international condemnation
The US calls it fuel on the fire and has now announced visa bans for extremists. How serious is Washington? Is Israel listening?
Age of violence? Eiffel Tower attack adds to security concerns in France
Times have changed since 2015, when France was the target of a wave of jihadist-inspired terror attacks. But there are constants. Whether it is pre-planned political violence or a spur-of-the-moment impulse, it takes a deranged mind to attack random strangers.
Can Israel go it alone? Gaza war intensifies despite international pressure
We ask what Lloyd Austin means...and what Israel wants. What are achievable objectives, both military and political, that can isolate an emboldened Hamas and offer real hope to both Israelis and Palestinians?
Impossible to quit? COP28 showdown over phase-out of fossil fuels
Beyond tired scapegoating arguments, there's a more important question: how shortsighted is humanity? Will we all perish tomorrow morning? No. But we do have to pay our food and energy bills. In Germany, cost is why there's a backlash against policies aimed at phasing out gas boilers, why a quickly-scrapped carbon tax sparked France's Yellow Vests movement, why naval-dependent Greece is leading the charge against a shipping tax.
All the influence UAE can buy? Oil money and the growing clout of UN climate summit hosts
In fact, it's ADNOC's boss, Prince Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber,who's official chair of the COP28 summit. In fairness to the UAE, these annual gatherings rotate between regions and it just happened to be the Middle East's turn.
What's the deal? Hard bargaining over hostages and Gaza truce
Ismael Haniyeh is the face of Hamas abroad, but who is calling the shots inside Gaza? Does Israel's leadership want to negotiate, or eliminate its interlocutors? Would a three or five-day truce signal a temporary respite or the first step towards spelling out an alternative to reducing all of Gaza to rubble?
Radical turn: What's populist Javier Milei's plan for Argentina?
How bad off is the country this time? Argentina once again finds itself in the throes of hyperinflation and a crippling debt crisis that's wiped out savings. Will government services be gutted in the name of reform? What is the alternative?