A stash of cash, the ‘Brangelina of Brussels’ and claims of corruption tied to Qatar at EU’s heart

When agents from La Sûreté de l’Etat, Belgium’s intelligence service, broke into the Brussels home of a former Italian MEP this summer they could scarcely believe what they found: €700,000 (£610,00) ...

Qatar redefined the very nature of citizenship...The temporary citizen

Qatar spared nothing in its preparation for the 2022 World Cup. Multiple stadiums and sprawling fan facilities were built from scratch—as was the national team, which includes players from Iraq, ...

Somalis Are Dying of Hunger. Officials Say It’s Not a Famine. Why?

In drought-ravaged Somalia, where the starving are streaming into giant refugee camps, it looks like a famine. In Somalia’s malnutrition wards, where the silence is pierced by the keening of mothers ...

Tutankhamun’s tomb: how The Times unearthed the world’s biggest story

On November 30, 1922, The Times broke the news: the British archaeologist Howard Carter and his financial backer Lord Carnarvon had discovered an intact royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Arthur ...

Oil Prices Face Fresh Volatility With New Russia Sanctions, OPEC Decision

OPEC and its allies are due to make a big call on oil production next week, a day before expanded sanctions are set to strike Russia’s energy industry. The potential impact of these moves is helping ...

How airstrikes by Israel, Turkey and Russia denote a new era in Syrian war

Over the plains of northern Syria, an approaching warplane usually makes a distinctive roar, allowing those on the ground to determine who it belongs to and whether there’s a need to hide. But the ...

‘My teenage years were stolen’: Iranians on their hopes for change

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After Taliban Return, Afghan Women Face Old Pressures From Fathers, Brothers

We were free to fly, say Afghan women. Then the Taliban threatened to attack us with acid