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BUSINESS
Can Libya’s Energy Promise Outdrill Its Divisions?
Drone strikes on Libya's biggest refinery and a bomb that killed a senior general days apart leave Libya's peace looking thin beneath Europe's gas hopes.
WORLD
Libya Twin Attacks Strain a Fragile Unity Push
Libya’s rival attacks expose fragile security as Haftar, Turkey and Washington push a reunification deal.
BUSINESS
Gaddafi Assassination Opens a Road for Haftar in Libya
Gunmen in Zintan ended a name that haunted the country for fifteen years and opened a road for the current strongmen to settle the scores they hold today.
BUSINESS
Libya’s Aviation Struggle: How Rival Factions Block a Unified National Airline
Libya seeks a singular sky within a world of separate authorities as a new airline takes flight while military leaders perish during overseas missions today.
BUSINESS
Old Rivalries as Leverage: Russia in the Eastern Mediterranean
When diplomatic protests turn into gas field disputes, old-fashioned regional quarrels become tomorrow's Russian leverage in the Mediterranean.
Popular
Germany’s Energy Transition Hits a Financial Paradox
Building enough clean power turns out to be the easy part of Germany's energy transition; making that power cheap, stable and financially viable is the harder one.
Bahrain Charts Its Own Course Through Gulf Recovery
Washington offers $5 billion for Gulf energy repairs and Bahrain builds European trade through EuroCham, giving post-war commerce two separate foundations.
Europe Wades into Another Embattled Chokepoint
Houthi gains, Ethiopian turmoil and Italian warships have turned Bab al-Mandeb into Europe's second chokepoint crisis, with refugees and diesel bills at stake.
Fico and Stubb: War Fatigue Finds a Political Voice
Russia's war in Ukraine keeps unsettling budgets, alliances and tempers across Europe, confirming how unevenly the continent shares its collective fear.
Maldives Draw Gulf Billions Into Urban Expansion
A city built partly to solve a housing shortage is now being sold to the world as a luxury destination too, and both promises have to hold at once.
