Haftar
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.
EUROPE
A Temporary Fix: Meloni’s Eastern Mediterranean Strategy in Libya
Italy turns to Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus to stabilise Libya, cut migration, and connect rising oil output to eastern Mediterranean networks.
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.
