Israel’s Arab population and the Palestinians fear for the future as Benjamin Netanyahu clinches victory in a general election.
Benjamin Netanyahu has won a fifth term in office and looks set to be Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, after a campaign which saw him pledge to annex the occupied West Bank.
11 Apr 20198min
Beyond the Headlines podcast: Bouteflika bids goodbye to power in Algeria
After weeks of mounting protest, Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has stepped down, ending 20 years as the country’s ruler. While the moment is historic, protesters – many of whom won’t re...
4 Apr 20197min
Former UK PM Tony Blair says Brexit is a mess
The Untied Kingdom’s march towards Brexit has been postponed but questions about the fate of the country’s place in the world continue to swirl. Prime Minister Theresa May has been given extra few we...
25 Mars 201920min
New Zealanders shaken but unbowed by terrorist attacks
It's been one week since the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch New Zealand. The mass shooting was the worst peacetime attack in New Zealand’s history, and has shaken the country to its c...
22 Mars 201922min
The last stand of ISIS in Syria
Syrian Democratic Forces are slowly extinguishing what’s left of the Islamic State. The US-backed SDF has the grouped trapped in a tiny sliver of land along the Euphrates River. Baghouz, Syria, is a ...
13 Mars 201919min
The curious case of the runaway ISIS bride
This week, The National spoke to Alistair Burt, the British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa. The chance to speak to the top British official was timely. Shemima Begum, who fle...
20 Feb 201911min
How digital transformation will change the jobs we have
The World Economic Forum says that the digital transformation of economies and businesses will displace 75 million jobs as the division of labour shifts between humans, machines and algorithms. Howeve...
12 Feb 201934min
