Civil unrest poses biggest threat to the Islamic republic in years

Novels require a kind of attention that the modern world is steadily eroding

Across thousands of miles, the Lebanese militant group forged illicit business links with a Caracas regime frozen out by the US

Military alliance yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of Arctic island and kingdom of Denmark

Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project

Scandal comes as Berlin tries to strengthen the military and boost recruitment

Brussels wants insurance in the event that Reform UK wins the next election

President demands curbs to shareholder returns and pay but also holds out prospect of military spending bonanza

Companies in new year borrowing rush ahead of expected glut of issuance to fund AI-related spending

Trump is seeking to convince sceptical US oil companies to invest in Latin American nation after overthrow of Maduro

US operations to capture Nicolás Maduro and seize a Russian tanker were a reminder of the enduring power of helicopters

Scores arrested as authorities step up warnings to demonstrators

Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows

Coral beaches, Andean peaks and the world’s tallest waterfall give the country huge potential as a tourist destination

The Arctic island’s 34-year-old prime minister is at the centre of one of the world’s most meaningful geopolitical struggles

Cautious spending in ‘golden quarter’ exposes divide between the UK’s stronger retailers and those that have failed to adapt

Long seen as defunct, the Monroe Doctrine is being invoked once again as a blueprint for assertive US foreign policy. Historian Greg Grandin charts the rise, fall and rebirth of an ambiguous creed

Pearl-clutching about the Venezuela operation ignores the history of US military strategy

Consultancy costs have ballooned in recent years due to Brexit and the pandemic

Nicolás Maduro’s removal has opened the door to a huge and complex debt workout

As protests against the Islamic regime intensify, the son of the overthrown Shah seeks to rally support from abroad

Mike Wirth has built a massive advantage for the only US oil company on the ground in the Caribbean nation

Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country

Billionaire’s xAI start-up lacks adequate safeguards, say experts, but many AI models are trained on troubling material