1:35pm

Centre-left revival shakes up Israel

Middle-class voters shift focus to economic and social issues

Return to power: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at his campaign headquarters on Wednesday ©Getty 10:31am

Netanyahu vows to build ‘broad coalition’

Israeli PM suffers election blow but remains favourite to form government

Yair Lapid ©AFP From ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT 5:01pm

Former Israeli TV presenter seizes spotlight

Centrist Yair Lapid surges in poll to become potential kingmaker

Global Insight from ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT 4:57pm

Israelis clip Netanyahu’s wings

Prime minister will have to look to centre for coalition partners

4:53pm

War set to cause food shortages in Syria

Farming sector in ‘tatters’ warns UN as production tumbles

A Syrian man married to a Russian waves from inside a bus shortly after crossing the border from Syria into Lebanon ©AP Jan 22, 2013

Russia signals talks with Syrian groups

Moscow says it will hold deeper negotiations with opposition

A poll official checks a ballot box in Amman ©Reuters Jan 22, 2013

Jordan election undermined by boycott

Critics believe vote will take place under biased system

From COMPANIES Jan 21, 2013

Total ‘oil-for-food’ trial opens in Paris

Energy group accused of bribery over UN programme in Iraq

Global Insight Jan 21, 2013

Bloody past shapes fortress Algeria’s reflex

The progress of al-Qaeda radicals was underestimated

From IRAN Jan 21, 2013

Tussle over Iran central bank governor

Currency falls 8% amid confusion over fate of Mahmoud Bahmani

Roula Khalaf from US & CANADA Jan 21, 2013

The US cannot stay out of the Middle East

Sometimes there is no alternative to American leadership

Jan 21, 2013

Just Falafel’s taste for fast expansion

Fast-food outlet uses franchise partners for global chain

Jan 21, 2013

Netanyahu losing support ahead of vote

Pre-election polls indicate win for Likud but with fewer seats

Jan 20, 2013

Troops comb plant for bombs and bodies

Death figure could be as high as 81 as burnt corpses found

Jan 20, 2013

Israeli far-right candidate stirs anger

Remarks fuel debate about Jewish Home party’s views

From UK Jan 20, 2013

Civil war traps indebted Syrian students

Sanctions cut off access to funds for several hundred people

Global Insight Jan 20, 2013

Israel and Palestinians still on agenda

Obama has to face a problem he may not be able to solve

Jan 18, 2013

Britain and Japan criticise plant rescue

France stands out in supporting Algiers

The World Jan 18, 2013

Day as it happened: Algeria hostage crisis

Latest news on raid on the In Amenas gas facility

Jan 18, 2013

Attack dismantles comfort of protected lives

Gas plant was a lonely outpost dependent on Algerian troops

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