Deadly bombardment of Riyadh’s international airport threatens crown prince’s plans to turn kingdom into finance and events hub

The US president risks harming Ukraine to curb prices driven up by his own war

Alexus Grynkewich says Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war is unsettling even if conflict is not imminent

At last, the French and the Germans are getting serious about standing up to Beijing’s mercantilism

Widening unrest takes aim at election integrity and threatens prime minister’s legitimacy

International oil company chiefs stay away from energy congress after airport attacks

Also in this newsletter: Don’t ban US tech without financial support, says Warsaw

Announcement followed deal with Putin as US president tries to contain impact of higher fuel costs ahead of midterm elections

Foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says risk of casualties is rising as Moscow escalates sabotage campaign on European soil

Research for the FT shows major economies are withstanding the Iran shock but concerns about rising public debt will loom over IMF and World Bank meetings