Mehul Srivastava
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Articles by Mehul Srivastava
US military smartphones targeted through roaming and ad tech
Middle Eastern mobile networks were repeatedly hit with cyber attacks to track the locations of US personnel and contractors during the...
AI-powered threats may succeed ‘within months’, Five Eyes warns
The west’s artificial intelligence-armed adversaries may succeed within months in developing attacks that could overwhelm the defences of...
How Israel’s ‘trampoline’ economy has adapted to war
The war in Iran has unleashed the biggest price shock on the global economy since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Transcript: Israel’s war strategy strains relations with US
This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Israel’s war strategy strains relations with US’ Marc Filippino...
New AI espionage powers trigger Putin camera scare
Russia paused surveillance system after killing of Iran's Supreme Leader exposed how AI can be used on CCTV data to target enemies The idea that a country's own surveillance system could be so efficiently and completely turned against it by its enemies has alarmed counter-intelligence officers around the world.
WhatsApp accuses NSO of fresh Pegasus targeting
Meta’s WhatsApp said it will ask a US-court to hold NSO Group in contempt, accusing the Israeli maker of Pegasus of once again trying to...
New AI espionage powers trigger Putin camera scare
Russia’s security services shut parts of a special surveillance system protecting President Vladimir Putin and his closest aides in the...
Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel
Iran launched salvos of ballistic missiles at Israel on Sunday night, in the most serious test so far of a fragile two-month ceasefire...
Israel attacks Beirut days after Trump’s showdown with Netanyahu
Israel carried out limited air strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, days after an angry phone call from US President Donald...
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu replay 1982 Beirut stand-off
The Israeli army advancing in southern Lebanon, menacing a Beirut suburb. An angry American president on the phone.
US parks dozens of military aircraft at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport
Dozens of US warplanes are stationed at Israel’s main civilian airport alongside Israeli military aircraft following a build-up that has...
Ben-Gvir condemned in Israel after video of European activists provokes outrage
A video showing the manhandling and humiliation of European activists by Israeli police has drawn widespread condemnation from western...
Israeli lawmakers advance bill paving way for elections
Israel’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill that would dissolve the current Knesset, kick-starting a process that...
Israeli leaders threaten New York Times with lawsuit
The Israeli government has threatened to sue the New York Times over a column that detailed the widespread sexual abuse of Palestinians...
Israel rushed laser system to UAE to fend off Iran’s missiles
Israel sent sophisticated weapons systems — including an advanced laser — to the United Arab Emirates to help defend the Gulf monarchy...
Gulf states consider new pipelines to avoid Strait of Hormuz
The threat of open-ended Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Gulf countries to revisit costly plans for pipelines to Upgrade to read this Financial Times article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles.
Gulf states consider new pipelines to avoid Strait of Hormuz
The threat of open-ended Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Gulf countries to revisit costly plans for pipelines to...
Israel blocks Catholic cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
France, Italy, Poland and Canada criticised Israel for blocking a senior Catholic clergyman from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm...
Israel deepens invasion of Lebanon
The Israeli military has deepened its invasion of Lebanon, pouring more troops into the south of the country and repeating its demands...
Israeli military doubts war will topple Iranian regime
The Israeli military is increasingly sceptical that regime change in Iran will be possible in the coming weeks, casting doubt on one of...
Behind the myth-making of Mossad
If there is a single word of Hebrew that nearly every adult Arabic or Persian-speaker has probably heard, it is “Mossad”.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Iran ‘fixation’ finds its moment in Donald Trump
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Even before the talks with Iran began this year, and before US aircraft carriers left for the Middle East, Donald Trump and Benjamin...
By Mehul Srivastava Verified, James Shotter Verified, Neri Zilber, Abigail Hauslohner Verified, John Paul Rathbone Verified
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Financial Times
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Israel says it has killed Iran’s top security official
Israel said it had killed Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official and one of the leaders steering the Islamic republic since the...
Silent killer: the return of torpedo warfare
By the time the Sri Lankan navy responded to the distress call and started picking up survivors, all that was left of the Iranian frigate...
Gulf states in race to secure more US interceptors
Gulf states are anxiously waiting for the US military to deliver supplies of interceptors for air-defence systems as they try to fend off...
Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei
When the highly trained, loyal bodyguards and drivers of senior Iranian officials came to work near Pasteur Street in Tehran — where...
In charts: how Donald Trump became a military interventionist
Time and again, Donald Trump has crowed about the failures and humiliation of US presidents who got bogged down in foreign misadventures,...
Why now? Donald Trump’s shifting arguments for striking Iran
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Just months ago, US President Donald Trump said Iran’s nuclear programme was “obliterated”.
By Mehul Srivastava Verified, Charles Clover Verified, Raya Jalabi Verified, Neri Zilber, Abigail Hauslohner Verified
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Financial Times
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Military briefing: The US-Israeli strikes and Iran’s retaliation
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On Saturday morning, explosions rang out around Iran, with smoke rising over Tehran while sirens wailed over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
By Charles Clover Verified, Malcolm Moore Verified, Mehul Srivastava Verified, Steff Chávez Verified, James Shotter Verified
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Financial Times
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Defensive munition shortages to shape attack on Iran
Limited supplies of critical defensive munitions to protect US forces and allies from Tehran’s missiles are likely to shape the military...
The TV deal bringing Israel’s media closer to Netanyahu
Evening news broadcasts on Channel 13 stand out in Israel’s boisterous media market for one reason: their open, deeply reported and often...
Russia blocks Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service
Millions of Russians were abruptly cut off from the encrypted WhatsApp messaging service on Wednesday afternoon after months of efforts...
Iran’s president says it will open nuclear sites for ‘verification’
Iran’s president has said the country is willing to open up its nuclear sites for “any verification” to prove it is not seeking to build...
Transcript: Trump’s divisive ‘Board of Peace’
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This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: “Trump’s divisive ‘Board of Peace’” Marc Filippino Good morning from...
By Marc Filippino Verified, Najmeh Bozorgmehr Verified, Mehul Srivastava Verified, Victoria Craig Verified
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Financial Times
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Who would want to join Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace'?
Skip to Content A fledgling club of autocrats, strongmen and monarchs takes shape as the U.S. president tries to recast the global order The Board of Peace was unveiled against the backdrop of Trump's territorial lust for Greenland, a threat the U.S.'s NATO allies interpret as anything but peaceful. Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks, two military-backed regimes and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
Who wants to join Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’?
Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks, two military-backed regimes and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for...
Benjamin Netanyahu joins Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will join Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, a contentious new organisation that the US...
How Iran’s regime retook the streets
The images that trickled out of Iran showed a country gripped by chaos: tens if not hundreds of thousands of protesters; body bags laid...
Israel waits on US to settle ‘unfinished business’ with Iran
As Donald Trump weighs military strikes against Iran, one normally loquacious and vehement champion of toppling the regime in Tehran has...
How Iran switched off the internet
The software engineer remembers the very moment in late 2019 that the Iranian government realised its multibillion-dollar investment in...
Israel to build 19 more settlements in occupied West Bank
The Israeli cabinet has approved the construction of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, as the far-right government seeks to...
Benjamin Netanyahu approves $35bn Israel-Egypt gas deal
Israel has granted an export permit for as much as $35bn in natural gas to be sold to Egypt from the massive Leviathan gasfield,...
Benjamin Netanyahu visits Israeli troops in Syrian territory
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a public visit to territory seized from Syria last year, saying that Israeli troops would...
UN Security Council approves US-backed proposal for Gaza
The UN Security Council has approved a US-backed proposal that would deploy an international stabilisation force and establish a...
Germany lifts weapons freeze on Israel in response to Gaza ceasefire
Germany has become the first major arms supplier to ease export restrictions on Israel, saying that the ceasefire announced with Hamas...
The militias seeking to fight Israel’s shadow war in Gaza
In the half of Gaza in Israel’s control, a peculiar — and combustible — experiment is under way.
Google sues Chinese group selling software behind text message scams
Google has filed a lawsuit against a group of Chinese hackers that it claims sells software to help criminals run online scams, which the...
Hamas returns body of Israeli soldier killed in 2014
Hamas has returned the body of an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in 2014, an unexpected move designed to help shore up the fragile...
Israeli energy minister stalls $35bn natural gas deal with Egypt
Israel’s energy minister said he was holding up the approval of a $35bn natural gas deal with Egypt, claiming that he was defying US...
Weil lawyer invested millions in fund that owned Pegasus spyware maker
A partner at US law firm Weil Gotshal personally invested €5mn in the private equity fund that bought Israel’s NSO Group, the maker of...
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