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The world’s most successful military alliance. If you can keep it.

Trump or not in the White House, NATO has to embrace some hard realities to survive another five — much less 75 — years.

July 9, 2024 4:00 pm CET

The West’s biggest vulnerability is internal

It’s time for wartime leadership in America and its democratic allies.

July 9, 2024 4:01 am CET

Labour’s top policy priorities

A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.

July 6, 2024 3:40 pm CET

Moderate Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election

The president-elect is a heart surgeon turned reforming lawmaker, who faced a field stacked with backers of more restrictive theocratic rule.

July 6, 2024 2:38 pm CET

EU diplomat imprisoned in Iran kept his sexuality a secret from the regime

Johan Floderus proposed to his boyfriend immediately after landing in Stockholm, he said in new interview.

July 3, 2024 2:26 pm CET

White House knows it can do little to push back on ‘problematic’ Netanyahu

The Biden administration has no choice but to work with the Israeli prime minister to get a cease-fire and hostage deal done.

June 29, 2024 2:34 pm CET

Iran threatens ‘obliterating war’ if Israel attacks Lebanon

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the US to launch diplomatic efforts to prevent a full-scale war in the region.

June 29, 2024 2:13 pm CET

US allies say Trump-Biden debate ‘isn’t a great look for America’

Biden came across as feeble, while Trump lied and promised the impossible.

June 28, 2024 7:26 am CET

White House fears mount about Bibi’s Washington visit

The Israeli prime minister’s video this week, accusing the U.S. of withholding military aid, has raised the stakes (and the concerns) about his July 24 speech.

June 22, 2024 2:23 pm CET
Unpacked

Are Israel and Hezbollah about to square up?

Despite strenuous efforts and stern warnings, the risk of an expanding conflict in the Middle East is rising by the hour.

June 21, 2024 4:01 am CET

Hezbollah threatens war against Cyprus if it helps Israel

Nicosia and Tel Aviv have stepped up defense cooperation in recent years.

June 19, 2024 7:35 pm CET

Putin and Kim pledge ‘mutual assistance’ against ‘aggression’ in colorful visit

Russia-North Korea treaty is the latest sign of close ties between the two pariah states.

June 19, 2024 4:39 pm CET
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Espionage and cyberattack threat reaches new dimension in Germany, interior minister warns

Russia adjusted its intelligence strategy following the expulsion of its diplomats in 2023, Nancy Faeser said.

June 18, 2024 1:24 pm CET

EU diplomat Johan Floderus freed by Iran in prisoner exchange

In exchange for Floderus, Sweden has agreed to release Iranian former prison official Hamid Nouri.

June 15, 2024 2:44 pm CET

Fully updated: Our Labour policy tracker

Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

June 13, 2024 7:44 pm CET

Ukraine wants peace but can’t trust Russia

One thing is clear ahead of this weekend’s peace summit — everyone wants the peace that best fits their interests.

June 13, 2024 6:57 pm CET

Israel targeted more than 120 US lawmakers in disinformation campaign

The lawmakers were mostly Democrats, and the campaign involved pro-Israeli military posts on their accounts over the past year.

June 6, 2024 6:12 am CET

An American’s guide to the 2024 European election

The EU is complicated, so let’s break it down for our cousins across the Atlantic.

June 4, 2024 4:02 am CET

Inside UK Labour’s push for a US special relationship — even with Trump

Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.

June 2, 2024 5:13 pm CET

US warns Europe to get serious about China’s aid to Russia

Beijing’s leadership is determined to back Moscow “to the hilt,” says State Department No. 2 Kurt Campbell.

May 29, 2024 11:38 am CET
UNLEASHED

The EU’s pathetic crocodile tears for Iranian hangman

Europe bends over backwards not to offend murderous mullahs, more interested in potentially reopening trade than in human rights.

May 26, 2024 4:01 am CET

Zelenskyy planning to join D-Day and G7 events

The Ukrainian president will likely use the events to request more Western help against Russia.

May 22, 2024 5:04 pm CET

The one thing US fears after Iranian president’s death

Biden administration officials still fear Iran could blame the U.S. or Israel for the helicopter crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi.

May 21, 2024 5:59 am CET

EU official triggers backlash after vowing ‘solidarity’ with Iran

“European solidarity? With whom. And with whose money?” one MEP asked.

May 20, 2024 1:08 pm CET
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