18+ hour, 18+ min ago   (950+ words) The BRICS group of emerging economies expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and condemned the use of sanctions not authorized by the U.N., as the leaders met in New Delhi to strengthen their position in global affairs seen…...

1+ day, 15+ min ago   (999+ words) Poland has led NATO in defense spending in relative terms for three consecutive years, with an annual budget of roughly zł200 billion ($54 billion), or 4.8% of GDP. Poland was also the first country to draw on the European Union’s Security Action for…...

19+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1434+ words) The past seventy-two hours on Yemen’s southern Red Sea coast have produced an extraordinary operational debacle, all the more remarkable given the level of preparation. The principal Houthi axes had been identified, Saudi air and intelligence assets were in place,…...

4+ day, 39+ min ago   (898+ words) Just three months after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he launched a new trade war with China. It didn’t go well. Immediately after he announced a 34% duty on all Chinese imports, China signaled that it…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1350+ words) The European Union’s fury at Serbia honouring convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić at his funeral in Belgrade exposes a dangerous European policy weakness at a crucial time for the future of the Western Balkans. High-stakes elections are scheduled for October…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1018+ words) The visits of US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow on 5 September and Kyiv on 6 September 2026, did not produce an agreement to end the war. However, they did demonstrate a renewed effort by Washington to bring Russia’s…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1067+ words) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1652+ words) Former Japanese defence minister Gen Nakatani asked Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday to respond more decisively to US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its president, Tomoko Akane, a Japanese judge. Nakatani, a veteran of the ruling Liberal…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (699+ words) The United States, Britain, France and Germany have drafted a resolution for possible consideration by the Board of Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog that seeks to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council for failure to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1069+ words) At the end of World War II, the US Navy was by far the world’s largest. As late as 1975, the United States remained a major shipbuilding power, although its preeminence had already begun to diminish. By the end of the…...