Defence & Security
US-Iran MOU Ends War but Leaves 60-Day Test Over Nuclear Limits, Hormuz and Lebanon
Donald Trump and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian have signed an initial memorandum to end the war, but the 14-point deal leaves the hardest questions over sanctions,...
Economics & Business
China Rejects G7 Minerals Push as Europe Faces Strategic Supply-Chain Test
China has defended its export controls on critical minerals...
Defence & Security
Ukrainian drones hit Moscow oil refinery as fire sends smoke across Russian capital
A strike on the Kapotnya refinery has again exposed...
Opinion
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Why Britain Has Lost Faith in Keir Starmer
The spectacle unfolding around Sir Keir Starmer and his...
Opinion
Makerfield: The Right’s Civil War Could Deliver Another Dreadful Labour Prime Minister
The Makerfield by-election has become something far larger than...
Opinion
Modi Brings Stability to the G7 as Trump’s Unpredictability Clouds US Diplomacy
When Narendra Modi and Donald Trump meet on the...
Opinion
Nigel Farage and the Perils of Anti-Establishment Politics
For more than three decades, Nigel Farage has occupied...
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China Rejects G7 Minerals Push as Europe Faces Strategic Supply-Chain Test
China has defended its export controls on critical minerals...
Ukrainian drones hit Moscow oil refinery as fire sends smoke across Russian capital
A strike on the Kapotnya refinery has again exposed...
Hormuz shipping may take weeks to recover despite US-Iran framework
Major shipowners may keep avoiding the Strait of Hormuz for weeks, despite a US-Iran interim agreement intended to reduce regional risk.
EU Split Over Ben-Gvir Sanctions Opens Separate Push to Block Settlement Trade
EU foreign ministers failed to agree sanctions against Israeli...
G7 Critical Minerals Plan Exposes US–European Split Over How to Counter China
Western governments agree that dependence on China for critical minerals is a strategic risk. The harder question at the G7 is whether the answer should be price intervention, subsidies or a more market-based approach.
G7 Opens Without China as Europe Faces the Cost of Strategic Dependence
China will not be at the G7 table in France, but its role in trade, critical minerals and industrial supply chains is set to shape the summit all the same.
Human Rights and Social Issues
Pauline Hanson Reopens Australia’s Old Debate on Identity and Immigration
Australia's long-running argument over immigration and national identity has...
UK Doctors’ strike reprieve offers NHS breathing space, but deeper problems remain
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has secured a...
Fatima Jabbe-Bio: London Borough Takes Back Social Housing Property Used by Sierra Leone’s First Lady
Southwark Council has confirmed that it has taken possession...
China’s Arrest of an American Scholar Signals a Dangerous New Phase
The arrest of American scholar Min Zin in China...
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Kyrgyzstan and China’s lending boom: how Bishkek became exposed to Beijing’s balance sheet
For much of the post-war period, the International Monetary Fund and the United States set the tone for sovereign lending and crisis support.
Over the past...
Defence & Security
From Mass Repression to Nuclear Ambition: The Real Risk of Iran’s Regime, writes Hossein Amjadi
For decades, international debates about Iran’s nuclear ambitions have...
Arts
Voices of Friends 2025 Burabay, Kazakhstan November 29 – December 2, 2025
The fifth anniversary festival Voices of Friends Poetry &...
Culture & Society
Brussels Hosts Belgium’s First Ever Indian Film Festival
The Embassy of India in Belgium successfully organised the...
Americas
From Back Channels to Hard Leverage: The Strategy the US Now Needs on Russia
Washington’s current handling of negotiations with Moscow over Ukraine...
Environment & ClimateSustainability
Sydney Beachgoers & Surfers Return After Shark Attack
There are few places more synonymous with the Australian way of life than Sydney's eastern beaches.
The sweep of golden sand at Coogee, the...
Norway Presses EU to Recast Arctic Gas as a Security Asset
Norway is challenging the European Union to reconsider its...
Albania Resort Dispute Tests Foreign Investment and Environmental Governance
A planned luxury resort in Albania linked to Jared...
The Weather: Britain’s Favourite Topic Turns Serious as Drought Bites
Britain’s weather has always occupied a curious place in...
Drone strike on Ryazan refinery leaves city facing civilian and pollution risks
Regional authorities said three people were killed and 12...
440 ppm: Our Atmosphere Has Now Entered Unknown Territory
For decades, climate scientists warned that atmospheric carbon dioxide...
Fossil fuel dependence moves from climate issue to security question at Santa Marta summit
The Santa Marta conference in Colombia has placed fossil...
EU and Central Asian states renew water, energy and climate cooperation in Astana
Representatives of the European Union, Central Asian states and...
The Economics of Thirst: Can Water Forward avert a deepening global imbalance?
The announcement of the World Bank’s new “Water Forward”...
Greenpeace warns of rising collapse risk at Chornobyl sarcophagus after drone damage
Greenpeace Ukraine has warned that the sarcophagus enclosing the...
Science & Technology
Italian Astronaut Picked for Artemis III as Europe Gains Place in NASA Moon Architecture
NASA has named Italian European Space Agency astronaut Luca...
South Africa Battery-Minerals Plan Points to New Competition Over EV Supply Chains
South Africa is moving to bring electric-vehicle battery materials...
UK forces Google to give publishers AI-search opt-out as media bargaining fight widens
Britain’s competition regulator has imposed new rules on Google’s...
France-Israel Defence Show Dispute Turns Eurosatory Into Diplomatic Test
France’s decision to restrict Israel’s official participation at Eurosatory...
Blue Origin explosion strengthens SpaceX’s hand in tightening launch market
The destruction of a New Glenn rocket during a...
