Spain formally withdrew its ambassador from Israel on March 11. The announcement, published in the Boletin Oficial del Estado, terminated the appointment of Ana Maria Salomon Perez, downgrading Madrid’s...
EU Designates IRGC: The European Union (EU) designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on January 29. The decision was made after the...
Putin Warns Ukrainian Troops To Withdraw: Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled on December 4 that he would not compromise on his demands for Ukrainian territory, warning Ukraine’s...
Zelenskyy Meets With U.S. Officials: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll on November 20 to discuss the Trump administration’s...
Rosneft and Lukoil Targeted: The United States imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies as President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir...
Tariffs, Partial Trade Suspension, and Sanctions: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formally proposed punitive economic measures against Israel as the IDF continued...
EU Mulls New Israel Sanctions: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed new sanctions on September 10 against Israeli ministers, along with the partial suspension...
New Gas Pipeline Through Siberia: Alexey Miller, head of Russia’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom, announced that Moscow and Beijing had reached a “legally binding”...
Attacks Killed Ukrainian Civilians: Russia struck Ukraine with one of its largest missile and drone barrages since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia bombarded Kyiv...
“Very Substantial Progress”: Joined by several European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss a possible...
Thomas Paine dismissed the “summer soldiers” and “sunshine patriots” who wavered on the American struggle for independence during “the times that try men’s souls.” Germany should avoid adopting a similar mindset.
Arrests of Demonstrators: Turkish authorities arrested more than 100 protesters after thousands of Turkish citizens demonstrated throughout March 19 and March 20 against the politically...
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz told Politico on Wednesday that the goal of his country’s increased military spending is to “keep America close and Russia at bay” as Warsaw aims...
European Commission advisor Henrik Hololei is the latest Western official facing legal consequences for allegedly accepting bribes from Qatar. On November 1, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)...
Consumption of fossil fuels is as strong as ever as they remain irreplaceable
For China to revive its fortunes, it must fundamentally change course, abandoning its version of predatory state capitalism in favour of the genuine market reforms its trade partners worldwide are calling for, Elaine Dezenski writes.
Latest Developments At a conference on Monday in Brussels, donor states pledged an additional $1 billion of humanitarian aid to help Syrians recover from a February 6 earthquake that took thousands of lives....
Facing the worst energy crisis since World War II as the cold-weather heating season starts, Europe continues to dither. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has presented a series of new...
n the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said triumphantly that ‘if Putin was seeking to divide the EU, to weaken Nato, and to break the international...