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Trump Pushes for Ukraine Peace as Russia’s War Enters a New Diplomatic Phase
Donald Trump has held separate calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, again presenting the United States as the central mediator capable of bringing the Ukraine war towards…
Trump Announces US-Iran Peace Deal After Months of War
After more than three months of war, failed ceasefires, blockades and negotiations, the United States and Iran have finally agreed on the text of a deal intended to end the conflict. Donald Trump says the…
Trump Gives Iran Tuesday Deadline to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump has given Iran until Tuesday evening to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening strikes against Iranian power stations and bridges if Tehran refuses. The ultimatum comes more than a month after the United…
Iran Protest Crackdown Deepens as Government Shuts Down Internet
Iran’s economic protests have developed into something much more serious than the demonstrations I wrote about two weeks ago. What began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar over the collapse of the rial and rising living costs…
Trump and Zelenskyy Say Ukraine Peace Deal Is Close but Territory Remains Unresolved
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have ended another round of talks at Mar-a-Lago saying that a framework for ending the Russia-Ukraine war is closer than at any previous point in Trump’s second presidency. Trump said…
Romania Water Crisis Leaves More Than 100,000 Without Safe Tap Water
More than 100,000 people in Romania’s Prahova and Dâmbovița counties have spent much of the past week without normal access to drinking water after a serious failure around the Paltinu reservoir and Voila treatment plant.
Trump Tightens Immigration Restrictions After Washington National Guard Shooting
Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has entered a new phase after the 26 November shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., which authorities are investigating as a targeted attack. One Guard member,…
Moldova Is Voting Between Europe and Russia. Can a Small Democracy Remain Politically Sovereign When Much Larger Powers Can Influence Its Politics Without Crossing Its Border.
Moldovans are voting today in one of the most consequential parliamentary elections in the country’s recent history. President Maia Sandu’s pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) is attempting to retain enough parliamentary power to…
Nepal’s Government Tried to Ban Social Media. Days Later, the Prime Minister Was Gone. The Protests Were Never Really Just About Social Media.
Nepal has just experienced one of the most dramatic political upheavals in South Asia in years. What began with anger over the government’s decision to block major social-media platforms rapidly developed into a much broader…
Xi, Putin and Modi Just Stood Together in China. The Image Matters Because the World Is No Longer Dividing Neatly Into an American Bloc and an Anti-American One.
China has spent the past week making a very deliberate argument about the international system it wants to build. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, Xi Jinping hosted leaders including Vladimir Putin and…
Trump Gave Putin a Red-Carpet Welcome in Alaska. There Is Still No Ceasefire. The Summit Has Changed Who Is Being Pressured to Compromise.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday for nearly three hours in the first US-Russia presidential summit since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The symbolism was extraordinary.
The Epstein Files Are Becoming a Political Problem for Trump. The Bigger Story Is What Happens When a Movement Built on Distrust of Institutions Finally Controls the Institutions It Said Were Hiding the Truth.
The controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein has returned to the centre of American politics, but this time the political pressure is coming substantially from within Donald Trump’s own coalition. For years, parts of the American right…
