World
For almost two-thirds of a century, Washington has tried to make Cuba’s revolutionary government economically unviable. The island survived through Soviet support, rationing, public healthcare, Venezuelan oil and the endurance of its people. Now…
Europe
Defence
Economics
Defence
Britain has exploited its command of the English Channel to tighten the pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet. Now…
Britain
Britain’s seizure of the Smyrtos, carrying 101,400 tonnes of Russian crude towards India, has exposed the extraordinary machinery…
Europe
Europe’s drought is damaging crops, draining rivers and constraining power generation just as the Iran war disrupts oil…
Economics
Africa
Economics
Middle East
Middle East
The confrontation with Iran is becoming something larger than a war. From the Strait of Hormuz to Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon, the old American-led…
Economics
Military strength no longer rests on armies alone. Artificial intelligence, sovereign debt, industrial capacity, energy security and manufacturing have become…
Spain
The dramatic scenes in Ceuta were widely described as an invasion of Europe. They were not. The migrants entered a…
Iran
A Ukrainian drone has killed an Iranian sailor in the Caspian, Russia has paralysed Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor, and the Iran war is consuming missiles and fuel needed in Europe. The conflicts remain separate…
World
For three decades the world appeared to move in one direction. Trade expanded, technology erased distance and globalisation…
Germany
Germany has committed almost €80 billion in assistance and pledges to Ukraine, but the AfD says Berlin has…
Germany
The AfD could win more than 40 per cent in Saxony-Anhalt without entering government. Germany’s anti-AfD firewall remains…
Iran
America’s Gulf bases, ports and pipelines were built to contain Iran. They now expose the region’s water, energy and military infrastructure to retaliation—while a…
China
Iran
Iran
Iran
Iran
Iran is turning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral into a vast act of mourning and defiance, challenging Washington’s claim that the…
United States
Trump’s drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve reveals a more serious weakness: America’s shrinking margin for another Gulf crisis. With…
Medicine
A UK–US pharmaceutical agreement promises faster access to new medicines and protection for British exports from American tariffs. But a medical analysis warns that, unless extra funding is provided, the NHS could be forced…
Australia
United States
Britain
United States
Britain
Unite and the GMB are not merely trying to block Ed Miliband from the Treasury. They are forcing Andy Burnham to decide whether Labour’s…
Israel
The Iran crisis has exposed the machinery beneath the US-Israel security relationship. Israel can still escalate, but the…
Iran
The US Iran memorandum is not a peace settlement. It is a recognition that the Middle East can…
Britain
Andy Burnham’s Makerfield victory did not prove that Labour has recovered. It proved something more dangerous for Keir…
Iran
The US Iran memorandum does not end the conflict. It moves the war into a colder arena of sanctions, shipping,…
Iran
A proposed US-Iran memorandum may stop the fighting, but its deeper meaning is sharper: Washington sought surrender and instead found…