Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...
Russia pounded Ukraine's Kyiv region with combined drone and missile strikes overnight. Thousands of homes have been left without electricity and heating in the freezing weather....
US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British prime minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force. Trump named members of a b...
Abe was serving as a regular lawmaker after leaving the prime minister's job when he was killed in 2022 while campaigning in the western city of Nara....
In a world of open power politics, the EU must demonstrate its ability to act - while internal political shifts are jeopardising its foreign-policy and economic capacity to do so....
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Zelenskyy says the Kremlin is gearing up to carry out a major offensive targeting Ukraine’s nuclear power system, in what would deal a major blow to the country’s power grid and cause alarming levels ...
Since its founding, the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has stood in opposition. In 2026, it hopes to win state-level governing power and perhaps more....
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his speech, he is expected to respond to US President Donald Trump's ambitions to control Greenland. Watch Merz's s...
Middle-power diplomacy of the sort the Canadian PM calls for requires governments to throw off domestic constraints...
Canadian leader calls on ‘middle powers’ to unite as Davos braces for US president’s arrival...
In Davos, Canada's PM Mark Carney said that the world was not in a transition but "in the midst of a rupture." He said Canada stands with Greenland amid Trump's pursuit of the world's largest island. ...
Missile and drone barrage unleashed on Kyiv comes hours after Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to join his ‘Board of Peace’...
The annual gathering of political and business elites comes as Europe faces a crossroads over its relationship with Washington, its economic model and its security architecture....
Galaxy says the draft crypto market structure bill would give the US Treasury new powers to freeze transactions and deploy Patriot Act–style measures....
Demand from countries rushing to buy US aircraft to curry favour with Trump administration boosts aviation group...
Former president and former secretary of state could face criminal charges if found guilty...
An appeals court says a judge had no jurisdiction to order pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention, a ruling that could lead to his re-arrest....
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