No sub-Saharan African country was invited to join Donald Trump’s newly created “Board of Peace,” a decision that has prompted some analysts to argue the US president is once again showing disregard f...
The European Union's parliament voted on Wednesday to refer a freshly signed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur to the EU's top court, casting the hard-fought accord into legal limbo. The vo...
Syrian government forces on January 21 took full control of the sprawling camp of al-Hol in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as a truce between the govern...
President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps on January 21, where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with Europe...
European leaders drew a clear line over Greenland Tuesday, vowing an "unflinching" response to Washington's threats even as US President Donald Trump said he was ready to hold a meeting in Davos about...
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...
Israel announced it would reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for pedestrians once it recovers the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. This limited reopening is part...
Internet access was partially restored in Iran after two weeks of blackout during the anti-government protests which authorities violently cracked down on. This partial access allowed thousands of vid...
François Picard welcomes Venezuelan author Vicente Ulive‑Schnell who offers a thoughtful assessment of recent geopolitical developments in Venezuela, following the US military operation, and the reali...
Pippa Malmgren, chief executive of Geopolitica Institute, reports from Greenland on why the Arctic is now at the center of the geopolitical chessboard — from US claims that it needs to take over...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on January 22 blasted the EU's lack of "political will" in countering Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a fiery address criticising some of Kyiv's top allies...
While in Davos, Donald Trump is expected to elaborate on his newly proposed "board of peace," reportedly established to oversee the US-brokered ceasefire in Israel's conflict with Hamas. The initiativ...
European Union lawmakers on January 21 to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. The dea...
The US President Donald Trump is on his way to the Davos World Economic Forum. He is not expecting a warm reception from many of his European allies who are in attendance, who are opposing his attempt...
Four Chinese groups are racing to build global satellite communications infrastructure to challenge the considerable head start made by US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink. The two leaders for Ch...
As US President Donald Trump’s tariff increases have roiled global markets and strained America’s alliances in recent months, China has been pursuing the opposite strategy: keeping import duties low a...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in Abu Dhabi on Friday to tackle the vital issue of territory, with no sign of a compromise, as Russian air strikes plunged Ukraine into its worst energy crisis...
Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Mr. Sabato dissects Trump’s combative unpredictable foreign policy and strained transatla...