US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a move befitting the most economically interventionist US administration in half a century, announced his…

Sunday’s high-level Syrian-Israeli meeting in Amman, held under US mediation, was an urgent exercise in damage control. Convened days after Israel…

From a small European principality nestled between Switzerland and Austria, with a population of just over 40,000, Liechtenstein has become a vast…

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On 17 August, the private office of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the headquarters of the region’s foreign intelligence service…

At a time when Ukraine appears to be making significant progress on the battlefield in its long-running war with Russia, mounting concerns suggest…

No wheat carrier needed to sink, and no Russian grain silo needed to be destroyed, for wheat prices on European exchanges to jump by about 4% on 10…

On 29 July 2026, Anthony Fauci returned to Capitol Hill in circumstances strikingly different from those in which he became known. For many, Fauci…

There was understandable intrigue raised by US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Syrian army may be best placed to disarm Hezbollah in…