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Jay Clayton: the new US Director of National Intelligence

The incoming spy chief was a corporate lawyer before chairing America's financial watchdog. Does he have the skills needed to oversee 18 powerful US intelligence agencies?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 12 August 2026
Bill Pulte, nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sits on the day of a Senate committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 27 February 2025. Retuers

Bill Pulte: the Trump-friendly acting intelligence director

The temporary Director of National Intelligence is a partisan appointment by the US president, who seems to want him to dig into the 2020 election

Tarek Rashed 21 June 2026
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud 07 May 2026
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The NSS reflects the growing utility of technology

Those with the most advanced chips and algorithms can integrate them into their military infrastructure to create a potent fighting machine. As a key White House document shows, the race is on.

Marco Mossad 27 December 2025
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Fentanyl abuse becomes US national security concern

Deaths caused by drug overdose in the United States have reached unprecedented levels, driven largely by fentanyl—a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine…

Al Majalla - London 04 November 2025

Signalgate rocks America

Fares Garabet 27 March 2025
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik / AFP

5 key questions about Signalgate

The biggest outstanding questions we have about the Signal group chat scandal

John Haltiwanger 26 March 2025
Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla and of SpaceX, gestures during a joint news conference with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert at the SpaceX Starbase, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo

White House Says 'Not True' That There is National Security Review of Elon Musk

Reports that the United States was discussing launching a national security review of some of Elon Musk's ventures were "not true," said the White House on Monday. White House press secretary…

24 October 2022
Abdelkader Zaoui

Arabs and Africa: Lonely Efforts, Little Benefits

The Arabs should not look at their relations with African countries in the same way they look at relations with any other continent or international group because the African continent represents a…

Abdelkader Zaoui 12 February 2022
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden walks  to announce U.S. Army General Lloyd Austin as his choice to be Secretary of the Department of Defense

How to Prepare for a National Security Crisis

No new administration wants unexpected foreign crises to distract it from addressing its domestic priorities. Given the pressing need to manage the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the incoming…

Paul B. Stares 17 December 2020
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Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist
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Russia boosts its defence budget with an eye on Europe

02, Oct 2026

Putin seems to have concluded that to secure a decisive victory in Ukraine, he needs to go after the countries in Europe that are supporting Kyiv

Con Coughlin
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose

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