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Diana Estefanía Rubio

Is NATO falling into Russia's crosshairs?

Russia is expanding a network of military and drone-launch facilities along its western border, bringing parts of NATO territory within range of its newest long-range attack drones. A Telegraph…

Al Majalla - London 01 September 2026
The Hybrid Alliance Layered Operations in Space (HALO) initiative will combine the individual military satellites of eight NATO member states into a larger constellation. Eduardo Ramon

A HALO for NATO: the Alliance is sharing its space assets

Military satellites of eight NATO states will be pooled, connected, and networked by the countries that own them to create a constellation, spreading both cost and reach. Others have had the same idea

Marco Mossad 20 July 2026
World leaders line up during the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit
at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on 7 July 2026. AFP

One big happy family? NATO ‘survives’ Trump in Ankara

The Turkish and American presidents showed that they enjoyed a good relationship but there are still issues to be resolved, both between them and within the wider alliance

Omer Onhon 12 July 2026
A paper collector pulls his handcart past billboards lining the boulevard along the protocol route ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara on 2 July 2026. Adem ALTAN / AFP

Ankara’s high-stakes NATO summit: what is on the agenda?

Support for Ukraine is expected to be reaffirmed in the Turkish capital, where Zelensky will attend. Talks with Gulf states are also scheduled.

Omer Onhon 06 July 2026
Belgium's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prévot gestures during an interview with AFP in Brussels, on 5 September 2025. Nicolas TUCAT / AFP

Maxime Prévot on Europe's push to reassert its relevance in the Gulf

Belgium's deputy premier and minister of foreign affairs also talks about the importance of a Palestinian state, upholding international law, and ties with Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Maher 02 July 2026
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Can NATO survive the US-Iran war?

The UK and France said on Monday they would stay out of Trump's plan to blockade Iranian ports, in a move likely to anger Trump and increase strains in the alliance.

Omer Onhon 14 April 2026

Would Trump 'taking' Greenland be the end of NATO?

Fares Garabet 11 January 2026
US President Donald Trump stands next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as NATO leaders pose for a group photo at a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Europe's uphill battle to keep Trump invested in NATO

A Pentagon defence review being conducted by Elbridge Colby has Europe's leaders worried because he has argued that the US should reposition its forces to face China and the Pacific

Con Coughlin 20 October 2025

European countries vow to pay more for NATO

Fares Garabet 30 June 2025
US President Donald Trump stands next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as NATO leaders pose for a group photo at a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Trump scores NATO win as members agree to spend 5%

Keen to keep the US president in their good graces, member states agree to contribute more to the alliance's budget, but fail to secure firm pledges on supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia

Omer Onhon 26 June 2025
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posing after signing the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August, 2026. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
Politics

Networked Middle East security

22 August 2026

The Iran war exposed the risks of being too closely tied to US military posture, which is why some Gulf states are repositioning themselves not merely as consumers of security but as architects of it

Bilal Saab
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
Axel Rangel Garcia
Science & Technology

How QR codes are reshaping the future of commerce

28 August 2026

The barcode has been the language of retail for more than half a century. Now, two-dimensional codes are giving products a new digital identity

Mohammed Mansour
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP
Politics

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

25 August 2026

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

Bret Devereaux
Axel Rangel Garcia
Culture & Social Affairs

The artist who used land to capture Palestinian identity

27 August 2026

Sliman Mansour, the renowned Palestinian painter who used clay from his land to make his works after deciding to boycott art materials produced by Israel, has died at the age of 79

Farouk Yousif

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