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Sánchez Convenes Spain’s Security Council as Ceuta Crisis Enters Fourth Week
The Spanish prime minister summons the country’s top national-security body after weeks of opposition pressure, as thousands of migrants remain stranded in the North African enclave and questions persist over Madrid’s handling of the border emergency Spanish Prime Minister Pedro…
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Gadi Eisenkot Emerges as Netanyahu’s Most Dangerous Rival Ahead of Israel’s October Election
The former military chief, whose son was killed fighting in Gaza, is building a powerful challenge around security, national unity and public frustration with Israel’s longest-serving prime minister Gadi Eisenkot has spent most of his adult life preparing for wars…
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Macron Pledges Faster Air-Defence Aid as Russian Strikes Intensify Across Ukraine
France will accelerate deliveries of interceptor missiles and air-defence equipment to Kyiv after a deadly drone attack on a crowded shopping centre underscored Ukraine’s increasingly urgent struggle to protect its cities from Russia’s expanding aerial campaign. French President Emmanuel Macron…
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AfD Endorsement by CDU Mayor Puts Merz’s Political Firewall Under Fresh Strain
Bernd Prange’s €10,000 donation to Germany’s far-right party exposes growing tensions inside the Christian Democrats as a crucial eastern state election approaches. A revolt by a longtime Christian Democratic politician in eastern Germany has opened an uncomfortable new front for…
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France Suspends François Fillon From Legion of Honour After Fake-Jobs Conviction
The disciplinary sanction adds a symbolic postscript to the scandal that destroyed the former prime minister’s 2017 presidential campaign and reshaped French politics. Former French prime minister François Fillon has been suspended from the Legion of Honour, France’s highest national…
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Washington Steps Into the Bond Market as Surging Yields Test Investor Confidence
The U.S. Treasury will double planned purchases of longer-dated government securities after a punishing selloff pushed 30-year borrowing costs to levels unseen since before the global financial crisis. The U.S. Treasury has moved to reinforce the government bond market after…
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Burnham Defends Handling of White House Impostor as Security Questions Mount
The British prime minister says no meaningful information was disclosed after he exchanged messages with someone posing as Donald Trump’s chief of staff, an episode that has renewed concern over the growing sophistication of political impersonation and digital deception. British…
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Kushner Opens Rare Direct Channel With Hamas as Washington Presses for Gaza Breakthrough
The US envoy held two hours of talks with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt before meeting Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, as Washington attempts to bridge fundamental differences over disarmament, Israeli withdrawal and the future governance of Gaza. Jared Kushner…
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Bangladesh-India Relations Hit New Strain as Hasina Extradition Clouds Diplomatic Reset
Dhaka says the conditions are not yet right for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit New Delhi, placing the fate of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina at the centre of an increasingly sensitive dispute between two of South Asia’s most important…
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Philippines-China Tensions Deepen as Manila Rejects Beijing’s Accusations
A sharp exchange between Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro and Beijing underscores the accelerating deterioration in relations between the two Asian neighbours, with disputes increasingly extending beyond the South China Sea into law enforcement, diplomacy and domestic security. Political tensions…
