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Rutte in Downing Street: NATO Chief Presses Europe’s Defence as Starmer Sets a New Course
On a London stop, the alliance’s secretary‑general and Britain’s prime minister align on air defence, Ukraine guarantees and a bigger role for European industry. LONDON —NATO Secretary‑General Mark Rutte met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Tuesday for…
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Shockwaves in Doha: Israel Strikes Hamas Leadership Inside Qatar
Six killed as top negotiators survive; a rare U.S. rebuke of Israel complicates ceasefire diplomacy DOHA/WASHINGTON – Israel launched a rare strike inside Qatar on Tuesday, targeting Hamas’s political leadership in the capital, Doha, in an operation that immediately upended…
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Beijing’s Victory Day Parade Rewrites WWII—and Points Toward Taiwan
On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, Xi Jinping fuses memory and muscle to recast China’s wartime role—and to warn Washington and Taipei. Tanks rumbled down Chang’an Avenue, hypersonic missiles gleamed under a crisp late-summer sky, and fighter jets sliced…
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South Sudan at the Brink: Violence, Hunger and Politics Collide
As of September 8, 2025, renewed fighting around Nasir and Upper Nile, a contested foreign military presence, and a deepening humanitarian crisis threaten to unravel the 2018 peace deal. A fragile peace is fraying in South Sudan. Six years after…
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After the Fire on Kyiv’s Hill: Ukraine’s War Enters a Harder Season
On September 7–8, Russia unleashed the largest air assault of the war; frontline pressure mounts around Pokrovsk as F-16s arrive and Europe debates postwar security guarantees. Russia’s overnight bombardment of September 7–8 set Ukraine’s main government building ablaze in central…
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Europe’s Defence-Tech Boom Moves Center Stage as War and Uncertainty Rewire Venture Capital
From mini‑subs to autonomous drones and bio‑robotic cockroaches, investors pour fresh money into Europe’s security start‑ups — €1.4bn in the first seven months of 2025 alone — as questions over U.S. alignment spur a step‑change in appetite. LONDON/BERLIN A step‑change…
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The Eurasian Challenge: When the Dominoes of Power Start Falling Again
From BRICS and the SCO to digital money and contested sea lanes, August 2025 marks a hinge moment between the no‑longer and the not‑yet. A sense of ending often arrives before anyone is ready to name it. Across capitals from…
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Kyiv, Putin’s Hunt for the Fleeing: “Russian Drones Run Human Safaris”
Ukrainians escaping the front describe how Moscow’s advance is shadowed by drones that stalk roads and courtyards. In Cernobbio, Italy’s President Mattarella rebukes Trump: “Europe is a land of peace—yet some would make us enemies and vassals.” The evacuation car…
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Paris Rallies a ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to Secure Ukraine
Macron says 26 countries will underwrite post‑war security—from rebuilding Kyiv’s army to deployments on land, sea and in the air, or by providing bases—as Europe presses President Trump on the U.S. role PARIS France gathered European and allied leaders in…
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Out of Moscow’s Shadow?Lukashenko Courts the West as Sanctions Bite
With the Ukraine war grinding on and economic pressures mounting, Belarus tests a limited thaw with Washington. But will prisoner releases and diplomatic overtures be enough to persuade Western leaders to ease sanctions? MINSK / VILNIUS Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko…
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