Iran attacked U.S. military targets in the Middle East on Aug. 31 in retaliation for American strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first exchange of fire for a month …
US President Donald Trump’s intensifying economic campaign against Iran is testing the limits of the security group Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have spent years expanding as a c…
Thanks in part to social media, the number of English-language books read in the Netherlands is increasing, and with it, the number of shops catering those bookworms. One in five …
Indian PM Modi meets Russia's President Putin at the SCO summit in Bishkek as Moscow and New Delhi face rising tensions with Washington — Russia over war-related sanctions, and In…
The country’s ‘stability’ hides a host of problems. Compared with Donald Trump’s chaotic, divided, and violent America, China is a bastion of steady progress and serene order. Thi…
From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux. Manus Cranny, The National's geo-economics editor, cuts through …
European leaders gave a reserved response after Iceland voted against resuming accession talks, a result welcomed by far-right Euroskeptic parties.
Kurt Vonnegut describes the train arriving in Dresden at five o’clock that afternoon: “The boxcar doors were opened, and the doorways framed the loveliest city that most of the Am…
A trilateral meeting of the U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian presidents is possible only to formalize agreements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Qatari PM meets Iranian foreign minister in Tehran France focuses on Gulf diplomacy amid Hormuz crisis Iran ambassador loses diplomatic immunity in Lebanon Manus on Markets: Could…
Türkiye is preparing the next phase of the PKK’s disarmament process, with official verification of weapons handovers required before any legal relief or return arrangements can b…
Government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi stated that the Iraqi Government has rejected the U.S. request to extend the withdrawal deadline of its forces from its territory, stressi…