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…
As US-Iran strikes resume, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye test their pact’s substance, and who might join next.
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 …
European leaders gave a reserved response after Iceland voted against resuming accession talks, a result welcomed by far-right Euroskeptic parties.
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on Aug. 31 to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and hold bilateral meetings with regi…
A trilateral meeting of the U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian presidents is possible only to formalize agreements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.