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Flavio Bolsonaro gets into a car after voting in Brazil's presidential elections
Latin America

Bolsonaro becomes another exile who cannot depend on Trump's help

Meanwhile, though incumbent Lula helped to pour cold water on Washington's Latin American strategy, he still faces his own challenges governing in Brasilia.

London
Europe

Britain's elites are in hysterics over looming 'war' with Russia

Yet ordinary denizens of the UK say they do not want to fight, and like their compatriots in the US, are just trying to afford the basics

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan receives Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi
Middle East

The Saudi-UAE split is ending. That may be bad news for Yemen.

A sharp break last year left the Gulf allies at odds. Now, they're reentering the fight against the Houthis, with divergent goals.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty
Middle East

As Trump blows up the Mideast, regional leaders look to Europe

States on the continent and in the region are building new frameworks to prevent escalation

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva election
Latin America

Despite Trump's 'shield' right-wing govts line up to congratulate Lula

Brazil has become the first time this administration's preferred election outcome in a Latin American country has not come to pass

A soldier from Alpha Team 01, affiliated with the National Unity Government, rests during a reconnaissance mission
Asia-Pacific

Trump wants Myanmar's rare earths. He's talking to the wrong people.

The military government in Naypyidaw has no access to the country's valuable, insurgent-held mines