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Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Europe

'Comrade Keir' or just (finally) rational UK energy policy?

Lifting sanctions on Russian energy products at a time when there is a Iran war-induced crisis is drawing the usual firestorm regarding loyalty to Ukraine

iraq shepherd
Middle East

The humiliation of finding secret Israeli bases in Iraq

'It shows a blatant disregard for Iraqi sovereignty, its government and its forces, as well as for the dignity of the Iraqi people,' said one lawmaker after the revelations

Hung Cao
Reporting

Navy: Iran war stockpile woes behind 'pause' on aid to Taiwan​

But Trump called the freeze a ‘negotiating chip’ with China. Which is it?

Ukraine drone attack
Military Industrial Complex

Militaries are drone-happy but populations are living in terror

What governments are hailing as the future, ordinary civilians from Ukraine to Congo call harbingers of death and destruction

stock exchange mumbai india
Middle East

Is the petrodollar a war casualty or death greatly exaggerated?

Washington has a choice between managing what is a shift away from US backed currency, or accelerating it.

Thomas Barrack
Middle East

Tom Barrack's highwire act in the Middle East enters its second year

Trump's ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria has earned a mixed reception for his unconventional diplomatic approach