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The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara concluded in July with familiar, carefully worded declarations of unity, but beneath the diplomatic veneer, the gathering served as a stark lesson in how the global geopolitical landscape…
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin used the 81st anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany to mount a fierce defense of the ongoing war in Ukraine, declaring to a heavily guarded Red Square that…
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Washington, D.C. — In a move that underscores deepening transatlantic fractures, the White House has reportedly developed a tiered "naughty and nice" list to categorize NATO allies.
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BRUSSELS — NATO officially launched its new "Arctic Sentry" mission on Wednesday, a sweeping initiative designed to unify allied military activities in the High North.
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On 15 October 2026, Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto published a report it calls AdFection. It is the first public technical confirmation that mercenary spyware has been delivered through ordinary targeted…
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On the evening of 8 October 2026, three hundred and five people boarded a boat on the coast of Djibouti. It sank soon afterwards, close to shore, near Guehere, north of the town of Obock.
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On 9 October, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General Licence 135, authorising transactions relating to the sale, delivery, offloading or importation — "including into the United States" — of…
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On 7 October 2026, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "We are grateful to our Indian friends for such readiness and the ideas that are being offered." A week earlier, Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha had…
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Tensions Escalate as Moscow Pushes Back Against Alleged Blockade Threats On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a stark warning to Western nations, declaring that Moscow would inevitably…
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has stated that there are "strong indications" pointing to Iranian involvement in a suspected terrorism plot near RAF Fairford, a critical military airbase in…
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Sergey Lavrov spent Wednesday putting an argument to the Security Council. Here it is, stated as Russia states it — including the parts that are stronger than you have been told — and then the four things it does not…
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Fourteen Senate Democrats want to sanction anyone who bids on a housing tender. Here is the argument against the bill, stated as its opponents state it — and then what that argument has to answer. What this piece is.
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A sprawling new investigation by the Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories, working in collaboration with dozens of international media organizations, has unveiled a massive and highly secretive United…
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On September 8, 2026, Yemen’s Houthi forces launched a significant wave of drone and missile strikes targeting Saudi Arabian military and energy infrastructure.
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BUDAPEST — In a dramatic geopolitical realignment, the Hungarian government ordered 10 members of Russia’s diplomatic mission to leave the country on September 8, 2026.
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Europe is facing one of its most severe diplomatic and security crises in recent years following a thwarted sabotage operation on German soil.
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US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, September 6, 2026, marking their first official visit to the Ukrainian capital since the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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BRUSSELS — Transatlantic trade tensions have reached a new boiling point this week as the European Union forcefully rejected demands from the Donald Trump administration to renegotiate its landmark environmental…
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A New Pillar of Security in the Middle East In a monumental shift for Middle Eastern geopolitics, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense pact on Friday, August 7, 2026, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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The Strike That Stunned a Capital In the early hours of Thursday, June 18, 2026, Moscow woke to the sound of air defense guns and the sight of black smoke rising over its southern skyline.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in two days — but one team's presence on American soil has turned the planet's biggest sporting event into a live geopolitical flashpoint.
Read analysisThe Week Xi Jinping Held All the Cards In the span of six days in May 2026, Beijing hosted two of the world's most powerful leaders — first the President of the United States, then the President of Russia.
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As global headlines fixate on drone warfare over Ukraine, naval blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, a quieter but consequential story is unfolding in the vast steppes between the…
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He had a nickname that suited him perfectly. "The Ghost of al-Qassam" — a man who moved through the ruins of Gaza like smoke, shifting between hiding places, surrounding himself with hostages as human shields, evading…
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