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. Europe GermanyApril 29, 2026, 4:45 AM  On a new international footing. Lau, a journalist at the weekly Die Zeit is one of Germany’s foremost foreign affairs specialists. His personal-political reflections are distilled in a new book entitled Der Westen sind jetzt wir, or The West, That’s Us Now,…

. United StatesMay 16, 2026 13:43 IST  US President Trump came to China with big hopes of securing concrete agreements on trade and rare earths. Apart from agreements on soybeans and Boeing aircraft, Trump left Beijing empty-handed, literally. Yesterday, Trump and his team left Beijing with nothing…

. China(Thursday) 14 May 2026  China's President Xi and his US counterpart Trump at Beijing summit today agreed on 'new vision' of China-US ties, building a "constructive China-US relationship of 'strategic stability' the Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said. Xi stressed Washington and Beijing…

. Africa Kenya11/05/2026 - 07:41  France is bringing together French and African business and political leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, today at the Africa Forward summit – the first time it has staged such an event in an English-speaking country with the desire to diversify France's alliances, in…

. United States13 May 2026 Head-to-head: The US and China on economics, military and resources - who sits atop the world order.   Today, Beijing is regarded as the factory of the world and is outpacing its Western counterpart in many regards. Twenty-five years ago, the US was the world’s largest…

. Asia China(Monday), 11.05.26, 09:42 AM  US President Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi, the Chinese foreign ministry announced today. Trump would arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening. He will attend a welcome ceremony and…

. Africa EgyptApril 22, 2026 at 2:10 pm  Egypt condemns raising of Israeli flag at Al-Aqsa compound. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said it strongly condemns the storming of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque by settlers under the protection of Israeli police, and the raising of the Israeli…

. Central America PanamaApril 24, 2026  Panama's government is maximising what it can earn from the Panama Canal. The average price to cross through the canal ranges between $300,000 and $400,000 depending on the vessel. Previously, to get an earlier crossing, businesses would pay an additional…

. HungaryApr 17, 2026  Europe is now finally supporting a model of migration control that prioritizes enforcement, deterrence, and externalization. In fact, the European Union is now belatedly moving in the direction Orbán charted years ago. The clearest proof came in late March, when the European…

. Europe Hungary13 April 2026  Poll expert takes apart Orbán’s defeat. The magnitude of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat is surprising, perhaps even shocking. The fact his Fidesz party lost by a solid margin, however, should have surprised no one. Orbán was re-elected three times. He won…

. North America United States20:48 ET, 19 Apr 2026  Trump yesterday reminded FII attendees that he believes he has stopped eight wars. And if they weren't already convinced, Trump said even Russian President Putin congratulated him on doing so. "You know, when I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.…

. Europe France11/04/2026 - 19:29 GMT+2  As a ’self-professed illiberal’, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has governed Hungary for nearly 16 years, reshaping its institutions, challenging EU norms and positioning himself as the leading voice of nationalist conservatism on the continent. He rose from…

. Asia China(Saturday), April 11, 2026  China’s public rhetoric during the Iran war has been mostly neutral, possibly because of the deep economic ties that China has with Arab nations in the Persian Gulf which have been under attack by Iran during the conflict. The economic, the technological…

. Australia (Tuesday), 14 April 2026 7:00am BST  In the film Mad Max, an oil shortage leaves Australian society teetering on the brink of total collapse. In real-life, Australia’s petrol stations run dry as energy crisis turns existential. Australia has one of the highest per-capita rates of…

. United States(Monday), Apr 06, 2026  What if Israel just won't stop? The Netanyahu government wants different things than the US. President Trump’s televised address on the war against Iran Wednesday provided no clear message about how or when he will end the war. Moreover, Trump said not one…

. RussiaApril 3, 2026  Russia can’t capitalize on the Iran war’s gas shock. Russia is possessing the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world. The question is whether it still has the export system that once turned gas abundance into power Russia’s annual natural gas production of…

. Asia Iran05 April 2026  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it destroyed two C-130 transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters in southern Isfahan province. State media broadcast images of wreckage and described the operation as a response to a US attempt to recover a downed pilot.…

. North America United States(Saturday), April 4, 2026 @ 6:03 PM  Planet Labs, a major satellite company that supplies images to customers including major news outlets, announced today that it is indefinitely restricting access to satellite imagery over all of Iran and much of the surrounding…

. Asia IranMarch 31, 2026 11:41 CET  Explosions. Fires lit up the night sky in the Iranian city of Isfahan which is home to the Badr military air base. The US reportedly used a large number of bunker-busting bombs overnight on March 30-3l. (Source: RFERL)Video 31/03/2026 1:04 pm  Iranian air…

. Europe HungaryMarch 30, 2026, 7:08 AM  Orbán has become an icon in the global ’far-right’ movement. The Orbán government defines itself as both Christian-national and illiberal. 'Admirers' approve of his opposition to immigration and curtailing of LGBTQ+ rights, and applaud benefits to young…

. Africa UgandaMarch 26, 2026 at 8:08 am  “We want the war in the Middle East to end now. The world is tired of it. But any talk of destroying or defeating Israel will bring us into the war - on the side of Israel, Gen. Kainerugaba, chief of defense forces and son of President Museveni, said on…

. Space Around EarthTue 31 Mar 2026 12.15 CEST  A satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control. In the space around Earth more than 30,000 objects are in orbit. That figure is rising exponentially. Soviet Union scientists achieved a historic breakthrough in 1957, sending a metal…

. United Nations The International Monetary Fund March 23, 2026 11:45 a.m.  Time for the IMF to stop blaming the victim. The IMF standard analysis of imbalances puts too much blame on Europe and way too little on China. (Source: Council on Foreign Relations - U.S. Security Council23 March 2026 …

. Indian Ocean Diego GarciaMarch 23, 2026 1:09 p.m.  The tiny, British-owned Chagos Archipelago has been home to a major U.S. military base for decades. A deal to return the islands to Mauritius has raised alarm in the White House. What’s on the table in the UK-Mauritius agreement, why Trump has…

. United States19 March 2026  Distressing as it may be for America’s allies and friends – given that this would be a disaster for the entire West – the possibility of American defeat in Iran should be taken into account, if for no other reason than to properly understand what’s at stake so that…