The European Union has so far failed to secure agreement on extending its sanctions against Russia, with a dispute over two Russian billionaires preventing the 27 member states from completing the required
The inner financial world of a multibillionaire is rarely visible to the public, but newly scrutinized documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigations have opened an unusual window into how vast fortunes
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On the anniversary of the 1979 revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy into an Islamic republic, the country finds itself haunted by striking historical parallels. Reporting highlighted by The Times (UK)
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The world still has trade rules, but it increasingly lacks an enforcement mechanism that works fast enough to discipline temporary pressures before they harden into permanent structural outcomes that hobble the global
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When the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza reopened last week after months of closure, it was presented as a cautious humanitarian step under the second phase of a cease-fire framework. But
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As Bangladesh heads into a closely watched national election, one of its most controversial political forces is attempting a dramatic repositioning. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, long associated with religious conservatism and historical baggage dating
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Japan is once again confronting one of the most sensitive questions in its postwar history: whether to revise the Constitution that has defined the nation’s pacifist identity for nearly eight decades. Newly
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A British engineering firm’s plan to export advanced manufacturing machinery to Armenia has triggered mounting concern among sanctions experts and senior MPs, amid fears that the deal could indirectly bolster Russia’s war
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In February 1984, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi lay in the infirmary of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, cancer spreading through his young body as Iraqi missiles slammed into Iranian cities overhead. At 24, condemned to
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In a remote stretch of the western Pacific Ocean, far from major cities and daily headlines, the atmosphere has begun to behave in a way that worries climate scientists. For the second
More Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emerged from Sunday’s snap lower house election with the strongest mandate seen in postwar Japan, a political triumph that reshapes the country’s domestic balance of power while sending
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In the final weeks before her death in August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, did something almost unheard of for a senior royal. She spoke openly, on the record, to a foreign
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When Don Alberto Ravagnani announced that he was stepping away from the Catholic priesthood, the shockwaves rippled far beyond his Milan parish. At just 32, with a Hollywood smile, a strong social
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Is the world already sliding into a global conflict without quite realizing it? That is the unsettling question posed by Shyam Sankar, the outspoken chief technology officer of Palantir, whose new book
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On a warm morning outside a Los Angeles courthouse, silence carried more weight than slogans. Thirteen parents stood shoulder to shoulder on the stone steps, each holding a framed photograph of a
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Half a century has passed since Concorde lifted off with paying passengers for the first time, yet the anniversary feels less like a celebration and more like a quiet admission of loss.
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