The speech argues that ancient Greece gave the West far more than democracy, philosophy and political institutions: it bequeathed a distinctive ideal of human excellence, intellectual curiosity, courage, competition and national loyalty.
The British government has abandoned a planned agreement to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, citing a lack of support from the United States after criticism from US President Donald
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China’s growing industrial strength is forcing Washington to confront realities that tariffs and political rhetoric cannot erase. Its dominance in shipbuilding, batteries, electric vehicles, solar manufacturing and critical minerals gives Beijing substantial
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US President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Wednesday, in a break with six decades of protocol that signals the importance
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Saudi Arabia is confronting a worsening security crisis after Houthi forces seized key positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and resumed missile and drone attacks against Saudi infrastructure, while the network of
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The disruption of global energy supplies caused by the war involving Iran is increasingly being felt through higher fuel prices, shortages of key industrial materials and growing public unrest. Protests, strikes and
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The question now is whether the organisation can turn that asset into renewed authority before the political foundations beneath it weaken further. Reform, cost reductions and a strong new secretary-general are presented
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The race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence is usually framed as a contest over military power, economic advantage and technological leadership. But a report from The Soufan
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More than a decade after Rizana Nafeek’s execution in Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka appears to be confronting another death-penalty crisis involving a migrant worker, Sivarasa Anojan. His case exposes the persistent weaknesses
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The central challenge is consequently not whether the United States should recognise its dependence on China. That dependence is already embedded across critical supply chains. The question is how Washington uses the
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When Indian and Chinese troops confronted each other at Doklam in 2017, the consequences extended far beyond the disputed Himalayan territory. More than 2,000 kilometres away in Mumbai, the confrontation prompted China’s
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More than 53 lakh voters in Telangana have been placed on an electoral list of the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate — a bureaucratic classification that has become the centre of an
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In September 2025, The Sea (El mar), the story of a Palestinian boy who crosses checkpoints in an attempt to reach Tel Aviv and see the Mediterranean for the first time, became
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Delcy Rodríguez will travel to New York next week to participate in the United Nations General Assembly, in what will be the first visit by a Venezuelan head of state to the
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When Jordan Seow joined OpenAI in June 2025, he became the company’s first locally hired forward-deployed engineer in Asia-Pacific. At the time, the company’s Singapore office had fewer than 20 employees. The
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Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, has emerged from the post-pandemic period with a stronger strategic position than in previous years. His country is now a de facto nuclear power, its economy
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