On 14 May 2025, US President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh. It was the first high-level US–Syria meeting since US President Bill Clinton met with Syrian President ...

After three years of an inward-looking German government preoccupied with infighting, new chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised that ‘Germany is back’ – both in Europe and on the international stage.

Kikli, an armed group commander, has triggered internal conflicts over power and influence, shattering the relative calm that ...

The race for AI dominance is gathering speed. Recent moves by Washington and large US tech companies reflect an attempt to compel other countries into making a binary choice: will their AI technology ...

Growing differences with the US president over the war in Gaza and the new government in Syria are compounding domestic ...

The increased dependence on space-based assets for both military and civilian functions has turned these critical systems into a potential target for cyberattacks. NATO’s deterrence capability relies ...

As British manufacturers grapple with tightening margins and sluggish export growth, an apparently esoteric but consequential decision is looming. At the UK–EU summit in London next week, the ...