Geopolitics

Italy’s right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was labeled Europe’s “Trump whisperer,” but the war in Iran turned their friendship into a liability for her.

U.S. and Iranian officials postponed negotiations planned in Switzerland on Friday about the details of their peace agreement as it faced a major test.

Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is now positioned to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the governing Labour Party and to seize the top job.

How to counter an insidious global threat.

Equilibrium with Iran is the best America can do.

Published: June 18, 2026 7:48 pm Author: Breccan F. Thies 'Anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and...

The memorandum of understanding requires numerous steps by Washington including lifting sanctions and freeing billions in frozen assets, while Iran was required only to open the Strait of Hormuz.

After weeks of intensifying bombing of Kyiv, Ukraine hit back with a swarm of drones, damaging buildings and igniting an oil refinery.

The United States will review force levels and is immediately cutting the number of assets it would activate for the continent in a crisis.

The outcome of a special election in the small working-class district of Makerfield has the potential to upend Labour Party leadership and U.K. politics.