Spain joins the UK and EU in cracking down on the last bastion of free expression...

The deal between the US and 32 African nations has been renewed until the end of the year, despite strained relations with South Africa and Nigeria...

Witkoff: "delivering tangible results & advancing efforts to end the war in Ukraine."

The old order has been breaking since Russia invaded Ukraine, experts say, and the Arctic felt the change first. The new order will form in about half a decade...

China prepares array of political & economic consequences...

Talks still underway for an informal extension period...

"will never allow Taiwan to be separated from China."

“We’re crowding in, most importantly, US private equity participation..."

Region on edge...

"...they want war. It’s a distraction. Without war, people are going to figure out what the hell is going on..."

... her authorization had been canceled because her presence in the UK was deemed “not conducive to the public good,”

...demographic shift is no longer a distant projection but an accelerating reality across parts of Asia, with the share of people aged 65 and over rising fast in several countries.

Last ditch mediation: "but... important to note that the aforementioned stockpiles belong to Iran."

It is remarkable that Germany has largely ignored fundamental questions of energy market design and the security of grids with baseload energy for years... a consequence of ideologically driven decisions.

The US’ restoration of unipolarity risks sparking another World War if cooler heads don’t prevail...

US official: "It's really the Israelis who want a strike on Iran."

...may be told to let the US replace or at least “balance” Russia’s role as their top security partner under implied pain of US-backed Nigerian military pressure on anti-terrorist pretexts

Eve of collapse...

“At the direction of the Secretary of War, the ships USS Stockdale, USCGC Stone, and USCGC Diligence have arrived in the Bay of Port-au-Prince as part of Operation Southern Spear,”

The west coast is shaking again...