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Israel’s Foreign Funding Inquiry is Not Evidence of a Stolen Election

The incumbent appears to be using a national security foreign-funding inquiry to discredit 19 Arab-held seats and perhap...

In Argentina, Pope Leo Tells President Milei Economy Must Serve the Needy

The pontiff’s trip comes amid tensions between the country’s libertarian leader and its Catholic Church, which is deeply...

US, Russia, and Ukraine to hold talks in Abu Dhabi

US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet this week in Abu Dhabi for talks on ending the nearly five-yea...

Eisenkot gets nod to form Israeli government

Israel’s president tapped Gadi Eisenkot to try to form the country’s next government, kicking off a tortuous negotiating...

Houthis strike Aramco tower in Riyadh

A drone-and-missile attack launched by Houthi forces damaged the iconic Saudi Aramco tower in the financial district of ...

Who Is Gadi Eisenkot, Israel’s Opposition Leader?

Mr. Eisenkot, a career general and the leading rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, will now have up to...

More Than 50 Killed in Yemen in One of the Deadliest 24 Hours of the War

Strikes show the heavy toll since fighting between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government reignited in August, with...

Taiwan shuts Papua New Guinea office, cuts all aid and halts LNG purchases

It comes less than four months after Papua New Guinea's government announced the closure of Taiwan's mission in Port Mor...

Small states, big expectations: measuring anti-corruption success in the Pacific

Why counting prosecutions is the wrong way to judge an anti-corruption commission — and what Tonga's ACC should measure ...

Yes, the COP climate talks are far from perfect. But they still hold the power for change

It can be easy to be pessimistic. But after three decades of climate talks we’ve seen real progress.

Brazil picks 27 critical minerals in push for local supply chain

New classification will steer public funding toward domestic processing and projects considered vital to industrial grow...

Advocacy group warns proposed US Census changes could deepen inequalities in Pacific territories

Right to Democracy is urging the US Census Bureau to withdraw the proposals, warning they could further marginalise comm...

“One War at a Time”: President Abraham Lincoln and the 1861 Trent Affair  

A diplomatic crisis 165 years ago between the United States and Britain over two captured Confederate envoys nearly trig...

Russia Says Hit Power Substations in Ukraine and 3 Ships in Black Sea

Saudi Aramco Tower Damaged as Yemen’s Houthis Attack Riyadh

The Saudi authorities said no one was hurt after “falling shrapnel” hit the building in Riyadh’s financial district — on...

Beijing’s new “common language” law doesn’t sound so common

China’s bid for one national language rests on an old idea – that some cultures remain less developed – and coincides wi...

A ‘Chaotic Race’ for the World’s Top Diplomat

The contest to replace António Guterres as U.N. secretary general has been jolted by last-minute entrants and deep divis...

A Guide to COP31 Climate Talks in Antalya, Turkey

Negotiators and leaders are gathering for annual United Nations climate talks. They come as global temperatures are set ...

Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival and Opposition Leader, Tapped to Try to Form Government

Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief, hopes to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister by cobbling together a coa...

Pope’s visit to Argentina sets up showdown with ‘hyper-capitalist’ Milei

President has opposing views on many issues, and once called Leo’s predecessor the ‘representative of the Evil One’Trees...

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Relying on Generators Again After Losing Internal Power Supply

Environmentalists criticise choice of Earthshot prize venue owned by fossil fuel firm

Mumbai facility is part of Reliance Industries, owner of world’s biggest oil refinery and funder of controversial mega-z...

South Africa’s Politics May Never Be the Same Again

The African National Congress lost big in local elections, turning a once-dominant force credited with overturning apart...

Vietnam's top leader begins official visit to Japan

Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, beginning a four-d...

Uyghurs facing deportation by Thailand say they will be ‘like slaves’ in China

Activists fear Bangkok will give in to pressure from Beijing despite reports of torture and human rights abuses against ...

Finland's navy chief says Russia's presence in the Baltic Sea may have peaked for now

Russia may have reached the limit of its "peacetime" ability to project force in the Baltic Sea, with the maritime situa...

NZ election 2026: New Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with results ‘too close to call’

National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some timeNew Zea...

Official Data Shows 450K Russians Killed in War, Death Rate Accelerating – Rosstat Leaks

The war in Ukraine has become the fourth most common cause of death in Russia since 2022, according to official statisti...

Islamist Militant Attack Forces Patients to Flee Ebola Clinic in Congo

At least 48 people were killed in a brutal assault by a group loyal to the Islamic State, officials said. The area is a ...

New Zealand election coalition talks will likely take weeks – as it happened

This blog is closed, you can read our report on the New Zealand election hereAnother update here with 8% of the vote cou...

Russian Diplomats and Military Officials to Join Talks with U.S. and Ukraine, Kremlin Says

Kremlin aide Vladimir Mendinsky will lead a delegation of Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday.

America’s Rebuke of Trump Won’t Swiftly Restore Canada-U.S. Harmony

While U.S. voters largely oppose the trade war with Canada, many Democrats and their supporters have protectionist leani...

Russia Pounds Power Facilities Around Kyiv, Damages Major Bridge

With temperatures reaching freezing in the Ukrainian capital, Russian energy strikes are putting Ukraine's heating syste...

Europeans got blue blinders in wake of midterm sweep

The Democratic sweep of the midterm elections has been greeted with a wary relief across Europe. After two years of Pres...

Putin wants peace talks. He doesn’t want peace.

The Russian president is using negotiations, including the upcoming US-Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi, to buy time an...

The six strategic mistakes that led to US defeat in Afghanistan

Twenty-five years on, the United States' defeat in Afghanistan appears less inevitable than the result of decisions that...

To settle Russia’s Ukraine war, Europe needs to let Kyiv in. Trump can help (really).

Any deal to end the war in Ukraine must fix a date for Kyiv to join the EU, but countless hurdles stand in the way. Wash...

State Department's push to cancel hundreds of contracts left behind a trail of mistakes, watchdog finds

Several government oversight reports have found costly operational errors as agencies implemented administration directi...

Nvidia faces a more hostile Washington

Three Republican House members also recently requested Huang appear in a private briefing on whether he was the target o...

In These Midterms, Foreign Policy Mattered  

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the results of the midterm elections.