GLOBAL POLITICS

Iran has moved to consolidate its control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz through a growing network of island checkpoints, maritime clearances and diplomatic pressure, as global powers scramble to...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has strongly condemned what she described as Russia’s “completely unacceptable” threats against the Baltic States, warning that any aggression toward one European Union...

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he agreed to hold off on launching military action against Iran following direct appeals from Gulf leaders, as fears grow that the widening Middle...

Tensions across the Middle East deepened on Monday after the United Arab Emirates accused Iran or its regional proxies of being behind a strike near a sensitive nuclear facility, while...

Foreign ministers of the BRICS bloc ended a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Friday without issuing a joint statement, exposing growing divisions within the influential alliance over the ongoing...

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons and should immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz....