PoliticsThe Philippines has urged Myanmar's military junta to grant the ASEAN Special Envoy access to detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, just one day before the 48th ASEAN Summit opens in Cebu.
PoliticsEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told Euronews that the bloc's mutual assistance clause and NATO's collective defence are complementary, not competing - as Trump's threats to abandon the alliance continue to rattle European capitals.
PoliticsIrish Minister Darragh O'Brien warns the EU is facing a 'second big wake-up call' on energy security, as the Middle East crisis drives up costs and exposes Europe's continued vulnerability to external shocks.
PoliticsThe U.S. State Department has launched a recruitment campaign for new diplomats - right after mass layoffs and the rollback of DEI policies. The optics are something else.
PoliticsTens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through Jerusalem's Old City for the annual Jerusalem Day flag parade, with BBC journalists on the ground capturing the charged and politically loaded procession through one of the world's most contested urban spaces.
PoliticsEuropean ministers are meeting in Moldova to discuss shipping rejected asylum seekers to offshore 'third-country hubs,' with the Council of Europe's secretary general confirming the talks to the Guardian.
PoliticsA Foreign Policy report suggests Xi Jinping views potential conflict over Taiwan as a tragedy to be avoided, not an opportunity to be seized - complicating the dominant narrative of inevitable Chinese military aggression.
PoliticsCrypto billionaire Justin Sun has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump family's World Liberty Financial of fraud, claiming he invested $45 million and was then blocked from withdrawing his assets.
PoliticsViktor Orban spent 15 years using football as a political tool, but with polls pointing toward election defeat, he might lose power and Hungary's Champions League final hosting bid at the same time.
PoliticsPresident Trump says talks with Iran have been 'productive' while simultaneously threatening further military strikes on social media if no deal is reached - a negotiating style only he could patent.
PoliticsThe UK has agreed to pay France £660m over three years to curb Channel crossings, including funding for a riot squad to stop people boarding small boats - adding to an already enormous bill for cross-Channel migration enforcement.
PoliticsThe family of a British couple serving a 10-year sentence in Iran say they have not been able to make contact for over a week, raising urgent concerns about the couple's wellbeing.
PoliticsHungary's likely next prime minister Péter Magyar visited Brussels for the first time since his Tisza party's landslide win, claiming that the EU's frozen funds for Hungary will be released soon - though Brussels hasn't made it official yet.
PoliticsTrump's primary purge of disloyal Republicans is proving devastatingly effective against critics like Thomas Massie - but analysts warn the loyalty-over-electability strategy could seriously backfire when the 2026 midterms arrive.
PoliticsEarly local election results in the UK show Reform UK on course for around 400 seat gains at the expense of both Labour and the Conservatives, with analysts warning it could signal the end of Britain's traditional two-party political system.
PoliticsThe Supreme Court has upheld telehealth access to mifepristone, while President Trump returned from a state visit to China claiming he secured multiple trade deals.
PoliticsA 41-nation coalition called the Geneva Consensus Declaration could offer the U.S. a smarter foreign policy framework - if Washington can remember it exists long enough to actually use it.
PoliticsCubans in Havana have taken to the streets with burning barricades to protest severe electricity blackouts driven by an acute oil shortage, according to Al Jazeera - the latest flashpoint in a years-long energy crisis.
PoliticsTrump cancelled a planned Islamabad trip by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for Iran ceasefire talks, hours after Tehran's top diplomat left Pakistan, telling Fox News that Iran can 'call us anytime they want.'
