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20 of 31 episodesStill no sign of a solution in Iran: US president says war will be over soon
Donald Trump again says the Iran war will be over "soon". The US president has said this in some way, shape or form a number of times in rec...
Starmer's last stand? The UK local elections
Never have local elections in the United Kingdom been so loaded with implications. The rise in popularity of two parties – Reform UK and the...
How unbreakable is Iran's regime? Tehran defiant despite deepening hardship for citizens
Iran's economy may be teetering on the brink of collapse, but does that really threaten its regime? Monday's flare-up of hostilities across...
Poking the bear? Armenia welcomes European leaders in Russia's backyard
Just as Europe frets over fresh Trump tariffs, a US troop drawdown announced for Germany and the message it sends to a hostile Russia, how a...
Musk vs Altman: Beyond battle of egos, who gets final say on AI?
Is it just another billionaires' battle of egos or does the $150 billion lawsuit that pits Elon Musk against Sam Altman go to the heart of h...
Pakistan in the middle: What benefits and risks from being US-Iran mediator?
There are those who want the US and Iran to settle, and those who want regime change. Among the latter, there's of course Israel and then th...
Charles on a mission: Can king's state visit salvage US-UK ties?
Call it the royal trump card: King Charles III has been dispatched to Washington on a state visit at the lowest point in the "special relati...
Culture of hate? Trump's America and the White House press gala shooting
Even if it's the act of a "lone wolf", as first suggested by US President Donald Trump, Saturday night’s White House Correspondents' Dinner...
Truce without talks: What room for diplomacy between US and Iran?
How to mediate between Iran and the United States when one side wants revenge for the killing of its leader and the other's erratic messagin...
World's worst energy crisis? Iran war sparks scramble for alternatives to Gulf oil
Will the world have enough fuel to fill the tanks and fertilise the crops? The seizure of ships by Iran is adding to global jitters as the e...
What exit strategy? Trump, Iranians send mixed signals as truce deadline looms
A container ship seized in the Gulf, a ceasefire deadline that's running out fast and plenty of bargaining table brinkmanship between the US...
Leo and 'the tyrants': Does new pope's defiant message resonate?
The new US-born pope is on his first-ever visit to Cameroon's restive English-speaking northwest, and he's not turning the other cheek. "Ble...
Will the Gulf ever be the same? Trump, Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
Iran is proving that missiles don't need to travel thousands of kilometres. Across the Gulf is all it takes to force the world's mightiest a...
What will it take? Israel-Lebanon talks open as fighting continues
Israeli and Lebanese envoys are appearing together on camera in the same room – that may well be a first. It's happening under the auspices...
End of an era: Why did Hungary vote out far-right's Orban?
Eurosceptics may come and go, but there's only one Viktor Orban. It took 16 years and Sunday's record turnout in Hungary to vote out the see...
Who profits from the Iran war? Strait of Hormuz toll talk fuels outrage
A most confusing Wednesday it was. In the space of six minutes, during a single press conference, the White House spokesperson first hailed...
Can the ceasefire hold? Fragile US–Iran truce tested ahead of talks
No apocalypse. Instead, an eleventh-hour ceasefire between Iran and the United States – one that is still being tested – with both sides cla...
Europe's future on the ballot? Hungary's Orban in tight re-election race
Is Europe’s future on the ballot in Hungary? In Budapest, the US vice president is actively stumping for far-right incumbent Viktor Orban wh...
No longer so mighty? Iran war tests US strength and resolve
Might is right… until it isn’t. 2026 began with US commandos seizing Venezuela’s president in a zero-casualty operation that put the rest of...
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