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I hated taking exams. I’d cram and strategize and fret as I imagined trick questions, bizarre equations or scenarios in which obscure sections from my textbooks emerged as soul-wrecking conundrums. But I had it easy. My 1970s middle-school classmates and I in the Philippines had heard all about the

Iran targets US bases in Jordan and the Gulf after Trump orders strikes near Hormuz Reuters

America must build—and use—leverage against Beijing.

Russia’s loss is NATO’s gain.

Europe lost the plot on online speech.

Football tournament’s structure favours randomness but history suggests a western European winner

Europe’s most valuable fintech was ordered to address ‘deficiencies’ in oversight with staff encouraged to rapidly launch new financial products

A technological disarmament pact between the US and China would make everyone feel more secure

In a Paris basement office that could belong to any number of trendy software startups, entrepreneur Hadrien Canter opens a crate containing a critical ingredient of modern warfare: a drone interceptor. About the size of a desk lamp, it uses artificial-intelligence software and radar to detect, catc

This weekend, voters in Switzerland will be presented with a deceptively simple solution to the frustrations over rising immigration that have roiled societies from the US to Europe: If they vote yes in a referendum, the country will proceed to cap its population at 10 million people. It’s the wrong