geopolitics

UK allows diesel and jet fuel imports from Russian crude via sanctions carve-out Reuters

Watch IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva talk with Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe from the Europe Gulf Forum in Greece. The post ‘Numbers are getting worse’: The head of the IMF on the Iran war shock, inflation, AI risks, and more appeared first on Atlantic Council.

So much has the world’s attention focused on Iran lately that it’s been easy to lose track of what’s going on in the much larger war in Ukraine. A great deal has changed there since the start of the year, demanding some new approaches from Kyiv’s European allies even as Moscow returns to threatening

Virtually from the moment US bombs started falling on Iran on Feb. 28, the White House has been twisting itself into verbal knots to avoid calling the conflict a “war.” On May 1, the president declared that hostilities had officially “terminated,” as a fragile ceasefire had been in effect since Apri

Trump’s excessive faith in military power is squarely within the US tradition

Supplies of crop nutrients have been disrupted by Middle East war

US imposes fresh sanctions on Iranian exchange house, shadow fleet vessels Reuters

US says it is imposing sanctions against four people linked to Gaza flotilla Reuters

Trump says US may need to hit Iran again Reuters

Ukrainian mid-range strikes deal double blow to Russia's war effort Reuters