geopolitics

A five-bedroom Edwardian family home in a sought-after spot in Sherborne is up for sale with a guide price of £1.25 million.

Israel Q1 2026 GDP contracts 3.3% as Iran war weighs on economy

A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant on Sunday, setting an electrical generator ablaze on its perimeter and again straining the shaky ceasefire in the Iran war. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused no radiological release nor

Bulgaria won Eurovision, pushing Israel into second place amid boycotts and protests over Israel’s war on Gaza.

G7 finance ministers are due to meet in Paris on Monday and Tuesday as long-term borrowing costs surge.

The People’s Liberation Army has accused Japan of taking a “dangerous gamble” with its plan to deploy satellite-aided drones to its southwestern islands near Taiwan. In a commentary on Sunday, the PLA Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese military, said that while Tokyo maintained that it was buildin

Sparks flew in a Beijing conference room this week, as diplomats, officials and experts from Europe and China clashed over their deepening trade problems. Chinese speakers were accused of dismissing Europe’s long-standing complaints and ignoring the harsh economic reality of an increasingly lopsided

Trump’s Taiwan comments raise fears over future U.S. support

Two prominent ⁠former Malaysian ministers said on ⁠Sunday they would vacate their parliamentary seats ⁠and resign from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition party to join a small party that they would take over. The move by Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who resigned from cabinet la

Iran seizes vessel owned by Chinese security firm near Strait of Hormuz