Zou Jiayi’s appointment as president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) underscores the Bank’s deep political alignment with the Chinese Communist Party, challenging its claim to ...

The escalating clash between US President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell threatens the Federal Reserve’s independence amid conflicting economic views. While Powell advocates cautious rate ...

US President Donald Trump, who is nothing if not direct, had threatened to intervene on behalf of demonstrators calling for the removal of Iran’s ruling theocratic regime. But by mid-week, he decided ...

Over the last decade, the American and European architects of the rules-based global order disabled it step by step, believing they would lose their centuries-old political dominance in competition ...

Iran’s latest wave of protests did not begin as a romantic revolution. It started as an economic alarm — a warning flare from the country’s commercial heart, where shopkeepers and bazaar merchants ...

Sudan’s civil conflict has escalated with allegations that its national army used banned chemical weapons, specifically chlorine gas. This accusation challenges international law and complicates ...

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Finland’s recent racist scandal involving public figures has exposed deep structural racism that challenges its global reputation for fairness and inclusion. The incident sparked significant backlash ...

US President Donald Trump’s surprise military operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and announce that the US will “run” Venezuela for an unspecified transition period has been widely ...

These are the words of a woman who was, for more than 30 years, coerced into having sex with multiple men, while the man who controlled her photographed and filmed the encounters. She was threatened ...

I live in Europe. Specifically, France, a nation struggling with persistent and apparently insoluble internal political conflicts. All European nations and the overarching entity we call the European ...

India and New Zealand have concluded a landmark free-trade agreement that prioritizes people and services alongside goods. The deal grants Indian exports zero-duty access to New Zealand and opens new ...