NATO is fighting back against Russia's submarine threat in cat-and-mouse games reminiscent of the Cold War
Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony in Severodvinsk in this photo supplied by Russian state media on July 24, 2025. Photographer: Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images
The beleaguered chancellor just can’t seem to catch a break.
Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, during a news conference at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, March 23, 2026. Merz's party dislodged the Social Democrats from power after 35 years in a southwestern German state, notching a win for a conservative leader struggling to gain nationwide traction among voters. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
Such a clear rejection hasn’t been witnessed since Europe refused to bow to demands for control of Greenland.
A demonstrator carries Israeli and Iranian lion and sun flags near the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, March 7, 2026. President Donald Trump said the US will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a week-long war that's upended energy markets and reverberated worldwide. Photographer: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg
Marc Rubio offered a hand of partnership to Europe, but on US terms.
Police officers in front of the Hotel Bayrischer Hof on the final day of the 62nd Munich Security Conference Photographer: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance/Getty Images
If there was one moment on day one that captured the essence of this year’s Munich Security Conference, it came from Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the United Nations.
If there was one moment on day one that captured the essence of this year’s Munich Security Conference, it came from Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the United Nations.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 13.
Four years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion, the economic, political and security fallout is reverberating far beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Rescue services search for victims under wreckage after an air strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Russian air assaults on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure have intensified in recent weeks � this is the most deadly since at least April.
Investors and the voting public can only guess at the scale of the disruption ahead.
SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 05: Visitors view AI digital anchor Guan Xiaofang at Kuaishou booth during the 2024 World AI Conference & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on July 5, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Photographer: VCG/Visual China Group
As the US president takes a wrecking ball to the world order, EU leaders hope to dissuade him in Switzerland.
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to advance his effort to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, before a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos where he’s expected to lay out his efforts to address affordability concerns. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
While Reform UK soars at Starmer’s expense, Scots and Welsh voters are backing left-wing nationalists.
Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, delivers a speech in London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Starmer said he’ll make a renewed push to curb UK welfare spending, as he vies to revive his ailing premiership and sell a budget which was poorly received by voters. Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg
The EU pulled back on an effective ban on combustion engines.
Electric vehicles on the assembly line at the BYD Co. factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. BYD is building a lead over Tesla Inc. in the UK and is now neck-and-neck with the Elon Musk-led company in Germany, two of Europe's biggest markets for plug-in cars. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
“Celebrate Peace,” read the twin banners flanking the stage erected on Oslo’s waterfront to mark this year’s Nobel award ceremony.
María Corina Machado greets supporters during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, in January. Photographer: Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo
The Kremlin has welcomed the change of tone outlined in a new US strategy paper.
US Vice President JD Vance, left, and US President Donald Trump during a dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Trump is hosting a summit with five central Asian countries as the US steps up competition for influence in the vast energy- and mineral-rich region where China and Russia have long held sway. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg
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