Diplomacy & International Relations

Iran says it could hit Israel and US bases with preemptive strikes (Martina Sapio – Politico)

Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned on Saturday that Tehran could carry out preemptive strikes against Israel and U.S. military assets in the region, sharply escalating...

US military strikes Islamic State group targets in Syria, officials say (BBC)

The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the US Central Command (Centcom)...

Iran protesters defy crackdown as videos show violent clashes (BBC)

Protesters in Iran defied a deadly government crackdown on Saturday night, taking to the streets despite reports suggesting hundreds of people have been killed...

‘We don’t want to be Americans’: Greenland’s political parties hit back at Trump (Politico)

The leaders of the five political parties in Greenland’s parliament have a message for U.S. President Donald Trump: Leave us alone. “We do not...

Trump says U.S. is ready to help Iranians get freedom (AXIOS)

President Trump said on Saturday that his administration is ready to help the protesters in Iran get the freedom they are looking for. Why...

Trump declares national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil cash (AXIOS)

President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as...

‘As soon as possible’: GOP hawks want faster timeline for elections in Venezuela (Politico)

President Donald Trump has indicated that after his administration’s ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, U.S. control of the country could drag on for...

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump’s Wild West doctrine freezes European brains (Politico)

The snow fell heavily over Brussels this week, as officials from embassies and European institutions returned from their holiday slumbers to a shocking new...

Top-level corruption allegations rock Cyprus as it assumes EU presidency (Politico)

Just as Cyprus’ government should be concentrating on its presidency of the Council of the EU, it has to firefight controversy at home over...

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