Against a background of increased military spending that could see Japan attain the third largest military in the world ...

Markets tumble in UK, Europe and Asia as Trump tariffs stoke fears of global recession: Live - US president announces he is ...

This got our Balkans correspondent thinking. Liguria is the oldest region in the European Union and Europe is the oldest continent in the world. For The Weekend Intelligence, he set out to make ...

The Concert of Europe, an attempt to stabilise the continent in the 19th century ... shift-with Washington’s attention pivoting towards Asia and Trump poised to prioritise ‘America First ...

Indeed, while most of Asia made cuts to fossil fuel use for electricity production in January from the same month in 2024, the US and Europe have both expanded fossil fuel-fired generation ...

The Vatican published the latest official statistics of the Catholic Church. The increase in the number of baptized is mainly ...

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With Russia posing what French President Emmanual Macron called an “existential threat” to Europe, the continent is now scrambling to prepare for the once-unthinkable prospect of defending ...

Democracies in Europe and their detractors in Washington have radically different understandings of why the continent depends on American military protection. Donald Trump and his aides constantly ...

Europe could decide to scrap the oil-price cap, instead barring its shipping firms and financiers from being involved with Russian sales. The continent’s policymakers could prohibit tankers ...

With the United States focusing more on Asia and reducing ... Understanding Europe’s current military strength is critical in evaluating whether the continent can maintain peace and security ...

China’s influence operations have expanded across Asia, Africa and Europe. The Taliban runs Afghanistan’s airwaves. Iran censors the internet and jails dissenters. And yet, as authoritarianism ...