The accusation came on 24 October, hours after Ukraine said its Starlink and Starshield links were back to normal speeds following a ten-day restriction. Musk said SpaceX had...

Britain will not join Canada's defence bank, the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), a lender created to help allies pay for rearmament. The decision, confirmed by a...

For two decades Confucius Institutes bearing gifts: free Mandarin teachers, lantern festivals, calligraphy brushes and dumpling-making evenings for curious undergraduates. Last Friday, America's defence chief gave them a...

Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday, 27 October, to elect a new 120-seat Knesset. It is their first general election since Hamas's attack of 7 October 2023,...

Three weeks ago, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looked like a spent force. On Sunday night, as chants of his name rolled along São Paulo's Avenida Paulista, the...

Donald Trump wants a Ukraine peace deal, and he no longer hides his impatience. On Tuesday, he told reporters that Volodymyr Zelenskyy must want a settlement or face...

The quarrel began during talks in Miami on 9 October. That day, Donald Trump struck a diesel deal with Vladimir Putinas Ukrainian negotiators met his envoys. Washington eased sanctions on...

Donald Trump wants the world's three biggest nuclear powers around one table. On Monday, the US president said he would welcome a three-way summit with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin....

In Beijing’s parks, the morning belongs to the old. Pensioners stretch through tai chi routines, slap down playing cards and swap gossip on benches. Prams pass by far...

The Alberta referendum has delivered a clear verdict: the province stays in Canada, at least for now. On 19 October 2026, voters in the oil-rich province faced a...

Overnight on Saturday, Ukrainian drones set fire to an oil terminal in St Petersburg, Russia’s second city. Donald Trump had demanded that Kyiv stop hitting Russian energy sites....

Vladimir Putin wants a seat at the top table, and he has already picked his guests. The Russian leader has proposed a three-way summit with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping...