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3073 - Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum

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3073 - Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum

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Ukraine’s boosted confidence on display at the Odesa Black Sea Security Forum

Bolstering UAE defence and Monocle’s coffee special

Israel’s offensive against Lebanon intensifies

Iran warns that the US will no longer have a safe haven in the region

Pope Leo has views on AI: will Silicon Valley listen?

Hungary’s constitutional reform and prime minister Péter Magyar’s first weeks

Will Donald Trump’s Republican party purges cost him in the midterms?

Nato under strain as members seek clarity on US plans to withdraw troops

Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart

The political controversy engulfing Cannes film festival

Is Russia looking to end the war or escalate it?

On stage for Emmanuel Macron’s viral moment in Kenya

Ukraine-Russia ceasefire ends but Kyiv’s renewed confidence continues

Is it all over for Keir Starmer? The cabinet faces questions

Trump rejects Iran’s peace proposal

Trump’s global 10 per cent tariffs ruled illegal as he pushes for an EU-trade deal

Can Marco Rubio smooth things over with Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni?

Does the end of ‘Project Freedom’ point to peace? Plus: Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire’s Paris

Is the ceasefire in Lebanon all but over?

Trump announces ‘Project Freedom’ and Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech conference

Trump threatens troop withdrawal in Europe

Pete Hegseth defends Iran war – and calls his critics the true adversary

How healthy is the special relationship? Assessing King Charles III’s speech to Congress

Will Canada’s sovereign wealth fund bolster its economy in the face of Trump’s tariffs?

Palestinians vote in Gaza for the first time in 20 years

Israel and Lebanon extend ceasefire after White House talks

Trump in the polls: the domestic impact of US foreign policy

Planes, trains and ferries: How the Iran war is affecting travel

Lula in Lisbon: what’s on the agenda?

Are US-Iran peace talks still on the table?

How tourism in the UAE is staying resilient despite the Iran war

Live from Sharjah: The UAE’s start-ups look beyond the conflict

Live from Dubai: The state of tourism and education in the Gulf

Live from Abu Dhabi: Lebanese and Israeli officials set to meet in Washington for the first time in decades

The US prepares to launch Iranian port blockade within hours and Viktor Orbán defeated in Hungary

The view from Beirut on Israel’s deadly strikes. And: Hungary’s pivotal elections

US-Iran ceasefire tested by deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Keir Starmer heads to the Gulf after the US and Iran agree to a ceasefire

Trump’s Iran deadline approaches and JD Vance visits Hungary to bolster Victor Orbán’s election chances

Asia’s worsening fuel crisis: a sign of what’s to come for Europe?

Is Donald Trump starting to fire his cabinet?

How would ending birthright citizenship change American society?

Ukraine’s Easter truce proposal and Israel’s death-penalty bill for Palestinians

Iran hits Kuwaiti oil tanker in Dubai – are energy targets now fair game?

A new front in the Middle East as Houthis enter the conflict

Marco Rubio arrives at the G7 as Trump lashes out at allies

The Philippines becomes the first country to declare a state of emergency over the global energy crisis

The true state of US-Iran negotiations amid conflicting reports from Tehran, Washington and Islamabad

Israel to hold a ‘security zone’ in the south of Lebanon

A new mayor in Paris: who is Emmanuel Grégoire?

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