Following his recent visit to Ireland, Boris Johnson told Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that a no-deal Brexit would be a failure that both their respective governments would be responsible for. The Irish backstop remains a sticking point for the British...
The United Nations is held to high standards and is perpetually scrutinised over its partnerships with authoritarian governments, but a recent scandal involving Saudi Arabia has truly irked human rights groups. The world body has faced a barrage of criticism...
Tensions between Iran and the US seem to show no sign of easing. The BBC reports that the Adrian Darya-1, the oil tanker seized in Gibraltar in July with the help of British forces over fears it was heading to...
Hong Kong’s government showed its first signs of cracking on Tuesday when Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the controversial extradition bill. Yet even though she removed the legislation which sparked several months of protests, the action is unlikely to quell...
For a year now, the two largest economies have been engaged in a trade war that has slowed economic growth in both countries but has also been detrimental to the global economy. People are rarely cognizant of the economy’s intricacies....
Zimbabwe’s former longtime ruler and strongman Robert Mugabe died Friday. He was 95. The poor African country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the news on Twitter, describing the late leader as an “icon of liberation” and a “pan-Africanist” who dedicated his...
The states of Saxony and Brandenburg have voted. And while the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) appear to display an ill-advised form of relief, both are left with a big ask: to find stable coalitions and...
Last week, South Korea ran military exercises on Ulleung, part of a group of islets known as Dokdo in Seoul. Japan has another name for them – Takeshima – because Tokyo too claims the islets. The military drills have been...
The majority of MPs have now successfully scuppered the Prime Minister’s Brexit plans, and thwarted both the no-deal option and an early election. On Wednesday a coalition of opposition MPs and 21 Tory rebels ensured a bill blocking a no-deal...
With Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk due to retire as the President of the European Commission and President of the European Council respectively, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his intention of ‘resetting’ relations with Brussels. Tensions between...