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Global democracy looks fragile. Recent measurements show that about 41 percent of the world’s population live in countries that are becoming more authoritarian — part of what analysts call a third wave of...
Global democracy appears fragile. According to the V-Dem Project, 41% of the world’s population now live in countries that are moving in an authoritarian direction, part of what researchers call a “third wave of...
The current structure of international relations is facing a nonlinear crisis that goes far beyond a regional military clash.
In early June, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky offered a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin to seek an end to a war now in its fifth year. Putin replied that talks were pointless unless Ukrainian forces...
In June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly invited Vladimir Putin to meet and seek an end to a war now in its fifth year. Mr. Putin’s response was simple: negotiations were pointless unless Ukraine first...
In early June, Ukraine’s president publicly invited Vladimir Putin to meet and end a war now in its fifth year. Putin’s response—that talks were pointless unless Ukrainian forces left occupied territory and Kyiv...
In early June, Volodymyr Zelensky publicly invited Vladimir Putin to meet face to face to end a war now in its fifth year. Putin replied that talks were pointless unless Ukrainian forces first withdrew from...
Video of a brutal knife attack in Belfast began circulating widely on social media on Monday evening. The man filmed, a Sudanese asylum seeker in his 30s who arrived in the UK in 2023, has been charged with attempted...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that the United Nations should retain a strategic footprint in Lebanon after the current UNIFIL mandate expires at year’s end. He said a uniformed UN...
Tehran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has directed authorities to restore internet access across Iran, state media and international outlets reported on May 26, 2026.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the newly opened U.S. consulate in Nuuk on Thursday to protest what they described as unwanted U.S. interference in Greenland’s affairs. Demonstrators carried the red-and-white...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that no major decision in the Islamic Republic is taken without the Supreme Leader’s permission, underlining the need for unified positions across state institutions...
