Politics

EU Commission Agrees to Unlock $19B in EU Funds for Hungary

The European Commission has agreed to unlock more than $19 billion in EU funds for Hungary, a decision that arrives as the state’s newly formed government confronts one of the most acute fiscal inheritances in the nation’s recent history. Hungary’s budget deficit is projected at 6,2 per cent of gross domestic product, a figure attributed...

USA-Iran Negotiations Continue Amid Strikes

The government of the United States of America (hereinafter: USA) and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran continue negotiations aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict through intermediaries based in Pakistan and Qatar. The Foreign Minister of the USA stated on 26 May 2026 that an agreement could be finalised within days. Negotiations proceed...

The Monroe Doctrine

On 2 December 1823, President James Monroe delivered his seventh annual message to the Congress of the United States of America (hereinafter USA). Buried within a long routine address — much of it concerning fiscal accounts, post roads and tariffs on hemp — were several paragraphs that would, over the following two centuries, be elevated...

TAIWAN ASSERTS INDEPENDENCE AFTER TRUMP-XI SUMMIT

Taiwan’s government has publicly asserted its sovereignty and defended its procurement of United States of America (hereinafter: USA) arms after President Donald Trump described those sales as a bargaining chip in his negotiations with China, following a summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. The statements from Taipei, issued between 16 and...

Lebanon Ceasefire Strikes Kill Six, Toll Hits 3.020

Israeli air and artillery strikes have continued across southern Lebanon despite an active ceasefire, killing at least six people — including three paramedics at a health centre — in the hours immediately following a ceasefire extension agreement. The strikes have pushed the cumulative death toll from the conflict to 3.020 since hostilities began, according to...

Barakah Nuclear Plant Drone Strike Sparks Fire

A drone strike on 17 May 2026 sparked a fire on the perimeter of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (hereinafter: UAE), prompting the UAE government to blame Iran or one of its proxies for what it described as a ‘dangerous escalation’. Nuclear regulators confirmed that radiation levels remained normal, no...