The approaching United States midterm elections have brought renewed attention to a difficult institutional question: how much influence can a president exert over an electoral system administered primarily by state and local authorities? President Donald Trump’s calls for greater federal control...

Iran’s campaign against critical infrastructure across the Gulf has highlighted a vulnerability that conventional measures of military superiority often overlook: the ability of a weaker adversary to disrupt the economic systems supporting a stronger coalition’s war effort. By targeting oil...

The latest confrontation between the United States and Iran is revealing a sharp contradiction at the centre of the conflict: Washington is combining threats of further military escalation with an active diplomatic effort to negotiate an end to the war. President Donald Trump's remarks at the...

The widening gap between Washington and Tehran over negotiations and the Strait of Hormuz is becoming the clearest sign that the conflict with Iran is moving away from a temporary military confrontation toward a prolonged struggle over leverage, security and economic pressure. President Donald...

The latest round of military operations involving the United States, Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq suggests that the conflict in the Gulf is expanding beyond its original battlefield and drawing more regional actors into direct confrontation. According to officials and people...

The possibility that Yemen's Houthi movement could begin charging commercial vessels for transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is emerging as more than another development in the Red Sea conflict. According to regional sources familiar with the discussions, the proposal is being examined as part of a...

The war between the United States and Iran has entered a broader and more dangerous phase as military operations increasingly extend beyond direct attacks on each other's forces. Following another night of sustained American strikes on Iranian military infrastructure, Tehran responded by launching...

The latest military confrontation between the United States and Iran has exposed how an agreement designed to prevent conflict instead created the conditions for renewed confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz. While the memorandum of understanding temporarily halted hostilities and restored parts of...

The latest NATO summit demonstrated that the alliance is entering a new phase in which its unity increasingly depends not on traditional consensus-building but on its ability to adapt to President Donald Trump's negotiating style. Over the course of just two days, a gathering that many expected...

The latest phase of the United States-Iran confrontation underscores a recurring feature of modern geopolitics: diplomatic engagement and military escalation can proceed simultaneously without bringing a conflict closer to resolution. Although both sides have signalled a willingness to keep...

Switzerland's glaciers are entering one of their most vulnerable periods of the year after an intense European heatwave caused winter snow to disappear weeks earlier than normal, exposing centuries-old ice to accelerated melting. According to scientists and sources involved in glacier monitoring,...