Category: International

Trump’s Iran playbook was written in the 1980s

From oil threats to ultimatums, the US president has a decades-old view of how to confront Tehran

America keeps bailing out Trump

The country’s underlying strengths are absorbing his erratic choices, including the war on Iran

The regime ‘caravans’ keeping control of Iran’s streets

As troops fight the US and Israel, government supporters and armed volunteers patrol cities and man security checkpoints

Trump looking at inviting Belarus’s Lukashenko to White...

US administration seeks diplomatic thaw with authoritarian ally of Vladimir Putin

Berkshire Hathaway to take $1.8bn stake in Tokio Marine

Investment in non-life insurer marks new Japan venture for Warren Buffett’s conglomerate

Flights disrupted after crash at NY’s LaGuardia airport...

Passenger jet flying from Montreal collided with ground vehicle

Spain’s angry young men turn to the radical right

Young women still lean to the left but male youth is more rightwing than it has been for decades

How Trump’s attack on Iran risks dragging US into Middl...

US president who pledged to end America’s forever wars has started another Middle East conflict with no easy off-ramps

Private jets face $50,000 ‘war risk’ insurance costs to...

Some operators refuelling outside region to minimise time spent on the ground

Trump sets 48-hour deadline for Iran to open Strait of ...

Tehran says it will retaliate against ‘vital’ infrastructure if US carries out threat to ‘obliterate’ power plants

World faces gas supply cliff edge as Gulf’s final LNG s...

Carriers that departed from the Middle East before Iran’s missile attacks began are due to arrive in the next 10 days

AI hallucinations haunt users more than job losses

Anthropic’s survey of 80,000 Claude users provides detailed snapshot of how people are using technology