Politics

EU democracy now has fewer boundaries than the average hooker

Calls to strip a former Austrian foreign minister of her citizenship set an abysmally low bar for rule of law

Putin envoy hails ‘constructive’ talks with US delegation

Russia’s chief Ukraine negotiator has flown to Florida for a last-minute meeting with US officials ahead of peace talks in Abu Dhabi

‘Why should Russia talk to us?’

Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas has said Brussels has nothing to offer Russia in talks

Final batch of Epstein files mentions Musk, Gates and Trump

The US Justice Department has published more than 3 million pages, 180,000 images, and 2,000 videos related to Jeffrey Epstein

EU’s Kallas promises to be ‘very smart’ by end of term

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has vowed that she “will be very smart” by the end of her term thanks to extensive reading

Trump refuses to reveal his Iran ‘plan’ even to closest allies

Both sides have indicated that diplomatic backchannels remain open, even as Washington has ramped up military pressure on Tehran