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A Shangri-La charm offensive collided with regional values
The release of humiliating footage of pro-Palestinian activists by Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked outrage in many European capitals. This response makes their ongoing silence regarding the degrading conditions faced by Palestinians detained in Israel all the more striking
President Donald Trump urged NATO partners and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz as it remains closed due to the ongoing war in the Middle East triggered by the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran. FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry looks at why Trump's plan could be easier said than done
Islamabad is happy to give the U.S. president the image he craves
The Israeli leader needs a win ahead of a key election
Tehran had said it would suspend negotiations over Israeli strikes in Lebanon
What a very 1990s scandal says about corruption during the second Trump administration
Two new books seek to capture the changing reality of Turkey and the world
As a new book shows, the dollar isn’t really the United States’ currency, but a 500-year-old relic
Mellower European populists have killed some Republicans’ dreams of a far-right alliance
Bilateral relations have reached a breaking point at a crucial moment for the USMCA
U.S. concessions could include the unfreezing of assets and unsanctioning of oil