Christa Pike

Lebanon abolished the death penalty while America plans to broadcast an execution, and the numbers show both trends growing.

Europe's military commanders prepare to vanquish Moscow as Washington purchases Russian diesel.

The land blockade will squeeze Tehran painfully. Smugglers, railways and Central Asian partners will sustain commerce regardless.

As Europe funds brilliant laboratories, are datacentre owners harvesting the discoveries?

A naked golden Trump in Strasbourg shows how statues, once made to flatter rulers, now serve to roast them.