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WORLD
Mecca Pact Reorders the Region’s Power Balance
A missile barrage on Najran leaves old alliances wanting, as Saudi Arabia leans on Ankara and Islamabad for a diplomatic defence pact.
WORLD
From Haro to Tehran, Festivals Stage Power and Belief
From Spain's wine battle to Tehran's funeral pageantry and Trump's July 4, public ritual is where belief, identity and power perform themselves most visibly in 2026.
BUSINESS
National Security Strategy: The Era of Investment Power
Washington has stopped acting like a global policeman and started operating like a hedge fund, trading lectures for massive sovereign wealth deposits.
BUSINESS
Power Bills So High: The Search for Answers
If you live in Germany or Poland, you've likely felt the sting of higher electricity bills lately. Why is that?
Popular
Can Libya’s Energy Promise Outdrill Its Divisions?
Drone strikes on Libya's biggest refinery and a bomb that killed a senior general days apart leave Libya's peace looking thin beneath Europe's gas hopes.
Thailand Halves Visa-Free Stays to Reclaim Migration Control
Thailand is discovering that the line between a tourist and a resident cannot be managed with the same visa exemption for everyone.
Berlin’s Drone Accusation Against the Kremlin
Germany's accusation against Moscow lands beside a French warning, a Chinese pledge on nuclear weapons and a new EU push to close defence gaps.
Nordic Compass Weighs Merging Stock Exchanges
Nordic Compass believes four national stock exchanges might attract more capital as a single regional market than as four separate systems.
Why America Sent Its Spy Chief to Moscow?
America's spy chief flew secretly to Moscow this week, and mounting evidence points to one worry shaping his agenda, an atomic Iran built with Russian help.
