Washington

The Iran War Outlives Its Architects

With Khamenei dead and Graham gone, the Iran war is spreading through runways, courts, and homemade drone fleets.

An Evangelical War: Rome Takes on Washington

As a Cardinal is turned away in Jerusalem, a defiant Pope Leo XIV in Rome denounces the holy war rhetoric currently steering Washington's foreign policy.

Transparency or Tyranny? EU Fines X, Musk Calls It Bureaucratic Overreach

EU fines X €120M under Digital Services Act, sparking US-EU clash over tech regulation, sovereignty, and global digital dominance.

Trump’s Empty Lawsuit and the Necessity of the BBC

The resignation of two BBC leaders after a Trump lawsuit threat shows the vulnerability of even legacy media to political and financial pressure

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Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back

Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.

Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging

Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.

The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.

Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital

Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing.

Andy Burnham Plans to Retax British Homes

Burnham weighs a property tax overhaul that could redirect who pays for Britain's homes.