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Oil prices jump as market awaits Iran response to attacks

A move by Tehran to disrupt oil shipments could mean sharply higher prices at the pump in the United States.

June 23, 2025 6:05 am CET

Trump floats regime change in Iran, muddying the administration’s message

Top Trump officials said their strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites were limited, but they don’t have much control over the knock-on effects in the Middle East and their party.

June 23, 2025 5:55 am CET
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June 23, 2025 5:00 am CET

China’s ‘World Bank’ wants to set up shop in Britain

The nomination of a new president has reignited long-running concerns about Beijing’s influence over the bank’s governance.

June 23, 2025 4:25 am CET

French pension ‘conclave’ faces make-or-break moment

The prime minister’s effort to find common ground on retirement reform has a Monday deadline.

June 23, 2025 4:25 am CET

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it

Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

June 23, 2025 4:24 am CET

Labour offers businesses £55K ‘lunch slot’ at party conference

A dip in the polls hasn’t stopped the U.K.’s ruling Labour Party charging ‘crazy’ bucks for access to ministers.

June 23, 2025 4:00 am CET

NATO allies agree to 5 percent defense spending goal

Spain threw up a last-minute roadblock to the new spending target, but gave way after being granted flexibility.

June 22, 2025 9:19 pm CET

Israel savages EU over ‘outrageous and indecent’ human rights review 

Relations between Brussels and Israel hit a new low as European ministers gather to discuss whether to punish Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. 

June 22, 2025 6:24 pm CET

How Germany changed its mind about America, thanks to Donald Trump

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

June 22, 2025 5:50 pm CET

Iran reportedly moves to shut Strait of Hormuz after US attacks

The Iranian parliament backed a measure to close the critical shipping route in response to U.S. airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran, state media reported

June 22, 2025 5:33 pm CET

Iran’s foreign minister heading to Russia to meet with Putin after US strikes

Abbas Araghchi emphasized the “strategic partnership” between Tehran and Moscow as he announced the trip just hours after the U.S. targeted three Iranian nuclear sites.  .

June 22, 2025 1:47 pm CET
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How Europe would fill an America-shaped hole in NATO

The likeliest replacement for the U.S. is a grouping of France, the U.K., Germany and Poland, but it would be much more vulnerable than an America-led alliance.

June 22, 2025 1:07 pm CET

The winners and losers in Trump’s NATO arms race

A POLITICO analysis reveals telling gaps between the big spenders near Eastern Europe and those further from Russia, who are still creeping toward a decade-old target.

June 22, 2025 12:25 pm CET

White House wary of Iran counterattack as Trump strikes triumphant tone

The decision to send American B-2 bombers to attack Iran, the most significant military action of Trump’s presidency, threatens to inject Washington into another Middle East conflict.

June 22, 2025 6:42 am CET

Trump threatens more strikes if Iran doesn’t negotiate a deal

In a short speech to the nation, the president declared the Iran mission a success and said it may just be the start.

June 22, 2025 5:24 am CET

US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says

The strikes, which targeted Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan sites, bring Washington directly into Israel’s war with Tehran.

June 22, 2025 2:46 am CET

Belarus frees opposition leader after visit by US envoy

The release of Siarhei Tsikhanouski and other opposition figures came under a deal brokered by U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg.

June 21, 2025 5:36 pm CET

Iran official warns US that joining Israel in attacks would be ‘very dangerous’

Israel’s military said it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility overnight and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks.

June 21, 2025 5:03 pm CET

Iranian hackers target Albania in retaliation for hosting dissidents

A group tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted the capital of Tirana in retaliation for Albania hosting around 3,000 Iranian dissidents.

June 21, 2025 4:23 pm CET

Flagship EU defense plan may be illegal, German parliamentary report warns

The €150 billion SAFE plan may violate EU treaties and may not be economically effective, says the Bundestag report.

June 21, 2025 3:11 pm CET

Trump wants one thing from the NATO summit. Europe is going to give it to him.

A streamlined summit centering around a new pledge to increase defense spending has been designed to give the U.S. president a victory lap.

June 21, 2025 1:33 pm CET

Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House

Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle’s name was put forward to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.

June 21, 2025 9:44 am CET

Trump says US doesn’t have to meet NATO spending goal

The administration has demanded that allies commit to spending at least 5 percent of GDP on defense.

June 21, 2025 9:37 am CET
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