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Iran reportedly moves to shut Strait of Hormuz after US attacks

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
Belarus frees opposition leader after visit by US envoy
Sanctioned Russian media still partnered with Facebook
Top Bulgarian official says he’ll intervene to stop food price spikes before eurozone entry
PornHub is back in France

PornHub is back in France

June 20, 2025 12:26 pm CET
Has Bulgaria gamed its inflation numbers to qualify for the euro?
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Declassified

What the EU can learn from Starmer’s tariff win

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. Anxious European observers of the Donald Trump trade war may have felt a sense of relief earlier this week when …

June 20, 2025 4:03 am CET

Netanyahu vows revenge and steps up attacks after Iran strikes Israeli hospital

Israel and Iran continue trading missile strikes on the seventh day of war.

June 19, 2025 9:55 am CET

MAGA allies deride attacking Iran — but won’t criticize Trump directly

“The Israelis have to finish what they started. They started this,” says Steve Bannon.

June 19, 2025 1:02 am CET

Ted Cruz vs. Tucker Carlson: Conservatives clash over Iran policy

The viral interview comes as the U.S. stands on the precipice of direct engagement in another major conflagration in the Middle East.

June 18, 2025 4:37 pm CET

Trump blasts EU over ‘unfair’ trade offer

Trump said the EU must make a good deal or pay up.

June 17, 2025 3:29 pm CET

Trump slams ‘publicity seeking’ Macron as US president leaves G7 early

“Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong,” Trump says, dismissing the French president’s statement that he was helping negotiate an Israel-Iran ceasefire.

June 17, 2025 8:06 am CET

Trump leaving G7 early after signaling deepening Iran-Israel conflict in social media post

The change of plans added to the sense of uncertainty around the military operation in Iran.

June 17, 2025 2:17 am CET

EU denies it will yield to Trump’s 10 percent base tariff

Reports the bloc might accept the U.S. 10 percent global baseline tariff are “speculative and do not reflect the current state of discussions,” an EU spokesperson said.

June 16, 2025 8:48 pm CET
From Across the Pond

Trump’s political offensive on European allies will have long-lasting consequences

While keeping the U.S. president onside will be important, erstwhile allies would do well to coordinate their response to Washington’s wholesale assault on its partners.

June 16, 2025 4:00 am CET

Why Macron is obsessed with banning social media for kids

The subject is not new, but it does allow the French president to wield more influence on a domestic issue than usual.

June 13, 2025 5:28 pm CET

Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?

France faces a tricky legal and technological challenge to make a social media prohibition for under-15s happen. 

June 12, 2025 8:03 am CET

Trump’s latest trade ‘deal’ with China underscores key US disadvantage

After two days of talks in London, China and the U.S. announced the outlines of an agreement to honor a deal they agreed to last month in Geneva.

June 11, 2025 7:57 pm CET
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Italy vows to stop US from sending its citizens to Guantanamo

Italy’s top diplomat Antonio Tajani calls for calm but says he wants answers from his U.S. counterpart.

June 11, 2025 7:00 pm CET

You do you, EU tells Macron on banning social media for kids

French president dials up pressure on EU over age verification.

June 11, 2025 2:02 pm CET

Musk admits he went ‘too far’ attacking Trump

Regrets, the tech billionaire has a few.

June 11, 2025 10:05 am CET

Gaza’s journalists are starved into silence. The EU’s neutrality is complicity.

If the bloc truly stands by the values it claims to champion, now is the moment to show it.

June 11, 2025 4:01 am CET

X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown

The government wants platforms to remove adult content or implement stricter age verification controls.

June 11, 2025 4:00 am CET

Poland’s Tusk set to win confidence vote, but faces uphill slog to govern

The pro-EU prime minister will have to contend not only with a nationalist president blocking his reforms, but also with increasingly frustrated coalition partners.

June 10, 2025 9:56 pm CET

India ready to strike ‘deep into Pakistan’ if provoked, New Delhi warns amid shaky ceasefire

The nuclear-armed countries fought a short but intense war in April that caused concern around the world.

June 9, 2025 9:43 pm CET

Trump’s border czar blames California governor for LA unrest

The Trump administration border czar vowed that the president won’t be “late to the game” in dealing with the California protests.

June 9, 2025 5:50 pm CET

Macron dissolved the French parliament a year ago. How will he surprise us again?

POLITICO makes its super-serious predictions for the French president’s next big surprise.

June 9, 2025 4:01 am CET

Colombia presidential candidate in critical condition after shooting

Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was attacked during a speech to supporters in Bogotá.

June 8, 2025 1:48 pm CET

Trump, White House aides signal a possible détente with Musk

The two men have been embroiled in a feud over legislation that encompasses the president’s agenda.

June 6, 2025 6:06 am CET

French equality minister launches war with Big Tech, flabbergasting digital ministry

Aurore Bergé’s public scolding of industry representatives left insiders shocked and sent Clara Chappaz scrambling to clean up the damage.

June 6, 2025 4:40 am CET
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