Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation of country a crime
New legislation makes call for reparations and official apology which Macron has so far refused to do
South Korea’s new president opens the door to renewed dialogue with North Korea
President Lee Jae Myung seeks to improve cross-border relations amid unprecedented hostility, but Kim Jong-un is not biting
Trump appointment of US special envoy to Greenland is worrying new development
US strategy has shifted to seeking to exploit discontent in Greenland towards Denmark
Unravelling of plan to use frozen Russian assets is good news for EU and Ukraine
New scheme for €90 billion loan to Kyiv is more straightforward and legally stable
Future of US in the Asia-Pacific is under close consideration
Beijing denounces US senate approval of $10 billion in arms sales to Taiwan
Tunisia returns to autocratic rule, 15 years after Jasmine Revolution
Country saw first of a string of movements across North Africa and Middle East that became known as the Arab Spring
Trump’s chief of staff goes full Mean Girls in gossipy and illuminating interview
Trump has an alcoholic’s personality, JD Vance is a conspiracy theorist and Elon Musk is an ‘odd, odd duck’, Susie Wiles tells Vanity Fair
Jimmy Lai conviction offers evidence of Hong Kong’s twin-track justice system
Former media tycoon’s case came under draconian National Security Law that supersedes city’s common law procedures
The Bondi Beach massacre makes both Jews and Muslims feel less safe
Jews and Muslims now feel less safe against a backdrop that was already volatile
Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner faces life sentence for sedition
Three charges of sedition and foreign collusion carry a maximum sentence of life in prison
New Chilean leader faces task of keeping good terms with both US and China
José Antonio Kast, who won Sunday’s presidential election, is ideologically aligned with Trump, but China is Chile’s biggest trading partner
How Donald Trump’s ‘peace deals’ are driven by US economic interest
One year on, the US president remains neither a peacemaker nor a friend of Europe
Beijing’s lack of criticism of latest US security strategy reflects warmer relations
Credibility of US security guarantee in Pacific left in question by disdainful comments about Europe
Tensions in Tanzania as president calls off Independence Day weeks after election win
Samia Suluhu Hassan, re-elected with almost 98 per cent of the vote, faces a young, increasingly well-educated and independent-minded population
US and China urge restraint after fresh clashes on Thailand-Cambodia border
July ceasefire was reached after Trump threatened steep tariffs for both countries, and he may use this tactic again













