The EU launched a joint multi-billion-euro defence fund last year designed to develop Europe’s military capacities
President Donald Trump’s administration re-imposed sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal
The US midterm election has been a tug of war over key issues, but none has had a more dramatic impact on voters than Donald Trump
On Friday, Washington confirmed it was going ahead with a second round of sanctions set to take effect on Monday
Economic inequality is fuelling a growing sense of tribalism, which populist politicians exploit — just take a look at Team Trump
South Africans could embrace an authoritarian state if the government fails to address current social and economic issues
Trump hopes to fire up core Republican voters and spur the party to retain dominance of both chambers of Congress.
The assault on the 150-year-old congregation was the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history
Federal officials said 46-year-old Robert Bowers faces 29 separate federal charges, several of them carrying the death penalty
The first bomb was discovered on Monday in a mailbox at the New York home of billionaire financier and Democratic Party supporter George Soros
‘We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property. There is one way to settle our disagreements’
The move came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Khashoggi’s killing inside the Saudis’ Istanbul consulate had been meticulously planned
After devoting well over $100-million to influencing Washington, the oil-rich state is facing a PR crisis it didn’t see coming
Turkish officials have said they believe that 15 Saudi men who arrived in Istanbul on two flights on October 2 were connected to Khashoggi’s death
The US president’s comments are his strongest comments to date on the affair
After a fortnight of denials, Saudi authorities admitted on Saturday that the Washington Post columnist was killed after entering the consulate
Trump’s lawyer Charles Harder called the ruling a "total victory for President Trump and total defeat for Stormy Daniels."
Americans on November 6 will pick all 435 members of the House of Representatives and just over one third of the 100-member Senate
Turkish police on Monday searched the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for the first time since Khashoggi went missing
Trump’s likeness has been ruthlessly disfigured by ‘high’ and ‘low’ artists alike, who have made no secret of their dislike of the president
From tech tycoons to media giants, a host of Western companies are now distancing themselves from the Gulf state
The consensus among leading economic officials is that while the next global crisis may not be imminent, now is the time to prepare for it
United States’s enfant terrible Donald Trump’s sanctions on Iran are hurting Opec’s third-largest exporter at 2.4-million barrels a day
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While Riyadh claimed he had left the consulate after his visit, Turkish police said Jamal Khashoggi did not emerge from the building
Nikki Haley is the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s national security team
With the arrival of Brett Kavanaugh, the court comprises four liberals appointed by Democratic presidents and five conservatives picked by Republicans
An upswing in economic risks has prompted the International Monetary Fund to cut its forecast for world growth
Mike Pompeo departed from Tokyo, where he spent the first leg of a tour that will include stops in Pyongyang, South Korea and China
Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a replacement for retiring justice Anthony Kennedy was controversial from the start
If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come
We need to place feminist commitments at the centre of any truly progressive political project