US, Russia, Ukraine and Diesel: With Iran at the End Oct. 19, 2026 Question: What are your views on the proposed three way summit between U.S.-Russia-China (proposed by Putin) without Ukraine to ...

Europe is undergoing a major transformation shaped by an unusual number of geopolitical pressures happening at once. For centuries, European security ...

(click to enlarge) The International Monetary Fund’s October 2026 outlook shows a world economy that is holding steady overall but pulling apart underneath: Global growth... (click to enlarge) India’s ...

EU response. The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the EU to launch a naval operation in the Black Sea amid Russian attacks on commercial vessels there. It condemns the recent ...

Troop movements. The U.S. has reportedly been reducing the number of troops stationed at bases across the Middle East in recent days. Troop presence has ...

Over the past week, protests erupted in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Albania, while smaller mobilizations also took place in Belgium and Germany. Though the protests differed in scale and ...

Ukraine developments. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Norway on Tuesday, with Jared Kushner joining the talks by videoconference. After the meeting, Zelenskyy ...

What happened: France is no longer contending with isolated demonstrations; it’s facing a broad cycle of social unrest. The most visible protests right now are student-led demonstrations, which began ...

On Oct. 19, Egypt’s parliament postponed until Oct. 26 a vote on authorizing military assistance to defend Saudi Arabia against attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, if Riyadh requests it. A day earlier ...

Mining expansion. The U.S. has finalized plans for its first deep-sea mining lease auction on Nov. 19, offering access to around 12.5 million hectares of seabed near American Samoa. The area contains ...

Signs are emerging that after decades of dormancy, Egypt is starting to reassert itself as a regional security actor. On Oct. 17, President Abdel Fattah ...