The US military launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Wednesday as President Donald Trump threatened to hit bridges and power plants next week absent talks, and Tehran threatened to block additional trade routes.
President Donald Trump threatened strikes on Iranian civilian targets as the United States resumed its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran fired on US bases in the region, sharply widening a confrontation that days ago centred on passage tolls.
India opens a UN Security Council bid, Trump revives a Hormuz toll, Brussels prosecutors move on Agrofert, and Burnham walks into No 10 unopposed.
Energy chokepoints, arms production lines and the raising of armies now price the same commodity: risk. This week made the single market visible.
Donald Trump says he has reinstated a US blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will bill ships for safe passage, days after fresh strikes and an Iranian attack on a vessel in the waterway.
Andy Burnham looks set to enter Downing Street within days without a contest. The new questions are about tax, energy and credibility — and they are the ones foreign capitals will be watching.
Slovakia's president told a TV talk show that the Czech NATO delegation drew ridicule at the Ankara summit. Read closely, the mockery targets Andrej Babiš's attempt to sideline President Petr Pavel — a small remark with an awkward message about how Prague is seen among allies.
Sofia's single objection to blacklisting Patriarch Kirill still holds the entire 21st sanctions package hostage to EU unanimity rules. Meanwhile, two separate legal acts — targeting cyberattacks and the torture of Ukrainian POWs — have gone through on qualified majority, exposing the two-speed machinery of EU sanctions.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office has opened criminal proceedings over EU subsidies paid to the Agrofert holding, acting on a February complaint by the Czech Pirate Party alleging Prime Minister Andrej Babiš remains in a conflict of interest.
France turns its annual military parade into a demonstration of European backing for Kyiv, with allied aircraft and troops pledged to Ukraine's post-war security taking centre stage.
India has formally launched its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2028-29, built around a Global South 'SHANTI' vision, as Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar worked the UN on Ukraine and the Middle East.
After a third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, Trump has floated a tolling scheme in the Strait of Hormuz that he says could raise nearly $200 billion a year. The war is becoming a US-run chokepoint that reprices global energy trade and puts every Gulf-dependent ally on notice.