Diplomacy and International Relations

After suffering a loss at the Supreme Court, US President Donald Trump has ended the tariffs declared illegal, but he has also announced a new 10% global duty.

From migration to queer identity and ancestral mythology, African filmmakers came to the Berlinale with bold stories confronting repression and celebrating resistance.

Maria Kolesnikova called on European leaders to reopen diplomatic channels with Alexander Lukashenko. She said such a move seemed the only way to ease the plight of political prisoners and their families.

Across the northern Tigray region, citizens are bearing the burden of political fractures and rising tensions. Diplomats are urging restraint amid a troop buildup along the borders with Tigray and neighboring Eritrea.

After having agreed to provide Ukraine a €90 billion EU loan package, officials in Budapest have said on Friday they plan to veto the deal unless Russian oil starts flowing back to Hungary.

An amateur mountaineer was found guilty of manslaughter after his girlfriend froze to death on Austria’s highest peak. He had left her alone while he searched for help.

Kenya’s intelligence service says 1,000 Kenyans had been lured into fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Moscow denies the allegations.

An independent fact-finding mission said the paramilitary RSF’s capture of el-Fasher bore the "hallmarks of genocide." Graphic footage circulated in October showed RSF members carrying out mass killings and other crimes.

US President Donald Trump has many enthusiastic supporters in Europe — but his plans to take over Greenland have cost him some fans.

Europe is supposed to be collaborating more on defense in response to Trump. But German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has signaled his country may exit the FCAS flagship deal to jointly build a warplane with France.