The age of empires seemed to be a thing of the past. But now there are signs that some world leaders hanker after imperial power and glory.

Iulian Bulai, head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the ...

Russia's economy grew by 4.1% in 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Friday, ...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over ...

The executive order signed by Donald Trump targets ICC officials who work in investigations related to the US and its allies, ...

Russia's ambitions to become a world leader in artificial intelligence are being severely hampered by brain drain, technological isolation, and an increasingly restrictive domestic environment.

The Baltics were the first nations to break away from the Soviet Union. 35 years later, they’re finally declaring their ...

He could either be the Don of the Donbas and bag its riches, or he could become the Czar of Crimea and militarily dominate the Black Sea. So far, Putin has failed to do either. Although his armies ...

Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many ...

The president appears to have adopted a proposal first made last year that offers “strategic partners” such as the U.S.