The United States and Iran have failed to strike a peace deal to end the now six-week war, Vice President JD Vance announced early on Sunday in Pakistan. “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement,” Vance said at a press conference following the peace talks. “And I think that’s bad news […]

The United Kingdom has shelved a bill that would have handed its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a decision that comes after President Donald Trump lambasted the idea as an “act of great stupidity.” The U.K. had moved to cede control over the archipelago to Mauritius, drafting legislation due to be taken up […]

An appeals court has ruled that construction for the White House ballroom can resume, granting President Donald Trump a legal win as he races to finish one of the biggest infrastructure projects of his second term. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, granted the Trump administration a temporary […]

The United Arab Emirates‘s aggressive stance against Iran was the culmination of a 15-year process that saw the transformation of the Gulf state from a minor Middle East player into a major military and geopolitical force. In the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, the UAE unexpectedly found itself bearing the brunt of retaliatory assaults, being targeted […]