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"NATO is broken,” says Ivo Daalder, not mincing his words. The former US ambassador to the transatlantic alliance believes that tensions between Donald Trump and European allies over the Iran war have thrust NATO, which turned 77 years old this month, into the "worst crisis” in its history. But alarm bells have been ringing for

The Trump administration is ignoring convention and has dispatched Vice President JD Vance to Hungary, where he will campaign for that country's longtime prime minister, Viktor Orban, who trails dramatically in polls ahead of upcoming elections on April 12.  Orban, who has held or been near power since the late 1990s, has become a figurehead for

Skip next section WATCH: LPG woes driving India’s migrant workers back home April 7, 2026 WATCH: LPG woes driving India’s migrant workers back home In New Delhi, an LPG or Liquefied Petroleum Gas crisis triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran is forcing migrant workers home. In one migrant colony in the Indian capital, some

Skip next section Lahm warns Germany risks falling behind like Italy April 7, 2026 Lahm warns Germany risks falling behind like Italy The 2014 World Cup winner Philipp Lahm has warned that German football could fall behind like Italy if outmoded tactical trends continue. In columns for Germany's Die Zeit newspaper and Britain's Guardian, he said

Skip next section Explosions reported on strategic Kharg Island April 7, 2026 Explosions reported on strategic Kharg Island Kharg is the most important export terminal for Iranian crude oil in The Gulf, a large share of oil production is shipped from there.Image: Planet Labs PBC/Handout/REUTERS Explosions have been reported on Iran’s Kharg Island the semi‑official

Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-wun is on a rare visit to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping which as she says is for promoting cross-strait "peace." "The purpose of this visit to mainland China is precisely to show the world that it is not just Taiwan that unilaterally hopes for peace," said Cheng

Energy security has once again taken on urgent priority in the European Union, as the Iran war reveals how exposed many member states still are to abrupt oil and gas supply shocks — despite the lessons of Russia's full‑scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.   The crisis has prompted member states to reexamine their efforts

Australian police have arrested the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, on allegations of war crimes. The Australian Federal Police said a man, identified by local news outlets as Roberts-Smith, was charged over the killing of several unarmed civilians while on deployment in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. The former soldier was previously awarded

Vietnam's Communist Party's Secretary General To Lam was unanimously elected by parliament as the country's president for a five-year term, making him the most powerful Vietnamese leader in decades. After his swearing-in ceremony, Lam told the National Assembly that his top priority was to maintain peace and stability, which were the foundation for fast and

The astronauts on the Artemis II mission made history on Monday, reaching the farthest distance in space of any human, after surpassing the previous record set by the Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. With just an hour before kicking off the fly-around and lunar observations, the spaceship was flying at 252,752 miles (406,764.9 kilometers), surpassing the distance record