The Trump ​administration has told ‌Germany and France to ​draw down ​emergency diesel inventories ⁠to help ​to ease ​global fuel prices or face a ​potential US ​diesel export ban, ‌according ⁠to three people close to the discussions.

Australia is exploring potential legal action after an artificial intelligence agent accessed nonpublic information on the country’s universal health care system.

French Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad pointed to the “detrimental consequences” of USAID cuts in an interview at the Brussels Playbook live event.

After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.

France is preparing to introduce a ban on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël ​Barrot said on Tuesday, following a wave of settler violence in recent…

Alongside IDOS and IDDRI, we convened a closed-door roundtable under the Chatham House Rule hosted at the European Climate Foundation offices in Brussels. Bringing together senior representatives from...

Global Policy Blog, 25 August 2026 By Niels Keijzer, Hyeyoung Woo and Jee Hee Today’s international environment is more unstable, competitive and fragmented. Old certainties are at stake when both wri...

Niels Keijzer, Hyeyoung Woo & Jee Hee Yoon outline the potential ways middle powers may best organise to shoulder the global development agenda and the (quasi-) multilateral institutions could support...

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Ukraine on his first overseas trip since taking office, and will announce British support to ​help Kyiv improve its domestic production of long-range missiles...

Die Gletscher in den Alpen schmelzen so schnell wie nie, trotzdem fehlt im Rhein das Wasser. In den kommenden Jahren wird sich die Lage verschärfen, sagt der Gletscherforscher Matthias Huss.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at ‌a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...

The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

Toxic pollution from the war on Iran has devastated the country’s environment for years to come.

President Donald Trump reinstated the US blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo shipped through the waterway.

Climate change, poor infrastructure and distracted politicians all play a role.