Gothenburg / New Delhi, May 18, 2026 — When Swedish Gripen fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft into Gothenburg on May 17, the symbolism was deliberate and multilayered. Sweden was not merely welcoming a visiting head of government. It was signalling the arrival of a potential customer for its most advanced combat aircraft…

Beijing, May 15, 2026 — When Air Force One touched down in Beijing this week, flanked by a delegation of Silicon Valley billionaires and Wall Street titans, the optics alone told a story. Donald Trump — the man who launched a trade war against China, threatened tariffs at every turn, and spent years casting Beijing…

In a moment that will echo far beyond the walls of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the two most powerful men on earth sat down on May 14, 2026 — and the entire planet leaned in to listen. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping opened their long-anticipated two-day summit in Beijing, a meeting that arrived…

Donald Trump built his political brand on strength, leverage, and the art of the deal. But as he lands in Beijing for his summit with Xi Jinping, a war he promised would be over in weeks has dragged into its eleventh week — and the man waiting for him at the negotiating table knows it.…

Donald Trump lands in Beijing on May 14 carrying a packed agenda — Iran, Taiwan, tariffs, tech — and a promise to American farmers that he will bring home a trade win. But on the biggest agricultural commodity of all, the hard truth is already visible in the data: China does not need as many…

Jerusalem / Beijing / Washington — Standing before cameras with the controlled fury that has become his signature posture in the Iran-Israel war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a statement on Sunday that simultaneously complicated ongoing US-Iran diplomatic negotiations, directly accused China of enabling Iranian missile capability, and drew a bright, unambiguous line around what…

Washington / Tehran / Persian Gulf — Guns are firing and diplomats are talking. In what may be the defining paradox of the current US-Iran war, Washington is simultaneously conducting active military operations against Iranian-linked targets and waiting — with a patience that surprises even seasoned observers of American foreign policy — for Tehran’s formal…

Israel has struck Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire was declared with Hezbollah last month — killing the commander of the militant group’s most elite fighting unit and triggering an immediate exchange of fire across Lebanon’s southern border, even as fragile US-Iran peace talks hang in the balance. In the early hours of…

Washington / Tehran — It was supposed to be maximum pressure done right. Donald Trump returned to the White House with a clear Iran strategy: squeeze Tehran economically until it had no choice but to negotiate, back that pressure with credible military threat, and walk away with a deal bigger and better than anything the…

Washington / Tel Aviv — As the Iran-Israel war continues to dominate global headlines, former and now-returned U.S. President Donald Trump has broken his silence on one of the most consequential — and least understood — decisions of the escalating Israel-Iran conflict: why he ordered a pause on a planned U.S. military operation targeting Iran’s…