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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin
ByEoghan Gilmartin March 7, 2026

The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroadSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called his 2019 political memoir A Manual for Resistance: a fitting title for a centre-…

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Israel Begins Assault in Southern Beirut, Raising Fears of Wider Incursion
ByEuan Ward, Aurelien Breeden, Erika Solomon and Thomas Fuller March 5, 2026

As the war with Iran threatens to engulf more countries in the region, President Trump said he wanted to be involved in picking a new leader in Tehran.

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As Iran Widens Retaliatory Strikes, Europe Accelerates Response for Gulf Allies
ByElisabetta Povoledo and Lizzie Dearden March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said that Italy would provide “air defense systems, anti-drone and antimissile systems” as Iran widened its retaliatory strikes.

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Middle East conflict offers economic lifeline to Russia’s flagging war machine
ByPjotr Sauer March 4, 2026

With much of the world’s oil supplies out of action, Russia could step in to meet demand in China and IndiaA prolonged energy crisis triggered by the widening war in the Middle East could offer an economic lifeline to Russia’s war machine at a moment w…

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In Turn From Iran Talks to War, U.S. Casts Doubt on Diplomacy
ByAnton Troianovski March 1, 2026March 1, 2026

President Trump again deployed heavy force against a country with which he had been negotiating, continuing a pattern seen in previous attacks on Iran and Venezuela.

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France, Germany and UK urge Iran to ‘negotiate solution’ after attack
ByDonna Ferguson February 28, 2026

Rare joint statement from leaders of European nations makes clear they did not participate in US-Israeli strikesUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farEuropean leaders have urged Iran to seek a “negot…

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Leaders of E.U., Canada and Other Countries React to U.S.-led Attack on Iran
ByJonathan Wolfe February 28, 2026February 28, 2026

Governments around the world urged restraint after the United States and Israel launched a major assault, and Iran vowed retaliation.

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Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
ByKaren McVeigh February 4, 2026

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not …

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EU designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

‘Any organisation that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise,’ says Kaja Kallas The EU has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, ending years of division over the issue in respo…

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European Union Labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Group
ByJeanna Smialek January 29, 2026January 30, 2026

The move, which comes after the killing of protesters, brings the European Union in line with the United States and Canada.

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