Global Briefing

Global Briefing: Seven candidates are in the running to succeed António Guterres

Prime minister Donald Tusk relishes Law and Justice Party’s problems in advance of next year’s general election

Student protests forced the resignation of India's education minister after exam scandal

Global Briefing: Ortega announced this week there will be no more elections in Nicaragua, but the United States has little to say on it

President banned raw gold exports last month, and Guinea has built a gold refinery in the capital

Labour leader is clear-eyed about Britain’s social and economic problems and candid about how Brexit has made them worse

Neither Washington nor Tehran can achieve its maximalist aims through further military escalation

Global Briefing: Treaty between the EU and Britain on territory’s post-Brexit status came into force on Wednesday

Global Briefing: An alliance of jihadists and separatist rebels is advancing southwards towards Mali’s capital

Global Briefing: Trump’s proposed toll would be far higher than the $2m per vessel Tehran demands and will add to the global economic pain

Global Briefing: Beijing continues to dismiss a ruling made 10 years ago that dismissed its jurisdiction claims over some islands also claimed by Philippines

Global Briefing: Even as the US president described Tehran’s negotiators as ‘scum’, he paid a grudging tribute to their ingenuity

Beijing plays down test but is unlikely to give up on expanding its influence across the Pacific region

Trump moves raise fears in Europe that the US could abandon Nato altogether

Burnham’s upbeat tone and England’s defeat of Mexico echoes 1990s optimism that followed fall of communism in Europe and apartheid

Global Briefing: El-Obeid is facing drone attacks from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that have hit civilian targets and public utilities

Moscow’s scope for exerting hegemonic power is diminished in an increasingly multipolar world order

EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and China’s commerce minister begin a process to address the widening trade gap

Washington’s Gulf allies have lost faith in US security guarantee, offering Iran an advantage as it asserts its control over Strait of Hormuz

UN report identifies weapons used in Israel’s targeted killing of Gaza children, as well as the military units responsible

Global Briefing: Conference in Ghana calls for a formal apology from countries that benefited, financial compensation, debt relief and the return of looted artefacts

US president mused last week that invading Cuba would be an easier military operation than his war against Iran

His achievements abroad are outweighed by failures of strategy, judgement and political courage

Ghana and Nigeria among countries to remind South Africans of solidarity shown during fight against apartheid

Russia has signed a military agreement with Afghanistan that could allow Moscow to extend its influence and shape regional security

Washington ignored allies’ interests in its illegal Iran war, and they are now likely to become more independent from the United States

Global Briefing: Washington has upended its decades-long Middle East strategy of keeping energy and trade flowing

As Ireland promises to push for similar legislation, lawmakers should look at experiences beyond the English-speaking world

Pontiff tells politicians in Spain that migration is challenging conscience of nations, and that military deterrence can never build lasting peace

Here is an Irish player to support at the World Cup (no, it’s not Declan Rice)

Global Briefing: The visit has implications for the future of the Korean peninsula and the whole of east Asia

Global Briefing: It may prove difficult for the EU to reconcile the enthusiasm of member states led by France with the reticence of Germany and Spain

Armenia’s foreign policy direction has become a big issue in advance of Sunday’s parliamentary elections

Abelardo de la Espriella’s win in the first round of presidential election suggests country could become latest in region to swing right

Underwater fibre-optic cables carry more than 95 per cent of intercontinental data traffic

Prime minister Mark Carney has warned of a Brexit-like mistake

Global Briefing: Major cities see protests and road blockades in the past four weeks over measures that hurt poorer Bolivians and benefit the wealthiest

Trump has shown little interest in group comprising the United States, India, Japan and Australia that was at core of US efforts to counter China

Tehran has reportedly made no commitment ‘to hand over nuclear stockpiles, shut down facilities or not to build a nuclear bomb’

Mood in EU has shifted in recent weeks as Donald Trump’s efforts to end the Ukraine conflict appear to have stalled