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Briefing: Spain's parliament approves €5 billion package to curb impact of war in Iran

Strategic angle: The European Union's fourth-largest economy responds to the ongoing conflict with a significant financial package.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: EU accuses four porn sites of allowing children access adult content

Strategic angle: The European Commission has found that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos violated children's rights under the Digital Services Act.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Iran and Ukraine wars 'very much interlinked' by Russia, Kallas warns

Strategic angle: "We can't forget about Ukraine," High Representative Kaja Kallas has said as the war in the Middle East leads the geopolitical agenda at G7 meeting.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Iran allows ships linked to Spain to transit Strait of Hormuz due to position on war

Strategic angle: The Strait of Hormuz is crucial for global energy supply, previously handling a significant portion of oil and gas exports.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Sexual violence 'form of warfare' in Sudan war, UN representative says

Strategic angle: Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan, with women and girls bearing the brunt amid mass displacement and scarce health services.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: G7 meets in France to mend rupture with US on Middle East war

Strategic angle: Foreign ministers from the G7 are attending a two-day meeting outside Paris to address differences with the US regarding the Middle East conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Russian oil tanker nears Cuba in test of US resolve on blockade

Strategic angle: Moscow sends fuel to Cuba as humanitarian aid, raising geopolitical tensions.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: America's first AI-fueled war is unfolding right now in Iran. This is how we got here

Strategic angle: Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon's secretive campaign to build America's AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: REPLAY: US President Donald Trump holds cabinet meeting

Strategic angle: President Donald Trump urges Iran to make a deal to end US and Israeli bombing.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Online porn sites putting kids' safety at risk, EU says

Strategic angle: Social media platform Snapchat and four adult websites fail to enforce age limits, prompting EU action.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: When the Supreme Court let a president get away with redefining birthright citizenship

Strategic angle: The president finds the long-settled meaning of the citizenship clause to be an intolerable obstacle to his agenda.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: World Cup tickets promised at $60, fans paid $4,185: The European Commission could take on FIFA

Strategic angle: Euroconsumers and the Football Supporters Europe (FSE) network have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission, accusing FIFA of abusing its monopoly position over 2026 World Cup ticket sales.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: A post-#MeToo reckoning in the French jazz scene

Strategic angle: Musicians from the world of jazz have been speaking out about the sexism and sexual violence that has long cast a shadow over their corner of the music industry.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: '100% human?' We tested 10 AI-detection tools

Strategic angle: The proliferation of AI-generated images has created demand for a new kind of tool: sites and apps that claim to determine whether an image was created or modified by AI.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Justices debate arbitration exemption for “last-mile” drivers

Strategic angle: The Supreme Court examines the implications of arbitration agreements for delivery drivers in a pivotal case.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Europe has been hit with €1.2 trillion of damages thanks to decades of US emissions, study finds

Strategic angle: A new analysis found that US emissions since 1990 have cost more than $10 trillion (€8.65 trillion) in global economic damages.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Iraq caught between US and Iran, facing attacks from both warring sides & Iran-aligned actors within

Strategic angle: Iraq navigates a precarious balance between two powerful allies amid escalating conflict.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Bond yields surge as Iran war stirs inflation fears almost a month into the conflict

Strategic angle: Nearly a month into the Iran war, government bond markets have sharply repriced due to surging oil and gas costs.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Italian police warn crooks using animals to intimidate victims after busting illegal reptile house

Strategic angle: Police discovered a secret reptile house in Bari, housing exotic and dangerous animals used by criminals to intimidate victims.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: NATO Secretary General Annual Report for 2025 Released

Strategic angle: NATO's European allies and Canada boost defense spending by 20% in 2025, according to Mark Rutte's report.

Editorial Staff Mar 26