France, Germany and the UK are preparing to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme on Thursday (28 August), after weeks of diplomacy failed to deliver results. The three countries, known as the E3, had met with Iranian officials on Tuesday in a final attempt to revive stalled nuclear…

If they are not designated as a coalition, then they are not one; SPD’s registration as a single party therefore stands, the court ruled. A decision on the Pirates and Stačilo! is still pending. Tomio Okamura’s Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement can run as a single party, even though…

US president has argued New Delhi is indirectly helping fund the Ukraine war, as experts say the move is an “own goal” against an ally. Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on most US imports from India, making good on a threat to punish one of the world’s largest economies over…

The late Dutch author and Holocaust survivor Marga Minco once wrote about an empty house in Amsterdam where she and other artists hid at the end of the second world war. Last month, that same house was occupied by a new generation of squatters. In Amsterdam’s overcrowded and overpriced housing…

Moscow willing to support six-month extension of deadline before punishments are reimposed. Russia could back an extended six-month deadline for its ally Iran before European powers reimpose sweeping United Nations sanctions over Tehran’s refusal to allow UN inspectors back into nuclear sites after the Israeli-US assault in June. France, Britain…