Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was born in Doha in January 1952 and died on July 12, 2026. Qatar has declared four days of national mourning.
Article of the week
The Ankara summit faces a structural problem that no amount of diplomatic choreography can resolve: the alliance’s foundational premise
The 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup took place at BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca from June 26 to 28. Russia withdrew after the flag ban. Belarus competed as neutral.
On his 80th birthday, President Donald Trump picked up the phone twice. The first call shaped the Middle East, and the second one reminded the world that another war (longer, bloodier, and increasingly forgotten by Washington), is still very much unresolved.
For the first time in over four years of war, the words “direct meeting” are being used simultaneously by Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington.
There are people in public life who hold their positions and there are people who fill them. Tulsi Gabbard was always the second kind.
100 million euros in Ukrainian cash entered Romania in May 2025. The month of the presidential election. Just 21 people carried 64% of it. Fixed routes. Same border crossings. Then the election ended and the cash stopped. Immediately.
Every few years, a wave of confident declarations rolls through Western media: Russia is collapsing. The regime is cracking. Putin is finished. And every single time, the obituary turns out to be premature.
The Hungarian daily Magyar Hirlap has sounded an alarm that deserves scrutiny, even as its framing merits pushback.
The political earthquake that began in Romania in late 2024 may not be finished rumbling. What many conservatives across the Western world watched with dismay — the cancellation of a legitimately won election