Pentagon plans to start migrant flights to Guantanamo this weekend

This would make good on the presidentโ€™s promise to use the base as a detainment facility.

Global leaders join the show as Trump promises US domination

Historians say this is the first time foreign heads of state or government attended a US presidential swearing-in ceremony.

Northern Irish nun killed in Ecuador earthquake takes step towards sainthood

Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to MadridA nun from Northern Ireland who was killed in an earthquake while she was teaching music in Ecuador has taken a step closer to sainthood.A cere…

Britainโ€™s bold new world โ€ฆ as a Pacific trading nation

With global free-traders on the back foot amid Donald Trump’s return, the U.K. is placing its bets on the tongue-twisting CPTPP.

Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile strike kills at least four in central town

Rescue operation under way, Zelenskyy says, after more than a dozen also wounded in Dnipropetrovsk region. What we know on day 1,012See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian missile strike on a town in Ukraineโ€™s central Dnipropetrovsk region on …

Chinaโ€™s bid to join major trade bloc kicked into the long grass

Tangles over Taiwan mean Costa Rica will instead become front-runner to join the 12-nation CPTPP, senior officials from member nations tell POLITICO.

German discounters crush fresh produce prices โ€” and suppliers too

Banana exporters from Ecuador describe a recent Lidl offer as the โ€œstraw that broke the camelโ€™s back.”

Spanish police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment from Ecuador

Partner in company due to receive shipment arrested after 13 tonnes of drug discovered at port of AlgecirasSpanish police and customs officers have intercepted the largest known consignment of cocaine ever to reach the country, seizing more than 13 ton…

Yellen says $3T of fresh capital is needed annually to fight climate change

The Treasury secretary called the shift to a low-carbon global economy โ€œthe single greatest opportunity of the 21st century.โ€

Ukraine war briefing: day of mourning in Kyiv after missile strike on childrenโ€™s hospital

Mayor says flags will fly at half-mast after devastating attacks on capital and other cities kill dozens. What we know on day 867See all our Ukraine war coverageA day of mourning has been declared in Kyiv by mayor Vitali Klitschko after a daylight Russ…

Centrists from US to Germany move right on immigration

As elections loom in the U.S., the U.K. and France, the fraught politics of migration are a key issue animating voters on both sides of the Atlantic.

World leaders gather at Ukraine peace summit, Russia absent issues an ultimatum for Kyiv surrender

The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many Western heads of state and government and other leaders at a conference this weekend aimed to plot out first steps toward peace in Ukraine โ€“ with Russia notably absent. More info…

Europol smashes Balkan cartel shipping drugs from South America

Eight tonnes of cocaine seized and 40 people arrested after four-year investigation led by Spainโ€™s Guardia Civilโ€ข How big is Europeโ€™s cocaine problem โ€“ and what is the human cost?Forty people have been arrested and eight tonnes of cocaine seized as the…

Pentagon says Russia โ€˜likelyโ€™ launched space weapon

Revelation comes as countries haggle over space war rules at the United Nations.

Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow?

In 2010, Mexico led the way, followed by Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina and ColombiaWhat are those weird ingredients in our favorite packaged foods?Candy lines every inch of the mercado de dulces in Mexico Cityโ€™s historic center. Tantalizing …

Bid to secure spot for glacier in Icelandic presidential race heats up

Idea Angela Rawlings had a decade ago for Snรฆfellsjรถkull has snowballed into a full blown campaign with a team of 50 peopleStanding in the shadow of Icelandโ€™s Snรฆfellsjรถkull, โ€“ a 700,000-year-old glacier perched on a volcano and visible to half the cou…

Europeโ€™s drug gangs open โ€˜torture rooms,โ€™ arm kids with Kalashnikovs, EU agencies warn

The massive narcotics trade across the continent is fueling ‘unprecedented’ levels of violence.

Julian Assange: key dates in the WikiLeaks founder’s case

How Assange went from being questioned in Sweden to living for years in Ecuadorโ€™s embassyJulian Assange supporters gather outside court as extradition hearing startsJulian Assange is to make his final bid for an appeal against a UK judgeโ€™s ruling over …

How the US broke Kosovo and what that means for Ukraine

Washington’s track record suggests it’s better at fighting wars than dealing with what follows.

Graphic execution videos from Ecuador spread on X

Gruesome social media content related to the ongoing violence is widespread on Elon Musk’s social network.

POLITICOโ€™s 2023 Backhanded Awards

Here’s one allocade nobody is lining up to recieve.

Global Gateway: If not now, when?

With its global infrastructure initiative, the EU wants to regain lost international influence, creating a counteroffer to China’s Belt and Road.

โ€˜Europeโ€™s got a problemโ€™ โ€” Drug violence grips Belgiumโ€™s second largest city

Antwerp is grappling with bombings, shootings and a record influx of cocaine.

5 lessons from the worldโ€™s most gaffe-prone diplomat: Josep Borrell

EU foreign policy chief puts his foot in his mouth again โ€ฆ and again โ€ฆ and again.