Trump envoy pushes FIFA to dump Iran for Italy at 2026 World Cup
A senior envoy to US President Donald Trump has urged the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to consider excluding Iran from the 2026 World…
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Italy backs PM Meloni over Trump in Pope dispute, new poll shows
A strong majority of Italians have sided with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni amid rising tensions with US President Donald Trump.
To predict Trump’s legacy, look to Henry VIII
President Trump’s recent attack on Pope Leo XIV has caused consternation and not a little surprise in some quarters of elite opinion as well as among many Christians…
‘We no longer have the same relationship’: Trump targets Meloni again as US-Italy rift deepens
Tensions between Washington and Rome continue to escalate, as US President Donald Trump once again launched an attack on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
US and Catholic Church must maintain a united front against ‘the Antichrist of our time’
The intemperate exchange between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV over the weekend said nothing flattering or even positive about either of them.
Trump launches public attack on Meloni over Iran war, NATO and Vatican row
US President Donald Trump has launched an unusually sharp public attack on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, marking a notable deterioration in relations between…
Meloni slams Trump after his attack on Pope Leo XIV
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as “unacceptable” the message posted by US President Donald Trump on his social network after Pope Leo XIV criticised…
US outrage at Polish parliament Speaker calling Trump ‘irrational leader of chaos’
Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the Speaker of Poland’s parliament and leader of the Left Party, a coalition partner of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has called US…
Italian, US bishops defend pope after Trump’s outburst
Catholic bishops from the United States and Italy defended Pope Leo XIV after a blistering attack by US President Donald Trump, who accused the pontiff of being…
Europe doesn’t understand Trump and his politics of results
In Berlin this past Sunday, a sign was hoisted atop the crowd against the blue-grey sky that looks like an oversized meme.
Appeals court acquits German comedian over tasteless Trump assassination ‘jokes’
An appeal court in Berlin has upheld the acquittal of Sebastian Hotz, a German leftist comedian who had been charged with “condoning criminal offences” after…
Merz goes behind Trump’s back to mimic and mock him
Was German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s great show of respect for President Trump in the White House on Tuesday precisely that: Just a show?
Trump ‘calls PM Starmer loser who has no future’
US President Donald Trump has branded British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “a loser” in private conversations, claiming the Labour leader “has no future”.
Trump suggests Starmer is ‘pandering to Muslims’ after refusal to back US strikes on Iran
US President Donald Trump has suggested that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "pandering" to Muslim voters by declining to support US military strikes against Iran,…
Japan election proves Trump pumps up the populist-right vote
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had a resounding victory in her country’s elections over the past weekend.
Begrudging critics need to admit Trump is delivering a US boom
European incomprehension of President Trump has now been stretched to reluctant acknowledgement of the success of his economic policies with dire warnings of the…
US cuts contact with Polish parliament Speaker over ‘insults’ against Trump
The US ambassador to Poland has said he is suspending all contacts with Poland’s parliament Speaker.
Former Trump strategist Bannon slams Meloni: ‘No one in Washington takes her seriously’
The former chief strategist for President Donald Trump during his first term, Steve Bannon, has launched a direct attack on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni…
Polish minister Sikorski’s wife says Trump administration is ‘fascist’
The wife of Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has warned that the US is starting to resemble a fascist state.
Slovak PM Fico blasts Politico for ‘outright lies’ about his Trump views
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has fiercely denounced news outlet Politico for publishing what he calls outright "lies" about his assessment of US President Donald…
Meloni condemns Trump over comments on NATO troops in Afghanistan
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sharply criticised US President Donald Trump following remarks suggesting NATO allies “fell behind” or stayed “a…
Greenland attack talk turned Europeans against Trump, poll finds
US President Donald Trump's Greenland threats have turned Europeans against his country, according to one poll.
Trump in Davos: Inflammatory rhetoric, strategic policy signals
When President Donald Trump took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20th, he delivered a speech that was characteristically bombastic, tangential,…
Trump’s Greenland gambit is not funny anymore
The inscrutable workings of Donald Trump’s mind seem to be fixated on the “acquisition” of Greenland to a degree and in a manner that is by now unusual even…
Europe hopeless when it runs into a flamboyant Manhattan property developer
The unfolding of the Greenland controversy has already become one of the most extraordinary episodes in the entire 237-year history of the presidency of the United…
Trump’s death-blow to Iranian regime would be splendid and uplifting
As this is written, I continue to watch my preferred American news channel in hopes of hearing of the arrival in the Iranian airspace of the US Air Force and Naval…
US defence stocks jump after Trump calls for 50 per cent boost in military spending
The shares of US defence contractors have risen to multi-year highs following an announcement by US President Donald Trump that he was demanding a 50 per cent increase…
Under Trump, America is fulfilling its Roman destiny
At long last, in its 250th year, the American Republic has caught up with its explicitly Roman founding model.
US-EU tensions rise as Trump has ‘strong words’ with European leaders
US President Donald Trump said he exchanged "pretty strong words" with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift…
European leaders rally behind Zelensky as Trump’s Ukraine peace plan ruffles feathers
European leaders put on a show of support for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as they expressed scepticism about parts of the US proposal to end Russia's nearly…