Middle East

BERLIN — With lots of laughter, earnest agreement and effusive mutual appreciation, it started off like a promising date between two nervous teenagers (she even forgave him for getting her...

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was locked up in Iran last month, has been freed and is on a plane that departed from Tehran on Wednesday. Italian Prime Minister...

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s...

The New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans is a warning that ISIS, and foreign terror groups in general, still have influence in the United States, the Pentagon’s civilian...

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $20 billion new investment to build data centers across the US. At a news conference at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump said the investor is Emirati billionaire...

A service member from the U.S.-led, counter-ISIS coalition was killed during a flurry of operations in the region over the past week, Central Command officials announced Monday. It’s unclear just...

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  There’s a lot in a handshake — and a lot in its absence too. Remember the awkwardness when a tense President Donald...

LONDON — Keir Starmer had a rocky first six months in office — and the road looks set to only get bumpier. The British prime minister, who took Labour back...

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a whirlwind visit to Donald Trump at his Florida retreat on Saturday, as European leaders attempt to bolster ties with the incoming United States...

The de facto Syrian leader’s refusal to offer to shake her hand during a visit to Damascus this week was predictable, said Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who traveled with...