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OPINION — “What should the U.S. role in the world be right now? We’re waiting for the [Trump administration] National Security Strategy to come out from the White House, which should come out in the next couple of months, which will be really interesting to see what they have to say. We are in the post-post-Cold War world. You know …

British travellers in Spain have been left bamboozled by Brussels’ new entry and exit rules for non-EU members. The EU is rolling out its new digital border controls known as the Entry/Exit System (EES). The EES came into effect on October 12 and will be gradually implemented to cover all EU countries within a six-month period. Travellers from countries outside …

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has regained its position as Asia’s best in a global ranking after 15 years, overtaking a mainland Chinese institution, with five other local varsities also making the region’s top 10 for the first time. Britain-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) said Hong Kong’s model – anchored in internationalisation, research excellence and targeted talent …

The country’s atomic program is peaceful and not aimed at obtaining nukes, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iran will rebuild nuclear facilities targeted in US and Israeli strikes earlier this year, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, reiterating that his country is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons. In June 2025, the US and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran’s Fordow, …

Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and India are poised to attract capital inflows from international investors seeking to diversify their portfolios with non-US-dollar assets while pursuing growth opportunities in the coming years, according to top Wall Street bankers. “China is one of the largest [and] most important economies in the world,” said David Solomon, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, …

The US president has doubled down on a nuclear testing threat while calling for global denuclearization US President Donald Trump has defended his push to resume nuclear weapon testing, boasting that America’s arsenal is powerful enough “to blow up the world 150 times” and should be maintained through active trials. In a CBS interview aired on Sunday, Trump was asked …

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is actively pursuing plans to open a campus in Saudi Arabia, the Post has learned. Sources disclosed the university’s expansion plans months after news reports revealed it had bought a property for the creation of a campus in Spain, marking a dual push into Europe and the Middle East. “The university sees an opportunity …

Theo Francken insists he did not threaten Moscow directly but merely spoke of the improbability of a Russia-NATO conflict Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken has claimed that he did not actually threaten to “wipe Moscow off the map,” but merely spoke about NATO’s collective defense mechanisms, accusing the media of “paraphrasing” his statements. The minister made international headlines last week …

The big Donald Trump foreign policy question heading into this week looked like it was going to be when and if the US was going to launch military strikes against Venezuela. That’s still a live question, but in the meantime, the president has threatened to attack an entirely different country on the other side of the Atlantic, vowing to send …

Dozens of residents in the Catalonian capital have been put in an impossible dilemma as a result of the city’s strict Airbnb ban, with many at risk of losing their homes or facing massive fines. Locals in Barcelona, Spain’s most expensive city to rent, have claimed they are being treated the same as commercial landlords for sharing their primary homes …