Razor-tight Mississippi Senate race sparks ballot battle - could there be a recount?

The Lever and the Exit: Why a Democratic Congress Arrives Just as Israel’s Aid Leaves

For four decades, one of the most dependable sentences in American foreign policy was that support for Israel is bipartisan. The 3 November midterms did not abolish that sentence, but they emptied it of much of its meaning. Democrats flipped seven Senate seats to take the chamber, and are on course for their largest House […] The post The Lever and the Exit: Why a Democratic Congress Arrives Just as Israel’s Aid Leaves appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

'Trump is a very dangerous person for the world': EU's former top diplomat Josep Borrell

In an interview with Talking Europe, the EU's former top diplomat Josep Borrell reacts to the Democrats' victory in the US midterm elections, warning that US President Donald Trump is still "a very dangerous person for the world".

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Finland to tighten restrictions on Russian athletes after Moscow's expected return to world ice hockey

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said the amendments to the current rules are being prepared "on a tight schedule," following a meeting between the Finnish government and President Alexander Stubb.