Rutte rebuffed: EU leaders to skip climate talks in Rotterdam

Press play to listen to this article African leaders are heading for the Netherlands next month…

An exotic bird lures trappers to Gaza’s tense frontier

They fan out along the tense frontier with Israel in the pre-dawn darkness, setting traps and…

Reality check: Black Sea grain deal

Press play to listen to this article Ukraine’s grain is starting to flow through the Black…

The world food crisis is about to get worse

Press play to listen to this article Six months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine —…

Sun, sand and votes: Italy sweats over summer election campaign

Press play to listen to this article TUSCANY — Spending the whole of August at the coast is…

Israel, Palestinian militants agree to truce in Gaza: Reports

A truce in Gaza starting Sunday evening has been agreed to by Israel and Palestinian militants,…

Israel, Palestinian militants trade fire in major Gaza escalation

Palestinian firefighters battle a blaze sparked by an Israeli air strike on Gaza City Israel hit…

The first grain ship has left Ukraine under the Black Sea deal. Now what?

Press play to listen to this article The first ship carrying grain out of Ukraine under…

No lie too great

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. “The tongue can conceal the truth, but the…

Blood for oil: Meet the world’s worst leaders selling dirty energy to Europe

Press play to listen to this article Europe is courting some extremely dodgy regimes for oil…