The latest from the Gulf with our correspondent, Inzamam Rashid. Then: Monocle’s foreign editor, Alexis Self, looks at ...

Reaction from Washington and Tokyo after Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, meets Donald Trump following his demands for help ...

A business lunch can be a fine thing. Over a couple of courses, you can find common ground, show your appreciation and navigate what might have seemed like a tricky relationship when it was all taking ...

And few countries practise this more deftly than Singapore, which has turned orchid breeding into a distinctive source of soft power. To mark ties and occasions, the country’s Ministry of Foreign ...

We discuss the damage from strikes in Iran and the Gulf, and whether Israel’s promise to stop targeting Iranian ...

Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the chart-toppers in the world’s five largest music markets, from catchy ...

We discuss the aims of the European Council Summit at a crucial juncture. Plus: Thailand embraces stability as a ...

Despite the ongoing military strikes in Iran, Donald Trump has been sizing up his next potential conquest: Cuba. But ...

Shanghai is on the up. Monocle’s new conference will bring together founders and business leaders in the city for ...

We speak with Xavier Padovani, partner and director of the Experimental Group, on the reopening of the company’s ECC ...

Though Ukraine’s constitution prohibits elections in wartime, speculation abounds for presidential successors to Volodymyr Zelensky. Despite Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s quiet ...

EU leaders meet in Brussels as the war in the Middle East overshadows proceedings. Plus: Japan’s prime minister in ...