Catherine Philp

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is powerful and well connected but experts warn he cannot deliver everything Washington wants and real power is with the supreme leader

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei may be the supreme leader but the country is being run by a form of military governance that makes compromise with Washington harder

As Soviet-era propaganda blares across the river and Ukrainian drones buzz above, people in Narva, Estonia, are caught between Russia and the West

Ukraine’s ‘inspirational’ fight has driven a surge in volunteers to the Estonian Defence League, as families swap Mother’s Day celebrations for military training

In Transcarpathia, Viktor Orban’s cosy relationship with Russia was seen as offering protection — but now he has been ousted, attacks have rocked the region

Last week’s missile strikes across the country claimed the lives of sisters aged 12 and 17 in Kyiv, three years after their father’s death on the front line

A crossing on the Belarusian border has become a vital link for Ukrainian families separated by war — but the route there is arduous and fraught with danger

The Kotovychs always wanted a child, but after her husband went missing in Bakhmut, Maria faced IVF alone. Now she has a child but awaits news from the front

With the Strait of Hormuz finally reopened, the president has hailed the deal a success — while Tehran’s chief negotiator called it ‘a record of US failure’

The peace deal is supposed to allow traffic to restart through the crucial oil supply route, but questions remain about tolls, mines and the fragile ceasefire