A Ukrainian drone struck a luxury Moscow tower six kilometres from the Kremlin on Monday, in one of the closest such hits to the seat of Russian power in months. The Victory Day parade will proceed this week — without tanks.
Fifty thousand people rallied in Tokyo on Sunday defending a constitution written by American occupiers 79 years ago. The prime minister, speaking from Hanoi, said the time for debate was nearly over.
Project Freedom deploys 15,000 troops and 100 aircraft to break Iran's Hormuz blockade. Iran calls it a ceasefire violation. Nobody has said what happens if a US-escorted freighter comes under fire.
Beijing has deployed its 'Blocking Rules' for the first time, ordering Chinese companies not to comply with US sanctions on five oil refiners. Firms now face contradictory laws — and the precedent could spread.
Ukraine struck Russia's Baltic oil terminal — 800 miles from the front — and hit two shadow fleet tankers near the Black Sea. One night, opposite ends of the country.
A 40-year-old father of two was beaten to death in Iranian custody over a Starlink terminal. The clandestine smuggling network that cost him his life isn't stopping.
Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. She is now in critical condition in a provincial hospital, and the government that could negotiate with the US won't let her own doctors treat her.
Iran's 14-point peace proposal demands the war end in 30 days. The same week, the Pentagon sought to deploy hypersonic missiles in combat for the first time. Trump says he's 'not satisfied.'
Russian infiltration teams are already inside Kostiantynivka, one of the last fortified cities protecting Ukraine's hold on Donetsk. The same week, Zelenskyy announced emergency military reforms — because the army defending the city is running out of people willing to fight.
The defence minister is dead, two northern cities have fallen, and Mali's junta is arresting its own soldiers for helping al-Qaeda-linked militants stage the largest coordinated attack in years. Nobody is coming to help.
Israel conducted 50 airstrikes across southern Lebanon in a single day, killing at least 41 people. The US-brokered ceasefire, extended just nine days ago, is a diplomatic fiction.
Germany plans to add 75,000 soldiers to its armed forces — the largest expansion since the Bundeswehr's founding — within 24 hours of the Pentagon confirming it will pull 5,000 troops from German soil. The postwar arrangement of American-backed European security is coming apart.
Iran sent fresh peace proposals to mediators even as Brent crude touched $126 a barrel. The market can't decide whether to believe the diplomacy or the dwindling supply buffers.
The same Patriot interceptors shielding Gulf states from Iranian missiles are the ones Ukraine has been pleading for. Now the UK, Poland, and the Baltics are being told their contracted weapons deliveries will be delayed indefinitely.
The Pentagon confirmed a 5,000-troop withdrawal from Germany on Friday — not because of a strategic review, but because Chancellor Merz said bluntly what many in Europe were thinking about the Iran war.
In France and Turkey, the same three words anchored the marches: bread, peace, freedom. In Gaza, there were no marches at all.
The Trump administration declared the Iran war 'terminated.' Hours later, air defences fired over Tehran. The Senate left for recess without a vote.
The White House declared the Iran war 'terminated' to beat a 60-day legal deadline. Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz, the US Navy still blockades its ports, and CENTCOM has strike plans ready on the president's desk.
Half a million tonnes of nitrogen fertiliser have vanished from global production since the Iran war began. Yara's CEO translates that into human terms: ten billion meals a week that will not be produced, with the poorest nations outbid for whatever remains.
A country in the third year of a full-scale invasion now scores higher on press freedom than the United States. Globally, the picture is even worse — a 25-year low.
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Von Clause