With hybrid attacks and nuclear bluster, Putin wants to end Europe’s support for Ukraine
As Ukraine’s European supporters face a host of challenges at home – violent student protests in France, political upheaval in Germany and a growing oil crisis across the continent – Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on a collapse in…
What to know about the nationwide protests in India against changes to the electoral rolls
NEW DELHI — Protests spread across India last week as opposition parties and civil society groups demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over alleged manipulation of voter rolls. The campaign was led in part by the Indian youth…
AfD candidate Rausch elected president of German regional parliament for the first time
It was the first time since last month’s state vote that Saxony-Anhalt’s newly elected representatives met in parliament, and regional Green party leader Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz said “a line has been crossed” with the election of…
School protests in France: Police fire tear gas into crowds as tens of thousands join school protests
‘Students don’t hurt people, they hurt things,’ says protesterpublished at 2:01 p.m. BST 2:01 p.m. BST Mark LowenReport from Marseille Joanna is a university student, but she attended a high school in the Paris suburbs, where the…
Russia-Ukraine war: Lithuania supports lifting ban on nuclear weapons
Gitanas Nauseda, President of Lithuania, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA, Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Kremlin warned Tuesday that Lithuanian lawmakers’ preliminary…
Former German intelligence chief arrested for espionage
Police have arrested August Hanning, former head of the German foreign intelligence service BND, on suspicion of espionage, the federal prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. Hanning was head of the agency from December 1998 to November 2005…
Sailors reportedly offered $25,000 per trip to extract oil from the Persian Gulf amid strikes and drone attacks.
Sailors would be offered up to $25,000 per trip to transport the trapped oil across the dangerous, war-torn Persian Gulf, meaning producers are spending up to $40 million in total for a multi-day journey through the region. The jaw-dropping payouts —…
Flydubai payments to Israeli air security official revealed as Trump points finger at Ir
Israeli authorities increasingly believe that the Omani co-pilot accused of attempting to crash a Flydubai airliner acted alone, even as US President Donald Trump continues to suggest Iran may have been behind the attack. Asked if he thought Iran was…
Treatment of overseas migrants in Australia: lessons for the EU and US
Countries that send asylum seekers to third countries to process and hold them abroad could spend billions, only to face accusations of human rights abuses and financial mismanagement, as in Australia. The European Union has nevertheless considered the…
Why Russia wants Western embassies to leave kyiv
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected months-long Russian warnings to foreign diplomats to leave kyiv, saying Moscow will not decide whether Washington maintains its presence in the Ukrainian capital. “Look, we have an embassy there, and we will…