13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (923+ words) The soldier was taking part in a U.S. Army training exercise designed to showcase and experiment with tactics and equipment picked up from the Ukrainians, whose pioneering drone warfare has helped them against Russia's forces more than 4 1/2 years into the war....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (805+ words) Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at the helm of the European Union nation that is also NATO’s newest member. His predecessor hopes to win the job back. The question of who will govern has taken…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1059+ words) (THE CONVERSATION) Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu phoned his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, on Sept. 8, 2026, to express concern over the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. It was reportedly the ninth such phone call between the pair since…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (728+ words) The Central American country accuses Berlin of violating the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law by “facilitating” acts of genocide in Gaza by providing arms and other military support to Israel. While the case centers on Germany, it indirectly takes…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (881+ words) Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion earlier this year under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lee received a seven-year prison term and Chow was sentenced to seven years and three months. Both pleaded not…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (379+ words) Japan deployed 300 crew members, landing ship JS Kunisaki and three CH-47 helicopters, which arrived in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The mission in Indonesia marked the first known overseas firefighting operation carried out by the Japan Self-Defense Forces, or…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (252+ words) During World War II, Mengele served at the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, where about 1.1 million people were killed, approximately 1 million of them Jews. He became infamous for carrying out brutal medical experiments on inmates, including children, under the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (524+ words) Western officials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003. Iran says that it’s not pursuing nuclear weapons, and that its program is entirely peaceful. Reporting Iran to the Security Council opens…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (516+ words) The archipelago of more than 230 islands — of which only four are inhabited — is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) off the coast of Ecuador. The climatic phenomenon occurs periodically and in the equatorial Pacific is characterized…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (662+ words) The renewed fighting is also threatening global oil shipments as the Houthis target shipping and oil infrastructure that’s helping keep oil flowing through the Red Sea while the U.S.-Iran war has throttled shipments through the key Strait of Hormuz…...