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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2026
Zelenskyy rallies European allies as Trump ties slump
Kyiv has said it would no longer abide by U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a military exercise alongside top military officials in the Chelyabinsk region of central Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Oct. 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Why Putin says Russia could ‘cease to exist’ if it loses
Putin’s officials have said they are fighting Nazis and responding to NATO aggression, and that the U.S. sought Russia’s “strategic defeat.”
French and Lithuanian soldiers prepare to fire a howitzer during training in Lithuania last month.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 13, 2026
As Putin wages shadow war, Europe looks for a way to hit back
Internally, the debate among European officials is whether and how to retaliate by taking the fight to Russia.
Lithuanian soldiers train with a French-designed drone during the U.S. military and NATO Allied Spirit 25 exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, in March 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2026
Closing NATO’s deterrence gap
NATO has strengthened defenses against growing Russian hybrid provocations, but stronger penalties are needed to deter further aggression.
A U.S. Marine drapes an American flag over the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on April 9, 2003, shortly before the statue was pulled down.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2026
The Iraq War is finally over. It did some good.
About 4,500 Americans died in Iraq since 2003, around 3,500 in combat, and more than 30,000 were wounded.
A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad near the village of Grzybina, Podlaskie Voivodeship, near the Suwalki Gap on Sept. 26
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
“If Europe attacks Russia, it will be a completely different sort of war — a very short war,” said a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks during an event in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sept. 22.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2026
NATO condemns ‘nuclear rhetoric’ in tense exchange with Russia
NATO was responding to a warning by Russia that the alliance’s approach to Kaliningrad “sharply increases the risks” of a military confrontation.
A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad near the village of Grzybina in Suwalki Gap, Poland, on Saturday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2026
Residents of Polish region key for NATO try to live normally despite threat
The 104-kilometer Suwalki Gap is one of the most strategic points along the military alliance’s eastern flank.
A placard against (top) and a placard for the "Neutrality Initiative" in Rheinfelden, Switzerland, on Sept. 15
WORLD
Sep 28, 2026
Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules that would have curbed NATO cooperation
Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said the rejection allows Switzerland to continue deciding on economic sanctions on a case-by-case basis.
Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box before counting votes in Russia’s parliamentary election in Podolsk, near Moscow, on Sept. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2026
Why Russia’s Potemkin election actually matters
There’s little purpose to parsing who won the vote; the point is that opponents of Putin and his war were jailed, exiled or banned from running.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on his arrival for a state visit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2026
Trump’s retreat from U.S. allies puts Taiwan in jeopardy
The danger is that the treatment of Ukraine could lead Beijing and other governments to conclude that American commitments are negotiable.
European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas speaks during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila in July.
WORLD
Sep 24, 2026
Europeans warn of rising Russian sabotage but see no imminent NATO attack
Moscow is intensifying sabotage, cyberattacks and other hybrid attacks across Europe to undermine support for Ukraine, European ministers say.
Nuuk, the capital of the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, on Saturday. U.S. President Donald Trump has pressured Denmark and Greenland for months, saying that Washington should control the territory and at times refusing to rule out the use of military or economic force to acquire it.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
Denmark says NATO shares responsibility for Arctic security under Greenland deal
The deal follows months of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said Washington should control Greenland.
French Foreign Legion soldiers, part of NATO's enhanced Forward Presence battle group, take part in a military parade in the town of Tapa, Estonia, in April 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2026
Will Europe be as unprepared as Ukraine was?
After decades of peace, Europe has systematically dismantled its defense capabilities.
A Danish Air Force EH101 Merlin rescue helicopter comes in to land after the NATO military exercise Arctic Shield 2026 in Narsarsuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2026
Trump claims ‘infinite’ Greenland security deal with Denmark
The move aims to bar Russia and China from setting up bases in the Arctic territory — a prospect the U.S. president has repeatedly warned about.
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a news conference at the end of his participation in the NATO leaders summit in Ankara on July 8.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2026
Trump’s pressure on NATO is reshaping Europe’s defenses. Will it break the alliance?
At least eight member countries are beginning to diversify away from their reliance on U.S. weapons, technology and defense companies.
Ukrainian service members from the special police Brigade Hyzhak (Predator) prepare to launch a Blyskavka (Lightning) strike drone toward Russian troops, near the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sept. 10.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2026
Is NATO ready to fight? The Ukraine war is raising doubts among military analysts
Ukrainian and Western defense officials said?developments on the battlefield are moving so fast, some NATO weapons and tactics could become outdated.
The headquarters of the FSB, the Russian state security service and the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, in Lubyanka Square in Moscow. Putin's modern repression of dissent increasingly echoes Stalin-era tactics.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2026
No escape from the Russian terror playbook
Putinism offers no grand vision — only the indefinite preservation of one man’s power and his security apparatus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner before talks in Moscow on Sept. 5.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2026
The far right’s political victory in Germany is great news for Putin
No one in NATO has any interest in attacking Russia, but these fabrications make for powerful messages and they’re paying dividends for the Kremlin.
A Finnish Border Guard helicopter and Coast Guard patrol ship seize the Fitburg vessel suspected of a subsea cable breach in the Gulf of Finland on Dec. 31, 2025. Some Western intelligence officials fear Russia is ramping up sabotage operations in Europe by targeting subsea cables critical to global internet connectivity and financial transactions.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2026
NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot
Russian subs were caught in spring training in Arctic waters to unleash a secret weapon designed to clandestinely disable undersea cables.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
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Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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