NATO on Alert After Drone Hits Romanian City Near Ukrainian Border A drone struck a building in the Romanian port city of Galați this week, triggering sharp condemnation from the European Union and a warning from NATO that it stands…
Washington Plans Deep Reductions to NATO Force Contributions The United States intends to significantly reduce the military assets it makes available to NATO in a crisis, including fighter jets, strategic bombers, destroyers and submarines, according to a report by German…
Russia Threatens Sustained Strikes on Kyiv, Orders Diplomats and Foreign Nationals to Evacuate Russia warned foreign nationals and diplomatic personnel to leave Kyiv on Monday, threatening systematic strikes on the Ukrainian capital targeting what it described as military decision-making centres…
Forced Into Marriage, Barred From School: Afghan Girls Face a Future Defined by Taliban’s Education Ban A 19-year-old Afghan woman named Alia — her identity protected for her safety — boarded a taxi last year and travelled hundreds of miles…
Meta Settles Kentucky School District Lawsuit Days Before Trial, as 1,200 Cases Remain Pending Meta has reached a settlement with a Kentucky school district just weeks before the case was due to go to trial in California, according to court…
Samsung Averts Strike With Last-Minute Pay Deal, Sending Shares Surging 6% Samsung Electronics reached a provisional wage agreement with its largest labour union just hours before a major strike was set to begin on Thursday, sending the company’s shares up…
Former Defence Secretary Found to Have ‘Allowed Perception of Impropriety to Develop’ Former Conservative Defence Secretary Sir Grant Shapps resigned on April 30 from his role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace after an official review found he had breached post-ministerial…
WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Ebola Spreads in Eastern Congo The World Health Organisation has declared a global health emergency over a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the virus claims dozens of lives and…
Mass Protests Erupt Across Argentina Over Milei’s University Budget Cuts Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country’s major cities on 13 May 2026, demanding that President Javier Milei comply with existing university funding legislation and…
EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children The European Union has sanctioned 16 Russian individuals and seven entities for the systematic and unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, the EU Council announced on Monday — expanding a sanctions…