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El Niño fuels climate disasters: The high price of inaction

2026 is set to be one of the hottest years on record, with El Niño worsening the impact of extreme weather events. With COP31 unde...

Same metric, still a mess: The geoeconomics of youth unemployment in China

China is aging too quickly to waste labor, yet it can't generate enough jobs to productively engage its young. The post Same metri...

Jerusalem Daily: Baby dies from cold in Gaza

A baby dies from the cold in Gaza as 53 countries urge Israel to allow aid in.

White House sees 'encouraging progress' in Ukraine settlement efforts

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had worked extensively with both...

Eisenkot urges respect for Israel's Arab minority after Netanyahu attacks

Two Arab-majority parties, Raam and the Joint List, secured a combined 19 seats in last month's election, winning nearly a sixth o...

US Army names officer held on ‘allegations of espionage’

Lt. Col. Brandon Carroll Tyner has been identified as the U.S. soldier arrested earlier this week in the UK for reportedly assisti...

German parliament passes law giving spy agencies hacking, sabotage powers

In the biggest overhaul of the country’s spy laws of the postwar era, the Bundestag approved the bill by 308 votes to 190 — with 7...

India's Road Fuel Demand Won't Peak Until 2034

India’s fuel demand for road transportation is nearly a decade away from peaking despite rising sales of electric two- and three-w...

India's Road Fuel Demand Won't Peak Until 2034

India’s fuel demand for road transportation is nearly a decade away from peaking despite rising sales of electric two- and three-w...

ASD SO/LIC Reorganized as Office of Strategic Services

In an unexpected and potentially highly consequential move, Derrick Anderson, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Opera...

US Treasury warns against rate hikes during US-Iran war energy ‘shock’

Despite Treasury's Scott Bessent's remarks, financial tracker CME Fed Watch forecasts rate hike in December likely.

Jaguar Land Rover reports £451m quarterly loss after cutting 4,000 jobs

JLR chief executive calls for EU and Britain to join forces amid competition from Chinese electric carmakersJaguar Land Rover has ...

Check Point gateways hacked via PHP2Shell to deploy VMware ESXi wiper

Vulnerable Check Point Security Gateway instances have been targeted in PHP2Shell attacks that deployed data-wiping malware on VMw...

Ex-aide to Ukraine's former PM Azarov hurt in Moscow car bombing; probe underway

North Korea’s Last Defectors

Fewer people are making it out of North Korea. That allows Kim Jong Un to exert more control over his country’s image abroad.

Zelensky says Starlink limits continued in the middle of his talks with U.S., Russia

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said it had reached out to SpaceX and the U.S. Defense Department to seek an explanation and resolve th...

West Bank: ‘Without international trade and financial support, large settlements would not exist’

France is considering legislation to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, namely the W...

German coalition disagreements hold up ECB jobs deal

Chancellor and his finance minister have yet to agree on a candidate for one of three central bank executive board vacancies

Pakistan calls for 'immediate' end to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at UN

UN Security Council renewed targeted sanctions under its Yemen sanctions regime for another year

Germany Is Dismantling a Nord Stream Power Plant for Ukraine

A power plant built at the landfall of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in northeastern Germany was shut down after the pipelines wer...