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No foreign soldiers: Japan shuts down proposal to fix military shortfall

By 2045, Japan’s Self-Defence Forces (SDF) could shrink to 130,000 personnel – nearly half today’s strength. But Tokyo has already ruled out one think...

Lai highlights expanded support for Taiwan athletes at Asian Games

Taiwan central bank governor gets ’A-’ grade from Global Finance

Belt and Road a military path too

Saxony-Anhalt election delivers a blow to Merz

Report says Netanyahu had pre-attack warning

Latest news bulletin | September 9th, 2026 – Morning

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this September 9th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Enterta...

What the U.S. Got Wrong in the War on Terrorism

We Discuss: Mentioned on the Episode: Walter Russell Mead, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World, Knopf Walter Russ...

Correcting the map: How a UN resolution marks a step toward decolonizing world maps

The resolution, submitted by a group of African states, corrects 450 years of cartographic injustice by recognizing the distortions produced by the Me...

Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets 'early 2027' for 1st-ever launch

Stoke Space announced a $1 billion round of funding to support development of its fully reusable Nova rockets, including the newly revealed Nova Block...

Putin and Trump discuss Ukraine in ‘extremely frank’ call

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the Ukraine conflict in an “extremely frank” and constructive ho...

Lavrov says West's decision to militarize Arctic raises concern

The United States, the Norwegians and someone else over there have conducted exercises using a script overtly simulating a war with Russia, the Russia...