Moscow hopes western politics will weaken support for Kyiv. The UK and Europe’s answer should be to make Ukraine increasingly capable of defending itself alone
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who leads the B’Yachad Party, said on Monday that a government he leads would declare a national state of emergency in the country's education system and take action to address a shortage of more than 30,000 teachers.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called on voters not to support emerging small parties on the Right, warning that splitting the right-wing vote could cost his camp the election and allow the opposition bloc to form the next government.
Iran tried to assassinate the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the PM said during a phone call with Channel 14's military correspondent Noam Amir, broadcast on Monday.
Police officers at the scene of a fatal crash involving a police car and a Volkswagen Passat on the A66 in South Bank, near Middlesbrough, England, Saturday Aug. 22, 2026. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
LONDON — Andy Burnham has opted to deepen Britain’s support for Ukraine by boosting their ability to develop long-range missiles, in his first major move on foreign policy since becoming prime minister.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund on Monday signed an agreement with the French government to invest $6 billion in creating three manga-themed amusement parks north-east of Paris.
THE former disbursing officer of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) testified on Monday that Vice President Sara Duterte had ordered the release of P500 million in confidential funds to her security officer, even though he was not bonded, in violation of government rules on the use of such funds.
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An Emirati minister has spoken about how needy communities can play a crucial role in addressing humanitarian challenges – as major funding cuts hamper aid efforts around the world.
LAST Sunday was the 130th anniversary of the officially accepted date of the first cry of the Philippine Revolution, which was on Aug. 23, 1896. To commemorate this, the Quezon City government, under the leadership of Mayor Joy Belmonte, inaugurated the redeveloped Pugad Lawin Shrine and Interpretation Gallery refur…
ALYSSA Valdez cherished the moment Jaja Santiago, also known as Sachi Minowa, returned to the Premier Volleyball League (PVL)—this time as her teammate at Creamline.
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1.855 billion in additional funding to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), including P800 million for zero balance billing (ZBB), strengthening the government’s push to ease the financial burden of hospitalization on Filipino families while sustaining cr…
Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy who betrayed the United States, has called on Israel to prepare for war against Egypt and Turkey as he launches his campaign for a Knesset seat in October’s election.
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy who betrayed the United States, has called on Israel to prepare for war against Egypt and Turkey as he launches his campaign for a Knesset seat in October’s election.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will convene the country’s National Security Council on Tuesday over the migration crisis in Ceuta — 26 days after tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco and overwhelmed local authorities.
The United Kingdom is set to share classified weapons information with Ukraine to enable it to produce its own version of the Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile, designed jointly with France, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham visits Kyiv on his first foreign trip as the UK’s prime minister.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A powerful gang coalition attacked a once peaceful farming community nestled in the hills above Haiti’s capital, killing multiple people, an official told The Associated Press on Monday.
“A lot of Lebanese people tell me all the time that they want to visit Israel and that we're welcome there,” independent journalist and political analyst Selena Ryan told The Jerusalem Post on Monday, a day after her latest collaboration with This Is Beirut went viral.
KUWAIT — Kuwait's emir on Sunday approved a decree banning naturalized citizens from voting, two years after dissolving parliament and embarking on a mass nationality stripping campaign.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deployed more security personnel following the ambush incident in which Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua survived last August 15 in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte.
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham, center, appears also on a giant screen, left, as National Guard of Ukraine and European leaders attend a commemorative ceremony marking Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day outside St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
Immigration rather than living costs is the top concern for Australians who have flocked to One Nation, according to research that suggests Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor must convince voters they’ve cut migration if they are to claw back support.
The number of Australian data centres in development has doubled since 2025, but their strain on the nation’s power supply is expected to accelerate even further over the next decade.
Regular readers are aware that one of our biggest concerns with the AI supercycle, and the entire AI arms race between the US and China, is that when push comes to shove, not only is there mounting grassroots opposition to data center build out across the US but, more importantly, the US is badly lagging China when …
Spain's Minister of Transport has tentatively thrown his hat in the ring as a potential successor to Pedro Sánchez when the leader of the PSOE steps down.
Israir announced on Monday that it had received approval to start operating flights from and to the United States from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Election commission members count ballots at a polling station during early parliamentary elections in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
The U.S. military killed two men in a strike against a boat in the eastern Pacific that it said was transporting narcotics, U.S. Southern Command announced early Monday. It was the first such strike by the military since June 21.
Big business is plotting a union-style campaign to convince “Betty from Blacktown” that Australia’s hard-to-grasp productivity problem hits family budgets, as corporate leaders put Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on notice at an annual get-together of political and business elite.
Futures are lower with Tech underperforming as the market focuses on NVDA / MRVL earnings this week; while the AI theme is pressured globally and memory stocks slump driven by a slide in the Kospi. Futures got a boost just after 7am when CNBC reported that the Treasury could use the General Account ($935BN as of tod…
Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi will visit Tehran on Tuesday to continue talks between Tehran and Muscat on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said.