The Telegraph along with various Eastern European media outlets, including Polish national sources, are reporting that United States passed Warsaw a warning based on intelligence that Moscow is considering an armed provocation against Poland to "test NATO's resolve".
Suspected jihadists and Tuareg separatist fighters have launched coordinated attacks across Mali, targeting several towns, military positions and a major prison in a fresh escalation of the country's conflict.
A wave of Ukrainian long-range drones has struck the St Petersburg region overnight, hitting an oil terminal and a Baltic Sea port in one of the largest deep-strike operations targeting President Vladimir Putin’s home city.
South Africa has deployed more than 3,000 soldiers across the country to reinforce security as anti-migrant protests intensify, with organisers vowing to stage demonstrations every week.
The First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy holds a news briefing in Moscow, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian army said Saturday that several towns across the north of the country, including the major cities of Gao and Sévaré, were targeted by rebel attacks.
Iran has warned against the presence of what it described as “extra-regional powers” in the Strait of Hormuz, following statements by the UK and France expressing support for freedom of navigation through the strategic waterway.
Gold's appeal as a safe-haven asset has started to evolve amid geopolitical uncertainty, with analysts saying it changes investment strategies for the commodity.
(Polydor)Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Jagger confronts war and autocracy
BEIJING (AP) — China’s military has named two new generals in what may be a precursor to a reorganization at the top following the removal of several of its leaders in a long-running anti-corruption drive.
America’s 250th anniversary has become a partisan tug-of-war, like everything else. Trumpians overly romanticize American history, while the president’s opponents wallow in grievance.
Fifty years ago, on July 4, 1976 – as America rejoiced with fireworks and fanfare to celebrate its bicentennial – news broke of one of the most audacious military operations in history.
A mourner holds a portrait of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as mourners gather for the start of the dayslong funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
United States President Donald Trump has used the opening weekend of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations to praise the US military and critique democratic socialists, warning of a “communist menace” that he claims poses a major threat to the country.
Iran's mission to the United Nations has accused the United States of fostering a "culture of impunity" by failing to accept responsibility for the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655.
On July 4, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence. Americans will honor the Founding Fathers, the Continental Army, and France’s decisive contribution to victory over Britain. But one foreign power that also helped shape the fate of the young republic has largely disappeared from popu…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have offered the clearest signal yet that they are considering the establishment of new Jewish settlements on what remains of the Gaza Strip after almost three years of their country’s genocidal war against Palestinians in …
Iran is staging a six-day funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader who led the Islamic Republic for four decades and was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war in February.
Speaking at Mount Rushmore during celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, Trump praised US military power and declared that Iran was seeking a political settlement after months of conflict.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86.
Iranian religious leaders and other mourners pay their respects before the coffins of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family during a viewing ceremony ahead of the dayslong funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP P…
While the IDF’s Southern Command is preparing for the possibility that war against Hamas may be necessary to disarm the terrorist organization, Walla learned on Friday that the International Stabilization Force (ISF), the multinational force created to manage the security and governance situation in the Gaza Strip, …
German foreign ministry summons China’s ambassador and says anything that enables Russia to continue its war of aggression represents a ‘threat’ to Germany’s security. What we know on day 1,592
El presidente Donald Trump saluda mientras sube al Air Force One, el viernes 3 de julio de 2026, en la Base Conjunta Andrews, Maryland. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
Tehran: Iran has begun a series of elaborate events to mourn and bury its late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across the capital, Tehran, urging people to rise up in support of the Islamic Republic after the devastating war that killed the 86-year-old cleric.
Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column.
Brussels – NATO leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump are set to affirm an “ironclad commitment” to collective defence under the alliance’s Article 5 pact at a summit in Ankara next week, according to a text approved by NATO ambassadors on Friday.
Beijing – Chinese leader Xi Jinping promoted two military officers to the rank of general on Friday while tapping one of them as the new head of the military’s top disciplinary and anti-corruption body, as Xi works to rebuild his depleted top military command.
More than 640,000 displaced Lebanese have returned to their homes since the ceasefire with Israel took effect on 21 June, while about 500,000 people remain displaced, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Turkey is developing a space and ballistic missile launch site in central Somalia, combining a satellite launch base for the Turkish space program with a testing site for long-range ballistic missiles, according to a report on Wednesday by French newspaper La Monde.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors in Rome against Israeli soldier Arik Ben Asulin, alleging that he had committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide during Israel's war on Gaza.
Valery Averin is among the first Russian students known to have died in the war after being signed up in a recruitment drive in educational institutions