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Lukashenko orders broader Belarusian army readiness checks extending toward mobilisation
The inspection of tank, motor-rifle, artillery and communications units adds to regional concern about Belarus's military integration with Russia.
US lawmakers revive AI-safety bills as Washington debates mandatory guardrails
Fresh warnings have shifted the argument from whether advanced AI needs oversight to whether Congress and the White House will accept binding incident reporting and testing rules.
Sudan's artisanal gold boom is poisoning farmland around Abu Hamad
War-driven mining is displacing agriculture along the Nile as toxic processing waste compounds Sudan's national food-security emergency.
Russian sanctioned convoy reaches Tartus as European navies track its Mediterranean return
The four-ship deployment restores Moscow's naval presence after a two-month gap and tests European monitoring of sanctioned maritime logistics.
UN Security Council holds emergency session as Yemen war enters a more dangerous phase
The meeting followed Houthi advances near Bab al-Mandeb and cross-border attacks, with diplomats warning that renewed warfare threatens civilians, aid operations and international shipping.
Trump and Hegseth use Pentagon 9/11 memorial to defend the war on Iran
At the 25th-anniversary ceremony, the president and defence secretary connected remembrance of the 2001 attacks with the administration’s continuing military campaign against Iran.
London police seek Grenada’s cooperation in Andrew Frederick death investigation
A suspended British inquest and conflicting postmortem findings have turned a family’s campaign into a cross-border criminal investigation.
Ceuta official says he resigned over disputed warnings before the mass border crossing
Gonzalo Sanz's departure deepens scrutiny of how Spanish authorities handled intelligence before July's migration surge into the North African exclave.
UK defence chief puts Russian military casualties at 1.5 million
Air Chief Marshal Rich Knighton says about 500,000 Russian personnel have been killed since the full-scale invasion, while warning that the losses have not changed Moscow’s war aims.
Houthis seize Mayyun Island after an offensive reaches the Bab el-Mandeb strait
The capture places Houthi forces on the island dividing the strategic waterway’s two shipping channels and raises new risks for Red Sea traffic.
MI5 chief calls for society-wide security effort against terrorism and state aggression
Ken McCallum says Britain must connect government, business and academia as strategic threats increasingly converge with persistent terrorism risks.
European Commission clears Patriot-related exemptions for Ukraine’s €6.1 billion defence plan
The decision lets Kyiv use EU loan resources for critical non-European components, but it does not guarantee immediate interceptor deliveries.
Reports point to a Ukrainian counteroffensive near Lyman as Moscow’s battlefield account unravels
Russian military commentators acknowledge withdrawals and dispute official claims, but the scale of Ukraine’s gains remains uncertain.