Live-fire drills by ‘extremely capable’ Chinese warships rattle New Zealand and Australia

New Zealand raised fresh concerns Monday over nearby live-fire drills

After three years of war in Ukraine, Europe’s security guarantees face the abyss

In a war dominated by the unexpected, few imagined Ukraine’s

Children of UK couple detained in Afghanistan appeal to Taliban for their release

A British couple in their 70s who run education programs

Merz claims win for German conservatives as far right surges to strongest postwar election result

Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to return

Pope still in critical condition with signs of ‘mild’ kidney failure, Vatican says

Pope Francis remains in critical condition, according to the Vatican,

Zelensky says he is ‘ready’ to resign as Ukraine president if it brought peace

Tens of thousands join mass funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is taking

Israel to remain in some West Bank refugee camps for ‘coming year’ as military expands campaign

The Israeli military is expanding its operations in the occupied

Decades-old grenade kills two toddlers in rural Cambodia

A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years

Indian teenager alleges rape over five years by nearly 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives and strangers

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