European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
Palantir, the data analytics and security firm founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, has become a symbol of Silicon Valley’s transformation into a militarized technology hub. Named after the all-seeing “Palantir
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A well-honed tool in the United States’ diplomatic box is to rub the nose of its vassal states in the dust occasionally to remind them they are a lower form of life,
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A little after 8 a.m. on Thursday, the doors of Room 12 at the Superior Court building in downtown Los Angeles swung open, and the day’s proceedings began with the quiet gravity
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for deeper political loyalty within the country’s armed forces as Beijing intensifies efforts to modernize its military and strengthen the Communist Party’s control over national defense
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Israel and Iran exchanged further attacks as the Middle East war entered its second week on Saturday, with the fighting spreading across the region and raising fears of a broader confrontation. Iranian
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Israel has been reportedly assisting Iranian Kurdish militias in western Iran, with the aim of destabilizing Tehran and supporting Kurdish ambitions to seize towns near the border, according to three sources familiar
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More than 60% of unmarried adults under the age of 30 in Japan say they do not want children, citing economic burdens and career disruption, according to a recent survey conducted by
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U.S. President Donald Trump has expelled conservative commentator Tucker Carlson from his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, declaring that Carlson has “lost his way.” The decision comes amid escalating tensions over
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The war initiated by joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran has rapidly expanded beyond its initial borders, affecting countries from Cyprus to Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, and risks drawing even more nations
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Indonesia has announced a sweeping new regulation that will block access to social media for users under 16, making it the first major non-Western country to take such a step in a
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U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed his call for Israel’s president to grant a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ongoing corruption charges, arguing that the Israeli leader should not be
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Finland plans to remove a long-standing legal ban on nuclear weapons on its territory, the government announced on Thursday, in a move that could allow the deployment of atomic arms on Finnish
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Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to southern Lebanon to confront Israeli forces, according to Lebanese sources familiar with the movement, marking a significant escalation as the Iran-backed group re-enters territory it had
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a new-generation destroyer, overseen a strategic cruise missile launch from the vessel, and supervised a nationwide sniper competition, actions that signal an accelerating push
More The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued a stark condemnation following reports of mounting child casualties amid intensifying violence in the Middle East, declaring that children must
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