Diplomacy, conflict, climate and global culture covered from on-the-ground correspondents across five continents.
Édouard Balladur, who served as France’s prime minister from 1993 to 1995 and stood as a towering figure of the French right, died in Paris on Monday, August 31, 2026, at the age…
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged President Donald Trump to hold off on striking Iran in a phone call, as Riyadh recalibrates its regional strategy amid…
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln docked in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after 286 days at sea, a record-setting deployment.
The Dutch central bank relocated 86 metric tons of gold out of North America to London between March and August, citing crisis preparedness amid global political unrest.
Two Filipino sailors were killed on Monday, August 31, 2026, when an Iranian attack struck the Saudi oil tanker Sidr in the Strait of Hormuz.
Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, overshooting the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report warning that every fraction…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that an intercepted, explosive-laden drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport marks a direct escalation on European Union…
Consumer prices in Ukraine rose by nearly 9% in April 2026 compared to the previous year, driving diverging trends in car prices.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned commercial airlines on September 1 that Russian airspace is becoming unsafe due to long-range drone activity.
As summer 2026 ends, a 17th-century weather model known as the 100-year calendar predicts early snow starting December 1 in Germany.
Egypt has established a $100 million financing mechanism dedicated to studying and implementing development projects, including dams, across southern Nile Basin countries…
Following a thwarted Russian security service terror plot in Kyiv on September 2, 2026, a firefight erupted during an operational search when armed individuals blocked law…