Radar standoff near Okinawa: Japan accuses China of dangerous radar lock-ons

Coup attempt in Benin as soldiers claim power and the government insists it is still in control

Gaza ceasefire talks at a critical moment as fragile truce hangs in the balance

Netflix–Warner Bros Mega-Merger Backlash Rocks Hollywood and Washington

Russia’s Overnight Drone and Missile Barrage on Ukraine: Scale, Signals, and Winter Risks

Surge in Global Earthquakes: What the Latest Daily Seismic Activity Spike Really Means

Southeast Asia floods and disasters from Cyclone Ditwah and linked storms

Why the US Is Rethinking Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccines – And What It Means for Global Public Health

Political shockwaves from new US strategy warning Europe faces “Civilisational Erasure”

EU Fines X €120 Million Under New Digital Services Rules – Or a Warning Shot at Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Gamble?

Europe’s 2027 NATO Deadline: What Washington’s Ultimatum Really Means for the UK and the Alliance

China–Japan Feud Escalates Over Taiwan: What Sanae Takaichi’s Remarks Really Means

Cloudflare’s Massive Outage: How One Company Can Break the Internet – Again

For a couple of hours on Friday morning, it felt as if “the internet” itself had crashed. A single provider—Cloudflare—went down, and with it went Zoom calls, LinkedIn feeds, food deliveries, gaming servers and even transport sites millions rely on every day.

Putin Defies Trump: Russia Promises “Uninterrupted” Fuel Supplies to India

Russia has openly backed India’s energy needs, promising to keep the oil, gas and nuclear fuel flowing – even as Donald Trump tries to turn Russian crude into a pressure point on New Delhi.

New Leaked Macron Warning Raises Fears the US Could Abandon Ukraine

China’s 100-Ship Naval Surge Across East Asian Waters

Gaza’s ‘Ceasefire’ That Isn’t: The Yellow Line, Lebanon Strikes and the Future of the Strip

Imminent US Federal Reserve Rate Cut: How Global Markets Are Repricing Risk

Investors are now betting heavily that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again in December, forcing a rapid repricing across bonds, equities, currencies and commodities – with big implications for the UK and the rest of the world.

Novichok Poisoning Report Finds Putin Morally Responsible as Victim’s Family Demands Answers

China, France and the Fractured World Order: Macron, Xi and the Push to Overcome Differences