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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to consider opening a criminal case against Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Maria…
An Alpine ascent during the the Tour de France, “The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever” dance event in England, the World Fencing Championships in Hong Kong, a mud festival in South…
A court dismissed a legal challenge against Beijing's new embassy in London, which could become the largest in the UK. The case, brought by a neighborhood association, argued the …
Under a US-backed proposal, Hamas and Israel would have 14 days to finalise Gaza's political transition
Mountains are shifting, permafrost is melting, and the risk of landslides is rising. On geologic timescales, the Earth is a dynamic place. Tectonic plates shift. Continents move. …
Success requires knowing what motivates your enemy. For 2,500 years, military commanders have heeded the injunction of Sun Tzu, the great Chinese military strategist: Know your en…
Riyadh and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels are on the brink of renewed conflict. Could war-ravaged Yemen be drawn into a wider Middle East war?
The Pentagon is rethinking how it wages war after the Iran school strike. When President Trump plucked Pete Hegseth from Fox News to be his secretary of defense, Pentagon official…
Ukraine hit Russian oil refineries several times, while Russia struck Dnipropetrovsk and a cargo vessel near Odesa.
The 20,000-square-metre site in London is set to become the largest embassy complex in the UK by area.