Ukraine will open 10 weapons export centers across Europe in 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Saturday, a move that formally transforms a country once dependent on foreign military aid into an active seller of battlefield-tested arms. The centers will be established in Baltic and Northern European countries, all of which
Cuban aviation authorities issued notices to international airlines late Sunday warning that jet fuel will not be available at nine airports across the island starting Tuesday. The restriction, published through a formal Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) on the Federal Aviation Administration's website, covers every major international airport
Vice President JD Vance arrived in Yerevan on Monday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president or vice president to visit Armenia. He met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the President's Residence, where the two completed negotiations on a civil nuclear energy agreement and discussed the status
A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, to 20 years in prison — the longest term ever imposed under the national security law Beijing placed on the territory in 2020. Three judges handpicked by Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leadership
Morgan McSweeney, the political strategist who engineered Keir Starmer's rise to power and served as the prime minister's most trusted adviser inside Downing Street, resigned on Sunday. He said he took "full responsibility" for advising Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain's
Sanae Takaichi wagered her premiership on a winter snap election — called just three months after she took office — and won in commanding fashion. Her Liberal Democratic Party swept to 316 seats in Japan's 465-member House of Representatives on Sunday, well beyond the 233 needed for a simple majority
More than 13 years after militants stormed the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and killed four U.S. citizens, federal authorities have brought a third suspect to American soil to stand trial. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that Zubayar al-Bakoush, a 58-year-old Libyan national, arrived at an airfield
A Republican elections bill that nearly torpedoed a government funding deal this week is now headed for a vote in the House — and an almost certain wall of Democratic opposition in the Senate that could force a confrontation over the filibuster itself. The SAVE America Act, formally the Safeguard American
Virginia's Democratic legislative majority released a proposed congressional map on Thursday evening that would give their party a commanding advantage in 10 of the state's 11 U.S. House districts — a move that, if enacted, would represent one of the most aggressive partisan gerrymanders anywhere in
British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson over allegations he passed confidential government information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a Cabinet minister. The 72-year-old Mandelson, a longtime powerbroker in the Labour Party who served as Britain's ambassador to the United
President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro emerged from a two-hour White House meeting Tuesday trading compliments instead of insults, a sharp reversal from weeks earlier when Trump threatened military action against the longtime U.S. ally and called its leader a "sick man." The closed-door talks
The European Union is preparing to propose a new partnership with the United States aimed at reducing both sides' reliance on China for critical minerals and rare earth elements essential to modern technology, defense systems, and the energy transition. Under the proposal, the EU would sign a memorandum of
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