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A drone hangs above visitors' heads at the WB Group stand at the 34th International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, Poland on Sept. 8, 2026. | Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images About 60 percent of Poland’s…
In early 2025, Russian journalists noticed an unprecedented uptick in the number of court cases emerging about soldiers being declared missing in action or dead. Military units normally ask courts to declare soldiers…
Prime minister Andy Burnham will announce the move on Thursday at Cop31, the UN climate summit, with the new role designed to advise the government on national security risks from the climate crisis before they spell…
Is America's global military dominance beginning to unravel? As Washington pours military resources into the war with Iran, countries across Asia are watching closely – and questioning whether the United States can still…
Everything points, in Makia's telling, at the Third Temple: he says there is no archaeological evidence for either previous temple, that Zionism has been deliberately fused with Judaism and race, and that the Noahide…
“It’s shocking, and we can’t look the other way,” he wrote on X . “We have a duty to protect children, and this is one of my top priorities for families.” Borja Sémper, a key PP lawmaker who attended the meeting between…
On Tuesday, with negotiations lasting four and a half hours, officials on the ground in Abu Dhabi who were familiar with the talks described them as “constructive.” The best they could muster on Wednesday, when the…
The Conservative leader used the example of " double amputees running marathons " in a speech this week to explain the reasoning behind her proposed cuts to disability benefits, which she said were enabling people to…
The amount Britain spends on social security is in the former category. Too much political rhetoric around the subject assumes that it is in the latter one. The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts the growth in…