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U.S. President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders attend the bloc's summit in Ankara on July 8.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2026
U.S. allies need a plan for a lame-duck Trump
Some countries, including Iran and Israel, are concerned about how Trump will react to his defeat.
A Liberian-flagged container ship Contship Jet in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Oct. 28. The ship sank after being hit by naval drones, according to the Bulgarian government, while en route from Haifa in Israel to Constanta in Romania.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2026
War widens in the Black Sea in a test of NATO red lines
Unabating attacks show how the escalating maritime war between Russia and Ukraine is expanding into a major challenge for NATO.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the White House on Sept. 24.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2026
A Cold War blueprint for today’s nuclear dangers
U.S. President Donald Trump wants a three-way summit with his Russian and Chinese counterparts to talk about nuclear weapons and denuclearization.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2026
Zelenskyy rallies European allies as Trump ties slump
Kyiv has said it would no longer abide by U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a military exercise alongside top military officials in the Chelyabinsk region of central Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Oct. 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Why Putin says Russia could ‘cease to exist’ if it loses
Putin’s officials have said they are fighting Nazis and responding to NATO aggression, and that the U.S. sought Russia’s “strategic defeat.”
French and Lithuanian soldiers prepare to fire a howitzer during training in Lithuania last month.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 13, 2026
As Putin wages shadow war, Europe looks for a way to hit back
Internally, the debate among European officials is whether and how to retaliate by taking the fight to Russia.
Lithuanian soldiers train with a French-designed drone during the U.S. military and NATO Allied Spirit 25 exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, in March 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2026
Closing NATO’s deterrence gap
NATO has strengthened defenses against growing Russian hybrid provocations, but stronger penalties are needed to deter further aggression.
A U.S. Marine drapes an American flag over the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on April 9, 2003, shortly before the statue was pulled down.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2026
The Iraq War is finally over. It did some good.
About 4,500 Americans died in Iraq since 2003, around 3,500 in combat, and more than 30,000 were wounded.
A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad near the village of Grzybina, Podlaskie Voivodeship, near the Suwalki Gap on Sept. 26
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
“If Europe attacks Russia, it will be a completely different sort of war — a very short war,” said a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks during an event in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sept. 22.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2026
NATO condemns ‘nuclear rhetoric’ in tense exchange with Russia
NATO was responding to a warning by Russia that the alliance’s approach to Kaliningrad “sharply increases the risks” of a military confrontation.
A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad near the village of Grzybina in Suwalki Gap, Poland, on Saturday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2026
Residents of Polish region key for NATO try to live normally despite threat
The 104-kilometer Suwalki Gap is one of the most strategic points along the military alliance’s eastern flank.
A placard against (top) and a placard for the "Neutrality Initiative" in Rheinfelden, Switzerland, on Sept. 15
WORLD
Sep 28, 2026
Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules that would have curbed NATO cooperation
Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said the rejection allows Switzerland to continue deciding on economic sanctions on a case-by-case basis.
Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box before counting votes in Russia’s parliamentary election in Podolsk, near Moscow, on Sept. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2026
Why Russia’s Potemkin election actually matters
There’s little purpose to parsing who won the vote; the point is that opponents of Putin and his war were jailed, exiled or banned from running.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on his arrival for a state visit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2026
Trump’s retreat from U.S. allies puts Taiwan in jeopardy
The danger is that the treatment of Ukraine could lead Beijing and other governments to conclude that American commitments are negotiable.
European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas speaks during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila in July.
WORLD
Sep 24, 2026
Europeans warn of rising Russian sabotage but see no imminent NATO attack
Moscow is intensifying sabotage, cyberattacks and other hybrid attacks across Europe to undermine support for Ukraine, European ministers say.
Nuuk, the capital of the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, on Saturday. U.S. President Donald Trump has pressured Denmark and Greenland for months, saying that Washington should control the territory and at times refusing to rule out the use of military or economic force to acquire it.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
Denmark says NATO shares responsibility for Arctic security under Greenland deal
The deal follows months of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said Washington should control Greenland.
French Foreign Legion soldiers, part of NATO's enhanced Forward Presence battle group, take part in a military parade in the town of Tapa, Estonia, in April 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2026
Will Europe be as unprepared as Ukraine was?
After decades of peace, Europe has systematically dismantled its defense capabilities.
A Danish Air Force EH101 Merlin rescue helicopter comes in to land after the NATO military exercise Arctic Shield 2026 in Narsarsuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2026
Trump claims ‘infinite’ Greenland security deal with Denmark
The move aims to bar Russia and China from setting up bases in the Arctic territory — a prospect the U.S. president has repeatedly warned about.
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a news conference at the end of his participation in the NATO leaders summit in Ankara on July 8.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2026
Trump’s pressure on NATO is reshaping Europe’s defenses. Will it break the alliance?
At least eight member countries are beginning to diversify away from their reliance on U.S. weapons, technology and defense companies.
Ukrainian service members from the special police Brigade Hyzhak (Predator) prepare to launch a Blyskavka (Lightning) strike drone toward Russian troops, near the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sept. 10.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2026
Is NATO ready to fight? The Ukraine war is raising doubts among military analysts
Ukrainian and Western defense officials said?developments on the battlefield are moving so fast, some NATO weapons and tactics could become outdated.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
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Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
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Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
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Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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