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US President Donald Trump's rhetoric on everything from punitive tariffs to "ownership" of Greenland has been prompting a rethink of Europe's defense strategy. In Brussels, diplomats, officials and think-tankers have spent much of the past year debating whether the US would still respect Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which pledges that an attack on one signatory state would

Thousands of mourners gathered in Pakistan's capital on Saturday for a somber mass funeral honoring the victims of a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque the previous day. At least 31 people were killed in the blast and around 170 were wounded, as authorities vowed to intensify operations against Islamist militants. The attack, claimed by an affiliate of the

Dilated pupils, high on camera and often alone. On TikTok, more and more young people are publicly filming their drug use. The videos reach millions, often under a single hashtag: #Pingtok. The trend reflects a new visibility of drug use on social media. What once happened behind closed doors is now filmed, aestheticized and shared publicly

Skip next section Truck tire blowout triggers 28-vehicle crash February 7, 2026 Truck tire blowout triggers 28-vehicle crash A sudden tire failure on a moving truck on the A9 in the Saale-Orla district of Thuringia has caused a major crash involving 28 vehicles, in an incident police said was remarkable for leaving no one injured.

Skip next section Europe's future hinges on how the Ukraine war ends, says security expert February 7, 2026 Europe's future hinges on how the Ukraine war ends, says security expert The chair of the Munich Security Conference(MSC) Wolfgang Ischinger has warned that Russia's threat to NATO's eastern flank could intensify after a ceasefire in Ukraine.  "As

Slight losses for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc of Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union(CDU/CSU), and slight gains for their coalition partner, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). These are the key findings of the ARD-Deutschlandtrend opinion poll conducted by the infratest-dimap institute, which surveyed around 1,300 representative voters between February 2 and 4. The

American Lindsey Vonn speeds down the course during the women's World Cup super-G ski race in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, in 2018. Gabriele Facciotti/AP hide caption toggle caption Gabriele Facciotti/AP In January, American athlete Jessie Diggins, the world's top-ranked female cross-country skier, sprinted up a steep slope in Italy's Val di Fiemme, poles pumping, for her

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón poses for a portrait at an apartment on Feb. 4, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. Mark Vancleave/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Vancleave/AP MINNEAPOLIS — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still

A massive pipe leak has surged 243 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac river. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption toggle caption Cliff Owen/AP It could now take months to repair a broken sewer pipe that pumped millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River about 8 miles from the White House. The damage is

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves an oath of enlistment ceremony, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, held on the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Kevin Wolf/AP hide caption toggle caption Kevin Wolf/AP The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy