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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia on Monday, where he is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin and seek his support. The visit comes following Aragchi's trips to mediators Pakistan and Oman to discuss the widening Middle East conflict, with peace efforts between Tehran and Washington currently on ice. Russia and Iran are close strategic

Global military spending rose for the 11th year in a row in 2025. Governments spent a total of $2.887 trillion (€2.47 trillion) on ships, aircraft, missiles and other weapons, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). That's the highest level of military spending ever recorded. "This really speaks to countries' reactions to

Two senior Russian politicians visited North Korea over the weekend, inaugurating a memorial to North Korean troops who died fighting against Ukraine and negotiating a new defense cooperation agreement set to run until 2031.  The two countries' military, political and economic cooperation has intensified amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Pyongyang offering military support

A bomb attack on a highway in southwestern Colombia has left at least 19 people dead, with the authorities blaming a drug lord who was once part of the FARC guerilla group for the attack. At least 38 people — including five children — were injured in the attack on Saturday, which comes a month before the

Skip next section Obama praises Secret Service after shooting April 27, 2026 Obama praises Secret Service after shooting Former US President Barack Obama praised the Secret Service for their response to the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner.  "Although we don't have the details about the motives behind last night's shooting at the White House Correspondents

A Syrian court on Sunday held a preparatory session for a trial of several former officials in President Bashar Assad's deposed government, with only one of the defendants physically present in court.  Assad's government was ousted, after more than a decade of civil war, in December 2024. He, his brother and other senior officials face trial

Pensions have been a hot-button issue in Germany for many years, but this week, Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself reignited the controversy. "Statutory pension insurance alone will, at best, still provide only basic coverage for old age. It will no longer be sufficient to secure one's standard of living in the long term," Merz said at

Cristian Retamal, Chile's former negotiator at the annual UN climate talks, hopes this week's conference in Colombia will lead to the start of a new global political movement. Retamal is in Colombia's northern coastal city of Santa Marta, where representatives from more than 50 countries are meeting for the first-ever conference on transitioning away from

In autumn 2024, Russia launched massive aerial assaults on Ukraine, pounding its energy system and raising fears about the safety of its nuclear power plants. Several reactors were disconnected from the grid. One shut down entirely. "It wasn't that we were scared," says Shaun Burnie, recalling that night. "It was that we were terrified." For

Running a cozy little bookshop where readers can meet and connect over their favorite authors is a dream shared by many book nerds. But beyond the romanticized idea, the independent bookstore business is renowned for being risky, which is why most people never get to follow that dream. There is a creative and popular alternative, however: The Open