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Tommy Robinson Is Not the Problem. He Is the Reckoning.

The parties Europe once called fringe are no longer fringe. Europe is shifting to the right, as voters who feel their leaders stopped listening increasingly make their frustration clear at the ballot box

Iran Captures American Military Drone in Strategic Gulf Waterway

Iran has recovered a US Navy Dive-LD underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz after the vehicle malfunctioned. Washington says it carried no classified equipment, but the intact drone could still give Tehran valuable insight into American undersea technology.

Jaishankar Warns Pakistan That Terrorism Will Carry Consequences

Jaishankar called Pakistan a “serial practitioner of terrorism” at the UNGA and warned that India would exercise its right to self-defence. His remarks answered Shehbaz Sharif’s claims on Kashmir, the Indus Waters Treaty and the 2025 military confrontation.

Friendly Fire: A Confidentiality Row Strains South Korea-Ukraine Ties

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has accused Zelensky of breaking a confidentiality pact by announcing at the UN that Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul. South Korea fears for the men, their families and peninsula stability.

Review, Retract, Repeat: The BBC’s Credibility Crisis Deepens Over Gaza ‘Journalists’

Fresh allegations over people described as Gaza journalists have intensified scrutiny of the BBC’s verification standards, adding to a record of misleading edits, regulatory findings and internal reviews that have failed to settle deeper questions about editorial accountability.

Winter Is Coming, and So Are the Faster Drones

Kyiv has come under drone strikes for a third straight day, with at least seven dead, dozens injured and TV channels knocked off air. With faster jet-powered drones, dwindling interceptors and tit-for-tat strikes rising, the air war is escalating just as peace talks try to restart.

Xi Snubs Donald Trump: China Refuses to Enforce US Sanctions on Iran

China has told Iran it will not comply with Washington's new sanctions, rejecting US pressure just days after the Trump-Xi summit. As Iran's biggest oil buyer, taking over 80% of its exports, Beijing's refusal could decide whether the US campaign to economically isolate Tehran succeeds or fails.

One in Eight Haitians Driven From Home as Violence Spreads

Nearly 1.5 million Haitians, about 12% of the population, are now displaced, and nearly 80% are outside Port-au-Prince as gang violence spreads into once-safe regions. With hurricane season underway, US deportations rising and aid less than half funded, the crisis is growing on every front.

US Revives Ukraine Peace Effort With Proposed UAE Meeting

The US has proposed technical-level talks between Ukraine, Russia and Washington in the UAE, reviving a peace track stalled since February. Zelenskyy says Kyiv is ready and awaits a date, while the Kremlin says a meeting could happen soon, even as a Putin-Zelenskyy summit remains out of reach.

Too Dangerous to Operate: ArcelorMittal Shuts Ukraine's Biggest Steel Plant

ArcelorMittal has halted Ukraine's largest steel plant after four missile strikes in five weeks killed five workers, and will book a $1 billion impairment. With 12,500 jobs at stake in Zelenskyy's hometown, one of Ukraine's biggest foreign investors is stepping back from the war zone.

Brace for Escalation: The War Is About to Get Bigger, Macron Warns

Emmanuel Macron warns there are "several signs" that Russia may mobilise around 300,000 men, possibly without public announcement, as it pushes for the entire Donbas. Moscow denies it, but with Poland, Denmark and France all sounding alarms, Europe is bracing for a war that could grow bigger.

UN Security Council has Condemned Escalating Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia

In a rare show of unity, the UN Security Council has condemned escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, demanding an end to strikes on civilians and energy sites, as the rebels tighten a Red Sea blockade and Riyadh's new defence allies Turkey and Pakistan weigh their response.

90 Days to Havana? Inside America's Cuba War Planning

The US Army Reserve is assessing whether it can supply military police, medical and logistics units to Southern Command within 90–120 days, in planning officials link to Cuba. No deployment orders exist, but it follows months of sanctions, an oil blockade and Trump's vow that Havana 'will fall'.