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Soldiers walk next to a site where a roof of a house was destroyed after suspected Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine, in Wyryki, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, on Wednesday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2025
Suspected Russian incursion in Poland raises drone defense questions for NATO
NATO’s more traditional air defense systems were designed to protect against missiles and manned aircraft.
Warsaw's skyline in July
WORLD
Sep 10, 2025
Poland downs drones, becoming first NATO member to open fire during Ukraine war
Moscow denied responsibility for the incident, with a senior diplomat in Poland saying the drones had come from the direction of Ukraine.
Shipping containers are parked at Thar Dry Port in Sanand in the western part of Gujarat, India, on Aug. 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2025
Trump floats massive tariffs on China and India to pressure Russia
Other potential measures include further sanctions on Russia’s oil tankers and finance sector.
Azamat Iskaliyev, accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, stands in a courtroom cage as he is sentenced to 19.5 years in jail, in Saratov, Russia, on July 9.
WORLD / Society
Sep 9, 2025
Heroes and villains: Russia braces for eventual return of its enormous army
Verstka, an independent Russian media outlet, calculated in October last year that almost 500 civilians had become victims of veterans returning from fighting in Ukraine.
Medics treat an injured Ukrainian serviceman, whose call sign is "Surovyi," at a joint stabilization point near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2025
'Five days to get out': a Ukrainian soldier's remarkable escape
His experience underlines the difficulty both armies face when operating along and near the point of contact, with drones posing a terrifying new battlefield threat.
U.S. President Donald Trump salutes the troops during the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday parade in Washington on June 14, which coincided with his 79th birthday. Trump 2.0 is reshaping global alliances with new defense and diplomatic strategies.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 9, 2025
‘Trump Doctrine’ a fundamental challenge to allied unity
Many in traditional foreign-policy circles struggle to see the method in Trump’s pursuit of “strategic surprises.”
Smoke rises over Kyiv after a Russian missile strike on Sunday, reportedly the largest mass strike of the war.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2025
Russia hits Ukraine with biggest air attack of war
Russia launches drones, missiles on Ukraine, Zelenskyy appeals for stronger air defenses.
German soldiers unload the U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system in Jasionka, Poland, in January 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
Europe’s military limits show why it’s desperate for U.S. help
The U.S. provides most of NATO’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including satellites.
Drone pilot Rubik controls a FPV drone during a training flight at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2025
Killing for points on Ukraine's front line
Ukraine has launched a new system in which drone pilots can earn points for each Russian soldier killed or piece of equipment destroyed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits an interactive exhibition in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025
Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his country under postwar security guarantees.
U.S. President Donald Trump displays a photo of himself with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on Aug. 22.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2025
Putin sees only U.S. weakness in Ukraine
Few Ukrainians swallow the enthusiastic talk in the West about security zones and U.S. guarantees.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron speak during a news conference following the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2025
26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security guarantees, Macron says
A meeting of the "coalition of the willing" was intended to finalize security guarantees for Ukraine and ask U.S. President Donald Trump for backing.
A Ukrainian Railways HRCS2 Hyundai Rotem train that was hit by a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv on Aug. 28. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to hold talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy if the Ukrainian president came to Moscow.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2025
Putin tells Ukraine: End war via talks or I will end it by force
However, the Russian leader indicated no willingness to soften his long-standing demands, including that Kyiv abandon any idea of joining NATO.
A teacher and children walk down a corridor during the first day of the new school year at an underground school, which was built to protect children from Russian missile attacks, in Kharkiv on Monday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 3, 2025
Ukrainian children open school year by heading underground
Some 17,000 children in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, are attending schools set up underground to avoid the danger of Russian attacks.
The plane transporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her staff lifts off from the tarmac of Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in Mihail Kogalniceanu, near Constanta, Romania, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2025
GPS system of EU chief's plane jammed, with Russian interference suspected
The EU did not address the question of whether it believe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's airplane had been deliberately targeted.
People use their phones in a garden in Moscow on June 22. Many Russians have turned to the private messaging service Telegram as the government bans Western social media platforms.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2025
Russian influencers are thriving on Telegram
Since 2021, Telegram’s monthly active users in Russia have risen to 120 million, more than 90% of the country’s internet users.
Volunteers identify the bodies of fallen soldiers in Dobropillya, Ukraine, on Aug. 23. In an interview on Sunday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he is bracing himself for the possibility that the war in Ukraine could go on for a long time.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2025
Merz sees war in Ukraine dragging on with no clear end in sight
The German chancellor says he hasn’t given up hope that a ceasefire can be secured in Ukraine, but he’s "not under any illusions either.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet one another at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington in February.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2025
The Nobel Prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled
The fallout of a disputed between the two leaders risks pushing India closer to American adversaries in Beijing and Moscow.
Andriy Parubiy delivers a speech during a NATO session in Budapest in 2015. The Ukrainian lawmaker, who formerly served as speak of parliament, was shot dead in Lviv on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2025
Andriy Parubiy, a leading political figure in Ukraine, shot dead
Parubiy was a former speaker of Ukraine's parliament and was a top figure in the country's pro-European protest movements in 2004 and 2014.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a joint news conference in Toulon, France, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025
German and French leaders push for secondary sanctions on Russian backers
The two European leaders are increasing pressure on Moscow as U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts sputter.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Defense Development 2025 military exhibition event ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this picture released Sunday.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 

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