Le Pen’s National Rally Wins First-ever Formal Group in French Senate, as Immigration and Ukraine War Costs Drive Europe Rightward
China How Beijing Paid British Academics to Build Its Spy Machine October 2, 2026The money arrived like any ordinary research grant. It carried an institute's name, a polite covering note and no whiff of espionage. Then, on 30 September 2026, more than 100 British academics learned... Read more
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Iran completes Chabahar-Zahedan Railway, Opening a New Route for India Toward Central Asia September 29, 2026
West Asia As Houthi Missiles Rain Down on Saudi Arabia, UAE Vice President Flies into Riyadh to Heal Yemen Rift September 30, 2026 Read more
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Europe Le Pen’s National Rally Wins First-ever Formal Group in French Senate, as Immigration and Ukraine War Costs Drive Europe Rightward September 29, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine’s parliament nears final vote on decriminalising adult content, with tax revenue framed as a drone fund September 29, 2026
Geopolitics Trump Rejects Iran’s Peace Plan, keeps Naval Blockade as Talks Continue through Mediators September 29, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Trains its War Orphans for a Future in Uniform, as the Fight Outlasts a Generation of Fathers September 29, 2026
Geopolitics UK Releases Five Fairford Terror Suspects on Bail Within a Day; Trump and Rubio Point to Foreign Involvement September 29, 2026
US-China Trump Offered Xi American Weapons as Taiwan’s $14bn Arms Deal Sits Frozen September 28, 2026