China removes two top generals from supreme military command body
The two senior military officers, Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, were removed from an updated list of deputies published by China's parliament alongside ten other lawmakers.
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Finland discontinues €20 million UNRWA funding agreement
Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights, didn't constitute genocide, experts find
Rwandan genocide suspect jailed for life in Netherlands for 1994 war crimes
Sweden to deploy fighter jets, warships to Finland amid fears of 'deteroriating security situation'
Sweden responded to a request from Finland to strengthen air defense over fears that the Russia-Ukraine war is spilling into NATO's northern borders with Russia.
UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show
In 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had 16,126 budgeted posts versus 12,051 this year and 8,540 in 2027, the budget documents showed.
CIA chief warned Moscow over Ukraine, Iran support, possible attack on NATO territory - report
CNN reported that Ratcliffe also used the trip to warn the Kremlin to cut off economic and military support for Iran.
Prosecutors say seven charged with damaging Trump Scottish golf course had 'terrorism connection'
Activists from the now-banned group Palestine Action were charged last year with criminal damage for spray-painting walls at the course with the slogans "Free Gaza" and "Free Palestine."
King Harald, Norway's reform-minded head of state, dies at 89
Harald's death comes at a tumultuous time for the royal family, as Crown Princess Mette-Marit faces public scrutiny for her friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
South Korea open to reviving North Korea talks, seeks progress on nuclear weapons
Seoul believes the resumption of talks between the US and North Korea should focus on progress on the North Korean nuclear weapons issue and must not undermine the country's security readiness.
US military uses laser to shoot down 3 Mexican cartel drones near border, officials say
The military said the drones posed "a physical threat" to US military and US Customs and Border Protection personnel.
South Korea, Japan and US to conduct joint drills next month - report
The exercise comes after US President Donald Trump scaled back a major joint exercise with South Korea.
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”
Trump says Iran is 'in deep trouble' as US maintains blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Asked why Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed or committed not to attack NATO territory, Trump responded, “I had good conversations with him. He is not going to attack NATO territory.”
