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Hundreds of active-duty troops on are standby to deploy to Minnesota, Trump escalates tensions across Europe with new threats over Greenland, Israel raises objections over Trump's Board of Peace....
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Hundreds of active-duty troops on are standby to deploy to Minnesota, Trump escalates tensions across Europe with new threats over Greenland, Israel raises objections over Trump's Board of Peace....
A record number of 11 candidates are running in Sunday's presidential elections in Portugal, with a populist leader set to bring another political breakthrough to Europe's rising far-right parties....
Several European countries have dispatched soldiers to Greenland in a show of support for Denmark. But the US said the move won't change President Trump's intention to acquire the island....
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images The battlefield in Ukraine is changing constantly, and weapon...
Trump is expected to host signing ceremony for his Board of Peace on sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday but some key allies have yet to commit....
As President Zelensky says today that peace talks are progressing and that a U.S. security guarantee is “100 percent there,” awaiting only formal approval from President Trump, there has so far been n...
Emergency crews are responding to a train crash in southeastern Spain after it hit a construction crane. The incident has added to growing scrutiny of rail safety after two serious accidents this week...
ABC News' Mary Bruce asked President Donald Trump "what gives the U.S. the right" to take away the self-determination of Greenlanders who've said they don't want to be part of the U.S.?...
A delegation of mostly Democratic Senators is in the Danish capital to push back on Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Meanwhile, European soldiers have started arriving in Greenland. DW has ...
Jafar Panahi, a renowned Iranian film-maker, is urging the international community to help Iranian people because he says the Islamic Republic has lost its legitimacy and will stop at nothing to survi...
The 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade showcased a clip of a drone with a fishing rod-style device trying to take down enemy quadcopters. Red annotation by Business Insider. 46th Separate Air Mobile Bri...
Russia carried out another large-scale overnight assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure early Saturday, triggering explosions across Kyiv and cutting power to around 1.2 million properties nationw...
Syria's government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the SDF denied this, in an incident that threatens to derail a cea...
US President Donald Trump touched down in a tense Davos on Wednesday to give an "America First" speech that will push his world-shaking bid to seize control of Greenland. Trump's claims over the Danis...
US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British prime minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force. Trump named members of a b...
German judges have nixed an appeal by a Ukrainian national suspected of helping blow up an underwater gas pipeline to be freed from prosecution. Neighboring Poland is refusing to extradite his alleged...
In light of Iran’s internet blackout, Starlink has allowed some citizens to stay connected. How could its Direct to Cell service help mitigate future communications shutdowns and what role might the U...
Financial incentives for future parents have failed to have the desired effect. At the current rate, China's population could drop as low as 800 million by the year 2100, according to the United Natio...
President Ahmad al-Sharaa has postponed his visit to Berlin, for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, due to the political situation in his country. The repatriation of Syrian refugees was high on th...
European leaders are gathering in Hamburg to discuss energy and security cooperation. The summit comes on the heels of a fraught week that saw US President Trump continue pushing to acquire Greenland....