A drone struck the only nuclear power plant in the Arab world on Sunday. Nobody claimed it, and nobody was blamed — because accusing someone would mean having to respond.
Russia's Defence Ministry says it intercepted nearly 600 drones in a single night — and dozens still got through to strike a Moscow refinery and ground every flight at the capital's airports.
Iran has set up a formal toll authority, a 40-question intake form, and fees of up to $2 million per tanker for passage through the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that international law says should be free.
Trump left Beijing announcing billions in farm deals and 200 Boeing jets. China's Commerce Ministry confirmed the tariff cuts — and carefully avoided confirming anything else.
The waiver that let India buy Russian seaborne oil expired at midnight. The Treasury posted no notice, offered no explanation, and declined to comment.
Boeing gets a commitment for 200 aircraft. Beijing gets engine supply guarantees. And China's government quietly labels the whole thing "preliminary."
On Friday, 205 prisoners of war walked free from Russian captivity. On Saturday, 528 bodies followed. Overnight between the two, Russia launched 294 drones at Ukraine.
A French crimes-against-humanity judge will now investigate Mohammed bin Salman over Khashoggi's 2018 murder — after France's own prosecutors spent four years trying to keep the case closed.
Three days after Donald Trump departed Beijing, Vladimir Putin arrives to walk the same red carpet. The scheduling isn't coincidence — it's a signal that China, not Washington, sits at the center of great-power diplomacy.
The figure described as Islamic State's global second-in-command wasn't running operations from the Middle East — he was in a fortified compound in northeastern Nigeria. A joint US-Nigerian raid just changed that.
Israel says it struck the head of Hamas' military wing in a Gaza City apartment building. Seven people are dead, including three women and a child. The target's fate remains unconfirmed.
On the day Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their truce, Israeli strikes killed six people in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah drones fell in northern Israel. The contradiction is the story.
Trump's Beijing summit and BRICS talks both failed to produce anything tangible on Iran this week. The UAE's response was to fast-track a pipeline built on the assumption that the Strait of Hormuz stays closed.
Debris from the deadliest Kyiv strike in months shows missiles built this year with Western-made components. On the same day, 205 Ukrainian prisoners of war walked free.
The second CIA director to visit Havana since 1959 arrived the day after Cuba announced it had run out of fuel because of a US energy blockade. His message: Washington is prepared to engage, but only if Cuba makes 'fundamental changes.'
Two capitals, two airspace shutdowns, one government collapsed. Ukraine's long-range drone war with Russia is spilling into NATO territory — and the alliance's northern flank is proving it isn't ready.
Latvia spends 5% of its GDP on defence and couldn't detect three incoming drones. Its prime minister is the first European leader toppled by drone warfare — and Helsinki Airport shut down the same week.
Boeing shares fell 4 percent on China's 200-jet order — half what investors expected. Xi warned Trump that Taiwan could spark conflict. The 'fantastic deals' paper over deep strategic divides.
Two million jobs gone. Prices quadrupled. Seventy-five days without the internet. As Tehran's diplomats plead for condemnation at the BRICS summit, ordinary Iranians are calculating the cost in groceries — and running out of time.
Russia's Duma voted 381 to zero to give Putin legal authority to deploy troops into any country where he decides Russian citizens need protecting. The same week, the prison service revealed the inmate population has fallen 40 percent — drained by recruitment into the war in Ukraine.
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Von Clause