16 h. ago Trump Says Global Security Hinges on U.S. Controlling Greenland

Why a Vast, Icy Island Keeps Superpowers Dreaming — and Why That Matters to You On a blustery morning in Nuuk, the capital’s seaside slope is a patchwork of brightly painted houses, fishing boats tied like beads along the quay, and the faint hum of a community that has always negotiated the edge of the […]

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30 h. ago Ukraine says it held substantive security talks with United States officials

When the lights go out: a winter of strikes, talks and the hum of generators There is a brittle quiet to winter nights in southeastern Ukraine, the kind that sharpens every sound—the scrape of boots on ice, the tinny clink of kettle on a gas stove, the shuffle of people moving from room to room […]

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36 h. ago Inside Poland’s New Safety Guide: Essential Rules, Tips and Precautions

When the Postman Delivers a Survival Manual: Poland’s New Safety Guide and the Everyday Politics of Preparedness It arrived in the mailbox like a neighborly leaflet—thicker, heavier, and far more charged than any supermarket flyer. Seventeen million copies, the government says. Forty-eight pages of instructions, maps and blank spaces for family plans. A government reaching […]

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42 h. ago EU ambassadors to convene after Trump’s looming threat of tariffs on EU

When Tariffs Meet Ice: How a Twitter-Style Ultimatum Threw Greenland and Europe into Crisis On a winter afternoon that felt ordinary to the untrained eye, a short, blunt message set off a chain reaction that stretched from the fjords of Nuuk to the marble halls of Brussels. The message came not from a formal diplomatic […]

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3 d. ago Didi Hamann oo bannaanka keenay sirta ka dambaysa guulaha Barcelona

XIGASHO LAACIB.NET Xiddigii hore ee Jarmalka, Didi Hamann, ayaa ku tilmaamay xiriirka aadka u wanaagsan ee Hansi Flick la leeyahay ciyaartoyda Barcelona mid ka mid ah qodobbada ugu muhiimsan ee guushiisa. Xiddigii hore ee Bayern Munich ayaa yiri: “Bal eeg Raphinha. Waxa uu soo baxay ka dib Super Cup-ka isagoo leh, ‘Waqtigaygii Barcelona isagoo dhammaaday […]

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3 d. ago Guddiga maamulka Gaza ayaa kulankoodii ugu horreeyay ku yeeshay Qaahira

Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda ee Masar Badr Abdelatty ayaa ka hadlay tallaabooyinka xiga ee lagu hirgelinayo heshiiska…

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4 d. ago Hamas: Forming Committee Is Essential to Securing Gaza Truce

After the guns fall silent: Gaza’s fragile bet on technocrats There is a hush in Gaza that feels less like peace and more like a held breath. Walk down any street in Gaza City and you will see the layers of that breath: children playing amid rubble-strewn lots, shopkeepers sweeping sand from doorways that once […]

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5 d. ago Nestlé apologizes after infant formula recall sparks parental safety concerns

When Trust Goes Flat: How a Global Infant-Formula Recall Became a Lesson in Fragile Supply Chains There are few things as intimate and immediate as the click of a mother’s spoon against the plastic rim of an infant formula tub at 3 a.m. It’s a ritual wrapped in routine and worry—an act of care that […]

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5 d. ago UN: More than 100 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ceasefire

Gaza’s Ceasefire That Didn’t Stop the Bombs: Children at the Center of an Unfinished Reckoning The wind that slips through the broken windows of Jabalia carries a dozen small sounds at once—the distant hum of generators, the clink of a teacup, a dog’s bark, and the muffled sob of a mother who has learned to […]

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7 d. ago Trump to meet opposition leader Machado amid mounting pressure on Venezuela

Outside El Rodeo: Waiting, Hope and the Politics of a Prisoner Release On a dusty stretch of road about 30 kilometres west of Caracas, tens of relatives sleep in the stubborn buzz of fluorescent lights and the occasional bark of a security guard’s radio. Tents, folding chairs and the smell of strong coffee mix with […]

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8 d. ago Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland Marks a Historic Geopolitical Shift

From Hargeisa to the Security Council: A Small Port, a Big Diplomatic Ripple When I first arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, the city felt like a place suspended between eras — dusty markets, neon barber signs, and a skyline of unfinished concrete that points skyward like a question. At a tea stall near […]

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9 d. ago Minister Says X’s Limits on Grok Image Edits Are ‘Window Dressing’

When a Button Becomes a Barrier: The Grok Paywall and a Nation’s Unease It began like so many small digital earthquakes do: a tweak in a codebase, an announcement in a terse reply, and then a rumbling chorus of alarm across phones and kitchen tables. X — the platform formerly known as Twitter — quietly […]

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1 week ago Former CIA Operative Convicted of Soviet Espionage Passes Away

A Quiet End to One of the Cold War’s Most Infamous Betrayals On a winter morning that felt like a page turning in an old spy novel, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency officer whose treachery shook the intelligence world, has died in custody at age 84. There […]

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1 week ago U.S., Ukraine Officials to Hold Talks on Security Guarantees

A Paris Pact, Not Yet a Peace: Allies Outline Guarantees for Ukraine — But Only After a Ceasefire There was a hum in the cool Paris air as leaders shuffled through the courtyard of the Élysée Palace — flags, flashbulbs and the low murmur of translators. For a day, the city of light became a […]

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1 week ago Ukraine’s Allies Commit to Strong, Comprehensive Security Guarantees

Paris, Promises and the Quiet Noise of War: Allies Forge “Robust” Post-Ceasefire Guarantees for Ukraine On a bright, brittle winter morning in Paris, beneath the ever-watchful facades of the Élysée, a small army of diplomats, soldiers and aides shuffled briefcases and blue folders. Cameras clicked; translators whispered. The spectacle could have been any summit, except […]

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1 week ago Media watchdog condemns Israel’s Gaza reporting ban, urges restored access

Locked Out: How Journalists Are Battling for a Right to Witness in Gaza On a grey morning in Jerusalem, a small group of foreign correspondents sat hunched over lukewarm coffee, scrolling through a government filing that felt like a last straw. The Israeli cabinet had told the Supreme Court it would continue to forbid independent, […]

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2 w. ago Somalia: Puntland Logistics Commander Killed in Roadside Blast in Al

A senior Puntland military officer and two other soldiers were killed on Sunday after a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the Al-Miskaad area, along the road connecting the port city of Bosaso and the town of Dhaadaar, security officials said.

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2 w. ago Israel’s Somaliland recognition aims to distract world from Gaza atrocities: Somalia UN Envoy

Somalia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Abukar Dahir Osman, said Israel's idea of recognizing Somaliland is "purely destructive" and aims to divert the world's attention from the atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank.

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2 w. ago Somalia: Prime Minister Meets Chinese Ambassador to Discuss Sovereignty and Security Cooperation

Mogadishu — The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, on Wednesday received the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Somalia, Wang Yu, at his office in Mogadishu, where the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation and regional political developments.

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2 w. ago Trump delivers stern warning to Hamas, Iran after Netanyahu meeting

On a Florida stage, a warning to the region: brinkmanship, honor, and the fragile arithmetic of peace The sun hung low over Palm Beach, gilding the columns where two leaders stood side by side, and for a moment the world felt very small — and very large — all at once. Speaking after a high-stakes […]

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