24 h. ago US government shutdown triggers massive air travel delays and cancellations

When Airports Turn Tense: How a Government Shutdown Ripples Through Travel There is a particular hum to an airport that usually smells of coffee and jet fuel, of small mercies and holiday plans. In recent days that hum has become jittery, punctuated by the kind of quiet that comes when people begin to wonder whether […]

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5 d. ago Georgian prime minister pledges sweeping crackdown after allegedly foiled coup

A City on Edge: Tbilisi’s Square Became a Mirror The air in Tbilisi on election day tasted metallic — not from the coffee or the sulfur baths, but from tear gas. It clung to clothes, to the crisp autumn sky, and to the conversations that had been building for a year. For a country that […]

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6 d. ago Russian strikes hit Ukrainian rail services, killing one and wounding 30

Smoke on the Platform: A Morning in Shostka After the Drones The air in Shostka tasted of metal and diesel the way winter tastes of coal — sharp, persistent, intrusive. At the town railway station, a carriage lay on its side like a fallen animal, its windows blown out, its blue-and-yellow seats singed. Smears of […]

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2 w. ago United Nations launches formal investigation into Trump’s alleged ‘sabotage’ claims

A Stutter on the World Stage: When an Escalator, a Teleprompter and a Sound System Became a Diplomatic Mystery The United Nations building sits like a small, multicolored city on the East River—flags snapping in the wind, booths humming with interpreters, and a perpetual tide of diplomats who move between meetings like tides between islands. […]

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2 w. ago How Uyghur forced labor can end up in your clothing supply chain

Behind the Price Tag: How a Piece of Cotton from Xinjiang Can End Up on Your Back Walk into a busy Irish high-street store on a drizzly afternoon and you’ll be greeted by neat piles of sweaters and cheerful signs promising “sustainably sourced” cotton. The labels are crisp. The lighting is flattering. The price feels […]

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2 w. ago NATO urges Russia to halt airspace breaches along eastern flank

When the Sky Felt Smaller: A Night of Jets, Drones and a Nervous Northern Europe It began with a thin, insistent crackle on the air traffic controller’s headset — the kind of sound that makes even an experienced controller sit up straight. In a small tower near Tallinn, the radar blip that shouldn’t have been […]

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2 w. ago Zelensky reports three people killed in Ukraine by Russian strikes

A Dawn of Sirens: When the Sky Became a Theater of War On a humid morning that began like any other for many Ukrainians, the sky turned into a stuttering nightmare. Air-raid sirens clawed through the streets of Kyiv, smoke rose in the distance, and within hours officials counted what they described as one of […]

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3 w. ago Russian Jets Allegedly Breach Estonia’s Airspace, Sources Say

When the Sky Stops Being Neutral: Jets, Drones and the New Face of European Pressure On a clear morning over the Baltic, the thread of routine that ties a small nation to its skies was snapped. Estonia’s air traffic controllers recorded three MiG-31 fighter jets crossing into their airspace without permission, lingering for twelve minutes […]

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3 w. ago Spain launches probe into alleged human rights violations in Gaza

When Courts, Capitals and Conscience Collide: Spain’s New Push for Answers on Gaza In a nondescript office building in Madrid, a small, newly formed team of investigators is gathering files, footage and witness statements that could one day ripple across international courtrooms. The attorney general has quietly decreed the creation of this unit to investigate […]

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3 w. ago Yulia Navalnaya says lab results point to her husband’s poisoning

A Cold Silence: New Claims, Old Wounds and the Question of Truth After Navalny’s Death The wind off the Arctic carries rumors differently. It strips them down to bones and leaves you with names, dates and the sharp, indelible scent of injustice. On a bitter February morning this year, the Russian opposition lost Alexei Navalny—47, […]

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3 w. ago Somalia: TikTokers arrested for insulting president in a dance video

Police in Somalia have arrested four TikTokers for allegedly insulting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a dance video.

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3 w. ago Romania scrambles fighter jets after drone intrudes into national airspace

At the edge of Europe: jets roar, villagers duck, and a drone crosses a line In the gray light before dawn, fishermen on the Danube pushed their boats away from the reeds and looked up. The sky over Tulcea county—flat, wide and threaded with migratory birds—was suddenly rent by the distant thunder of fighter jets. […]

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3 w. ago Romania Deploys Fighter Jets After Drone Violates National Airspace

When the Dawn Was Interrupted: Jets, Drones, and a Border That Feels Too Small At first light, the fishermen of Tulcea County noticed an answer to a question they had not yet finished asking. The sky was not the usual pale wash of Danube mist; it was punctured by a pair of F-16s—silver birds cutting […]

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4 w. ago Russian outlets accuse Ukraine of orchestrating drone incursion into Poland

Under the Radar: A Night of Drones, Doubt and Poland’s Crackling Airspace When the first alert lit up control rooms and kitchen radios in eastern Poland, it was the kind of small, sharp interruption that instantly feels larger than itself. “At 03:17 I woke up to the siren and news on the radio,” Maria Kowalczyk, […]

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last month Irish premier condemns Russian drones over Polish airspace as ‘reckless’

When the Sky Over Poland Became a Message There are nights that begin, and then there are nights that mark a turning point. For some residents of eastern Poland, the ordinary rhythm of dusk — bakery lights, scooters zipping home, children finishing homework — was fractured by the sound of jets being scrambled. For politicians […]

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