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Independent investigators commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States committed war crimes in two separate strikes in Iran on February 28, in a report published on September 17.…

The European Union has proposed an unprecedented new category of membership for Canada, offering to make it the bloc's first ever "associate member," a status that does not currently exist within EU frameworks, as trade tensions with the…

A widening divide has opened among the world's leading AI executives over how fast frontier AI development should proceed, with some pushing for a coordinated slowdown on safety grounds while others argue that any pause would hand a…

Rising global oil prices and worsening supply disruptions linked to escalating conflict in the Middle East are triggering fuel shortages, price spikes and growing public unrest around the world, with Pakistan among the countries now…

Around 400 soldiers, sailors and airmen from ten NATO nations took part in the Arctic Shield 2026 exercise in Greenland from September 7 to 18, a Danish-led operation aimed at strengthening the alliance's ability to defend the territory on…

China has strongly criticised the United States after its Space Force confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons into orbit, with Beijing warning against turning space into a battlefield and calling for an end to what it…

For decades, the standard answer from senior United States defence officials asked about American weapons in space was a careful non-answer. On 14 September 2026, that changed in a single sentence delivered mid speech, and the sentence was…

Last month, robots jumped, boxed and danced their way through the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, with some fleet-footed machines outrunning Usain Bolt's 100 metre pace. It made for good television. Two days after the games ended,…

Saudi Arabia has shut down its critical East-West oil pipeline after it came under drone attack, as the wider Middle East conflict escalates and Iran-aligned Houthi forces extend their control over Yemen's Red Sea coastline. The Saudi…

India's trade with BRICS nations has more than doubled over the past five years, climbing from $203 billion in 2020-21 to $417 billion in 2025-26, according to a new report by ASSOCHAM Global Research and Strategy Centre. The report,…