“The Truce Between Israel and Hamas Holds, Though Fully Ending the War Will Be Difficult,” Vance Says

The U.S. Sends Delegation to Israel to Monitor Compliance and Prepare for the Next Phase of Settlement

Russia Shelled Kyiv and Other Ukrainian Cities, Killing Six People Including a Six-Month-Old Baby

The Attacks Followed Trump’s Failed Attempt to Persuade Putin to Halt the Fire and Came on the Eve of Zelensky’s European Tour

The U.S. Government Shutdown Has Lasted Three Weeks

Flight Delays Increase Public Pressure as Divisions Grow Within the Republican Party Over How to End the Crisis

Russia Conducts Strategic Nuclear Forces Drill

Putin Oversees Exercise Involving Yars and Sineva Missile Launches and Tu-95MS Bombers

Russian Strike Hits Kindergarten in Kharkiv

One Person Killed as Children Shelter from the Blast and Suffer Severe Trauma

The Trump-Putin Summit in Budapest Has Been Postponed

The White House Halted Preparations, Saying the Parties Are Not Yet Ready for Talks

Russian Drones Attacked a UN Convoy Near Kherson

The Next Day, Military Bloggers Circulated Footage of the Strike, Portraying It as a “Success”

U.S. Declares a “War on Narco-Terrorists” and Prepares Covert Operations Against Venezuela

Trump Pivots Foreign Policy Toward Latin America, Blending Threats, Sanctions, and Promises to Allies

The Centralization of Power in Ukraine

The Trukhanov Case Shows How Martial Law Has Become a Tool for Strengthening the Presidential Vertical

Falling Living Standards Boost Support for the Far Right

Disillusionment with Social Policy Drives Voters Toward Populists

The Court Allowed Trump to Take Control of the Oregon National Guard but Upheld the Ban on Its Deployment

The State Attorney General Called the Decision a Dangerous Precedent Allowing the President to Send Troops Into the Streets Without Cause

Europe Scales Back Aid to Ukraine Despite New NATO Initiatives

Switzerland’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung Writes That the Potential for Support Remains Largely Untapped

Russia Keeps Its Economy on a War Footing but Faces Shortages of Labor and Technology

The Delay in Rearmament Gives the U.S. and Europe an Opportunity to Tighten Sanctions and Export Controls

Democrats Are Losing Faith in Their Chances of Victory

The 2026 Elections Under Trump’s Second Term Become a Test of the Resilience of American Democracy

Merz Intensifies Anti-Migration Rhetoric, Comparing Himself to a Father Protecting His Daughters

The Chancellor Is Accused of Pandering to the Far Right and Trying to Co-Opt Their Agenda Ahead of the Elections

Japan Is Led by a Woman Prime Minister for the First Time

Ultra-Conservative Sanae Takaichi Comes to Power After a Crisis and Promises to Continue Abe’s Course

The White House Uses the Shutdown as a Tool to Purge the Bureaucracy

The Trump Administration Fires Thousands of Officials, Citing a Fight Against the “Woke Bureaucracy”

Internal Opposition

Progressive Democrats Accuse the Party Leadership of Being Too Soft on Trump and Demand a Tougher Stance

The U.S. Is Moving Toward Competitive Authoritarianism

Former Intelligence Officials Warn of a Systemic Erosion of Democracy Under a Second Trump Term

A British Field Marshal Urges Kyiv to Negotiate with Moscow

Lord Richards Says Ukraine Cannot Win Without Direct NATO Involvement and That the West “Has Let It Down by Failing to Provide the Means for Victory”

China’s Economy Loses Momentum Amid the Trade War with the U.S. and a Property Crisis

Weak Domestic Demand Pushes Beijing to Bet on Exports and Industry

In Ternopil, a Military Recruitment Office Announced the Mobilization of “Combat Groups”—a Day Later, Police Uncovered Kidnappings and Torture

Soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade Became Criminal Suspects, Though No Link to the Recruitment Office Has Been Confirmed

A Federal Court Blocked Trump’s Plan to Deploy Troops to Illinois

The Appeals Court Ruled There Was No Basis for Deploying the National Guard Despite White House Claims of “Chaos and Lawlessness”

Protests Against the Trump Administration Erupt Across All Fifty States on October 18

The No Kings Movement Unites Millions of Americans Opposing Authoritarianism and the Country’s Militarization

Ukraine’s European Allies Increase Purchases of Russian Fuel

The EU Continues to Send Billions to Moscow, Feeding Its War Economy

The Global Economy Is Slowing, Though the U.S.-China Tariff Standoff Proved Softer Than Expected

The IMF Sees Risks From an Overvalued AI Market and Weakening Global Demand

Kyiv Strips Odesa of Its Mayor, Language, and Memory

Zelensky Is Accused of an Assault on Democracy

Macron Wanted to Rewrite the Rules of French Politics

Now His Own Reform Project Is Crumbling Under the Weight of the System He Created

NASA Brings Other Companies into the Artemis Mission

The Agency Believes SpaceX Is Falling Behind Schedule and Losing Ground to China in the Space Race

After an Amazon Web Services Outage, Europe Revives the Debate on Digital Sovereignty

The Incident Highlighted the Continent’s Dependence on U.S. Cloud Providers and Brought Digital Autonomy Back Into Focus

Peace Prize—War Alarm

Why the Nobel Awarded to María Corina Machado Became a Political Signal Within Venezuela and Beyond

The AI Industry Is Built on Faith in Endless Growth

Why This Logic Could Lead to a New Crisis?

Europe Strives for Technological Independence, but the Dream of Its Own Microchips Remains Far from Reality

Politicians Overlook the Continent’s Real Strengths in Pursuit of an Illusion of Autonomy

From Superintelligence to Sex Bots

OpenAI Will Allow Adult Erotic Conversations in ChatGPT

America Is Choking on Its Growing Debt

Ray Dalio Warns of Alarming Parallels to the Prewar Era

The Population of North Atlantic Right Whales Has Grown for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Scientists Call the Progress Encouraging but Fragile