“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
