🇷🇺 Russia is spending around one-third of its budget on defense, but is burning through arms, ammunition and troops at an unsustainable pace, said a report published today. The Kremlin will be able to sustain its war effort in Ukraine for "two to three more years," said International...

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin is preparing to tighten his grip on power in an election next month, as his war in Ukraine grinds on. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s threat to abandon NATO allies if he returns to the White House has made the question of how to handle Russia’s authoritarian leader…...

🇮🇳 Indian security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to stop thousands of farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on the capital New Delhi after talks with the government failed. Local broadcasters showed thick clouds of tear gas fired to disperse protesters near Ambala, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north…...

🇮🇱 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped. CIA Director William Burns was due in Cairo for a new round of talks…...

Donald Trump on Saturday said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any NATO member country that didn’t meet its financial obligations to the defense alliance. "No, I would not protect you," he said. "In fact, I would encourage them [Russia] to do whatever the...