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Editorial image of two empty senior chairs in a formal conference room, symbolizing changes in China’s military leadership.

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China Expels Two Senior Generals From Party and Military

China has expelled generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the Communist Party and military, formalizing a leadership purge that leaves the country’s top command body unusually concentrated around Xi Jinping.

Mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border region at dawn with a distant aircraft

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Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan After Deadly Cross-Border Militant Attacks

Sep 21, 2026

Passengers walk beside a modern intercity train at a covered British railway platform.

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Chiltern Railways Returns to Public Ownership

Sep 21, 2026

Distant drones and searchlights above an oil refinery at predawn, with smoke rising from an illuminated industrial unit

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Ukraine Launches Largest Drone Attack Yet on Moscow

Sep 20, 2026

Air-surveillance radar overlooking the Riyadh skyline at blue hour.

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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Houthi Missile Aimed at Riyadh

Sep 20, 2026

Cargo trucks and a bus wait at an unbranded fuel station in La Paz at dawn.

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Bolivia Ends Diesel Subsidy After Congress Approves IMF Deal

Sep 19, 2026

An unmarked wooden passenger boat beside water containers and blankets on an arid shoreline at dawn.

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Yemen Fighting Displaces 112,000 as Thousands Flee by Sea

Sep 19, 2026

Empty international human-rights hearing room with desks and microphones before a formal session

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UN Mission Finds Possible U.S. War Crimes, Iranian Crimes Against Humanity

Sep 18, 2026

An unbranded diplomatic conference table with two document folders and empty chairs.

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EU Chief Proposes Canada as First Associate Member

Sep 17, 2026

A distant fighter aircraft above a radar installation in a Baltic countryside landscape

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Explosive Drone Shootdown Raises NATO’s Baltic Air-Defense Stakes

Sep 16, 2026

Arid Red Sea islands surrounded by calm blue water with a distant cargo vessel at dawn

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Houthis Seize Hanish Islands as Yemen War Expands

Sep 15, 2026

Indonesian search-and-rescue vessels surround an overturned passenger ferry in rough Java Sea waters at dawn.

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Indonesia Expands Search for 129 Missing After Ferry Capsizes

Sep 14, 2026

International delegates hold a diplomatic meeting around a circular conference table in a sunlit New Delhi venue.

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BRICS Calls for Middle East Restraint as Iran and UAE Sign On

Sep 13, 2026

Two civilian inspectors beside an oil pipeline crossing an arid desert landscape at dawn

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Saudi Arabia Shuts East-West Oil Pipeline After Drone Strikes

Sep 12, 2026

An unbranded cargo vessel transits a narrow sea corridor beside an arid coastline

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Houthis Seize Mocha as Red Sea Shipping Risks Deepen

Sep 11, 2026

Commercial cargo vessels traveling off an arid Red Sea coastline near the Bab el-Mandeb approach

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Houthi Capture of Mocha Raises Risks for Red Sea Shipping

Sep 10, 2026

Generic distant view of a secured industrial nuclear research complex under an overcast sky, with utility buildings and infrastructure but no identifiable signs or people.

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North Korea Adds 28-Cascade Enrichment Hall at Yongbyon, IAEA Says

Sep 9, 2026

A generic Eastern European residential skyline before dawn under a muted sky.

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Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv After U.S. Envoys Depart

Sep 8, 2026

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