UK’s Starmer announces 300-billion-pound defence investment plan  Al JazeeraBurnham’s chancellor will have to find extra £4.7bn for defence, says minister  BBCThe Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, …

A BODY has been found after a suspected bear attack amid a terrifying wave of fatal maulings in Japan. Authorities in northern Aomori prefecture said the 63-year-old victim was discovered in the mountains on Monday. Police are still investigating the c…

The earthquakes that hit Venezuela 6 days ago may have damaged or destroyed 58,000 buildings, NASA says, as rescuers race the clock to find survivors.

AN ELITE team of Ukrainian drone pilots are unleashing hell on Crimea – kicking off a “new chapter” of Vladimir Putin’s war, experts say. The Sparta brigade’s non-stop bombardment has plunged the peninsula into chaos – severing vital supply lines, spar…

Feliks’ journey resembles a Hollywood movie script, with kidnappers, smugglers and clandestine border crossings.

After U.S.-Iran War, Oman Said to Propose Hormuz Fee Plan  The New York TimesIran war updates: Tehran rejects third-party intervention for Hormuz  Al JazeeraIran Ratchets Up Talk of Controlling Hormuz Before New Talks  Blo…

Trump ally seeks to emulate Putin to stay in power in Serbia  Financial TimesSerbian President Vucic says he will resign within weeks amid student-led protests  CNNSerbia’s Vucic eyes new political chapter as he steps down from pres…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has named 15 members to the Defense Policy Board more than a year after the previous board was dismissed as part of a “zero-based” review of Pentagon advisory groups.