North Korea commissioned its second 5,000-ton destroyer in Wonsan, the Kang Kon, with Kim Jong Un calling it part of the country's nuclear response system capable of "annihilating retaliatory strikes."

Convicted genocide perpetrator Ratko Mladić is being buried with military honors in Belgrade on Monday, as thousands paid tribute and rival football ultras chanted his name earlier this week.

Iran's Security Council Secretary Rezaei denied sanctions are causing famine and said Iran has ample food stocks. The secretary vowed retaliation for a US strike and announced a planned restricted zone near the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli airstrikes hit Nabatieh and nearby towns in southern Lebanon through Sunday night and Monday morning, killing at least eleven people and damaging a hospital.

French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon called Germany's plan for Europe's first conventional army "unacceptable" following the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt result, while also proposing the ECB cancel its holdings of French debt.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Israeli prisons are now "hell" under his policies, calling this a deterrent to attacks. He also claimed that flotilla organizers are waiting for his removal before launching another campaign.

Ursula von der Leyen is visiting Greenland as the EU prepares a major investment push to strengthen Arctic security and deepen its ties with the strategically important territory.

Zelensky thanked Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their first visit to Ukraine, linking their presence in Kyiv to a pause in Russian strikes as U.S., Ukrainian, and European officials pursued renewed peace talks.

The AfD secured 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt exit polls, more than twice the CDU’s share, delivering its strongest result since its 2013 founding while leaving open whether it can assemble a governing majority.

Hong Kong imported almost 100 tons of Russian gold in the first seven months of 2026, nearly three times the year-earlier level, as western sanctions redirect Moscow’s bullion trade toward China and other eastern markets.

Trump’s approval has fallen to 33% as voters grow increasingly pessimistic about the economy, tariffs and household finances, raising fresh risks for Republicans less than two months before November’s midterm elections.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece’s upgraded F-16s, Rafales and incoming F-35s had created what he called military “superiority,” arguing that Athens could not simply leave such an advantage unused.

Ukraine’s Parliament is considering legalizing pornography as lawmakers seek to tax thousands of OnlyFans creators, with supporters estimating the change could raise up to $25 million a year for defense-related needs.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that large-scale industrial job losses could put significant parts of Germany’s prosperity at risk, while conceding that his government has so far failed to do enough.

The Kremlin described Putin’s three-hour meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as “highly useful,” but offered no evidence that Moscow had shifted its position or that the talks had narrowed the gap over ending the war.

European defense officials fear the continent lacks the public resilience, political cohesion and military capacity to sustain a prolonged conflict with Russia as Washington prepares to reduce its conventional defense role.

U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple economists’ forecast, prompting markets to raise bets on a Fed hike even as Donald Trump demanded sharply lower borrowing costs.

Gideon Sa’ar said Israel is preparing to retaliate if Britain imposes measures over illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, escalating a dispute over the E1 project and London’s wider policy toward Israeli settlements.

German industrial employers are challenging the 35-hour week as manufacturing output falls and labor costs climb, with executives arguing that longer hours without higher weekly pay could restore competitiveness.

Donald Trump said Spain was heading for destruction as he linked the country’s migrant crisis to a wider dispute with Madrid over NATO spending, while also criticizing the U.K., France, Iran policy and the war in Ukraine.