The EU’s enlargement process is facing a defining credibility test, with candidate countries from Ukraine to the Western Balkans growing frustrated by decades of delays. Can Brussels finally make enlargement real?
Hunter Biden told the BBC his father’s presidential pardon was ‘not good’ for the US or Joe Biden’s legacy. He also revealed the former president’s cancer has spread.
President Zelensky warned Saturday that Ukraine faces winter with virtually no working thermal power plants after Russian strikes killed four, including a child. The attacks are part of a sustained campaign that has gutted the country’s energy grid ahead of its most critical heating season.
Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant came within millimetres of an emergency shutdown as the Danube reached critical flood levels last week. The near-miss is intensifying scrutiny over climate risks at the facility and its planned expansion.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark trilateral defense pact in Riyadh, formalizing military cooperation in a move that reshapes regional security dynamics. The agreement arrives as progressive Democrats in the U.S. push to overhaul American foreign military policy following a surprise Senate primary result.
Ukrainian paramedics are abandoning ambulances mid-response as Russian FPV drones hunt medical vehicles across the front lines. At least 23 ambulances have been destroyed or damaged in just three months.
Leipzig/Halle Airport suspended operations Wednesday night after a drone carrying explosive material triggered a security alarm near its main taxiway. It’s the second such incident at the German cargo hub in under three months.
Along Finland’s 1,340-kilometre border with Russia, farmers and rural landowners have quietly become a frontline layer of the country’s national security network. Their daily routines, sharpened by years of Cold War vigilance, now carry new weight in NATO’s most sensitive eastern zone.
Trump forcefully denied reports of a US weapons shortage this week and threatened to pursue officials leaking defense information to the media. But publicly available data on artillery rounds and missile production timelines tells a more complicated story.
ACT politician Mark Parton has admitted he sent a text saying ‘my job is boring’ during an official meeting, reversing his earlier denial of the complaint. He insists the message was not sent to a sex worker, as originally alleged.
Kim Yo Jong has threatened military options against Japan, calling Tokyo’s defence buildup a transformation into a “war state.” The warning comes as Japan doubles its defence budget and deploys missiles to its outer islands.
France’s coalition government is teetering, Spain is breaking heat records at 46.3°C, and the IMF has cut its global growth forecast — here’s everything that mattered on August 5th, 2026. Tonight’s bulletin covers politics, climate, markets, and culture in one sharp read.
From a fresh flare-up on Europe’s eastern borders to a surprise dip in global markets, August 5th is shaping up to be a day packed with consequences. Here’s everything you need to know at midday.
Tuesday’s evening news bulletin covers diplomatic collapse in Vienna, an ECB rate hold that rattled markets, and a record 46°C heatwave scorching southern Spain. Here are the stories that defined August 4th, 2026.
Drone strikes are killing civilians across Sudan and forcing humanitarian teams to suspend or reroute aid operations in some of the country’s hardest-hit areas. The UN’s OCHA is warning that the attacks are pushing an already catastrophic crisis toward complete collapse.
Hezbollah’s leader has condemned US-brokered Lebanon-Israel negotiations in Rome as ‘shameful’ and ‘humiliating,’ even as both sides meet for a seventh round of direct talks. The group’s fierce rejection threatens to complicate an already fragile diplomatic process.
The UN’s OCHA has warned that the humanitarian fallout from the Middle East crisis is worsening by the day, with millions of civilians losing access to water, power, and medical care. Aid agencies say they’re facing a funding gap of nearly $900 million as conditions deteriorate across the region.
Thousands of young Palestinians are turning to freelancing and remote work as a rare economic escape route in Gaza. Their stories offer a glimpse of what recovery could look like — if the infrastructure holds.
From a fresh political shake-up in Paris to record summer travel chaos at European airports, Monday morning is already packed with news. Here’s everything that matters heading into the week.
Trump told White House reporters Iran is facing its ‘last chance before decapitation’ and demanded the Strait of Hormuz be fully open by Tuesday. The stunning ultimatum sent oil markets surging and put U.S. military assets in the region on high alert.
