Sara Spinelli

Top military leaders told legislators in a closed‑door briefing on Tuesday that they may not be able to intercept every Iranian drone aimed at U.S. bases and assets in retaliatory strikes, according to two sources familiar with the discussion. The briefing, headed by the chairman of the Joint

Nearly six months after a surge of unprecedented youth‑driven demonstrations forced Nepal’s former prime minister to step down, citizens have begun casting ballots in a general election that appears to be a decisive clash between the entrenched establishment and an influential young movement. Prominent contenders in the race

Amid the typically dull roster of chiefly middle‑aged men in suits that compose the almost 3,000 representatives of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, a handful draw attention it itself. There are delegates representing China’s fifty‑five recognized ethnic minorities, many arriving in traditional

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s head of state, has charged Ukraine with striking one of its liquefied natural‑gas vessels, which blew up and sank in the Mediterranean off Libya. The blast was reported on the Arctic Metagaz, a carrier loaded with 61,000 tonnes of LNG, on Tuesday night while

China has lowered its GDP growth goal to a historic 4.5‑5%, marking the first sub‑5% projection since 1991, and signalling a shift from an export‑driven model toward a framework officials believe will better withstand external disturbances. Premier Li Qiang presented the 2026 target during the opening

The US‑Israel campaign against Iran entered its sixth day, with American forces said to be prepared to give air support to Kurdish fighters should they become involved. Kurdish officials told the Associated Press that dissident Kurdish groups from Iran, based in northern Iraq, were gearing up for a possible