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U.S. armed forces leaders have been using radical Christian language about biblical “end times” to rationalize participation in the Iran conflict to service members, according to complaints filed with a watchdog organization. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) reports it has logged over 200 grievances from personnel in every

China’s annual Two Sessions convene this week, drawing thousands of political and civic representatives to Beijing from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau to approve laws, staff appointments and the budget during roughly a fortnight of tightly organized sessions. What are the Two Sessions? The gathering is named the

A proposal to designate English as an official language of New Zealand has passed its initial parliamentary test, despite mockery from opposition members and language experts who label it “unnecessary” and “cynical”. The measure aims to grant English, spoken by about 95 % of the population, the same legal standing as

One night in Tehran, 1980, my grandfather received an anonymous warning that the Islamic Republic intended to kill him. That same evening he, my grandmother and my fifteen‑year‑old mother escaped Iran on a last‑minute flight to Heathrow, using a forged passport. With two over‑packed suitcases they

German chancellor Friedrich Merz, who was in Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump, said he emphasized that Ukraine should not be forced to concede any more territory during his discussion with the American leader. He added that sustained assistance for Ukraine remains essential, noting that the country marked

Israel and the United States stepped up their assaults on Iran on Tuesday, dispatching successive waves of strikes aimed at command centres, key government offices and missile launch installations, while Donald Trump announced he had dismissed what he described as Tehran’s bid to revive talks. Iran answered with hundreds