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Punch, a young macaque who captured worldwide attention, is outgrowing the soft plush toy that soothed him after he was initially spurned by his mother and fellow primates at a Japanese zoo. Photos of the seven‑month‑old hauling a toy larger than himself drew notice to Ichikawa City Zoo,

John Healey arrived in Cyprus on Wednesday night to ease the diplomatic repercussions after a drone slipped past detection and struck an RAF base, sparking anger among local ministers. British officials think the drone that struck the RAF base in Cyprus avoided detection by flying low and slowly, and was

As a father of four, Viktor Ilchak was not expected to be called up. Ukrainian law exempts men with three or more children from mobilisation. His wife and children wept and pleaded with him not to go to the front, yet he had already decided. “A true Capricorn, very obstinate,

In retaliation for the U.S.–Israeli missile strikes, Iran has begun an outright campaign of economic warfare. If the hostilities persist for another week, the repercussions will spread worldwide as the third post‑pandemic price jump sweeps through markets. For the United Kingdom, another squeeze on household budgets arrives

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second child of the late Ali Khamenei, is widely rumored to be the next supreme leader of Iran, a move that would place a hard‑line figure at the helm of the Islamic Republic during its most unsettled phase in its 48‑year existence and signal that,

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, answered Donald Trump’s stark warning to halt all trade with Spain after his government declined to support the United States’ ongoing strikes against Iran, likening the escalating Middle‑East tension to a game of “Russian roulette with the fate of millions”. Sánchez, a