Russia
Mini-Refineries Reveal the Limits of Russia's Fuel Response
The debate over small refineries points less to a viable fuel solution than to the strain on Russia's wartime economic management.
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Oceania
Japan and Australia advance frigate deal and deeper defense cooperation
Shinjiro Koizumi will meet Richard Marles in Canberra to discuss Mogami-class frigates, joint weapons development, testing, exercises and intelligence cooperation despite a recent political controversy.
Latin America
Colombia seeks joint US military operations against armed drug networks
Pete Hegseth said President Abelardo de la Espriella's new government requested US participation in operations inside Colombia and would join a regional security initiative led by Washington.
Asia
Trump orders reduction of US-South Korea military exercises
The White House tied the cutback to Seoul's refusal to support the Iran war and Trump's outreach to Kim Jong Un, raising questions about allied readiness as North Korea expands its missile arsenal.
China
China expands strategic pressure across the Pacific as global attention shifts
Undersea devices, missile tests, naval drills, cyber activity and technology controls form a widening pattern of pressure as regional states balance cooperation with stronger defenses.
United States
Trump threatens to declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory
The president linked his territorial threat to the US blockade and control of shipping, while Iran insisted that only Tehran can decide whether the international waterway opens or closes.
Middle East
US command tour highlights carrier strain as Middle East fronts remain unsettled
Adm. Brad Cooper visited the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln as the Iran war, deadly strikes in Lebanon, Gaza diplomacy and an Iran-Qatar dispute sustained pressure across the region.
Middle East
Austria and Greece enter widening effort to restart US-Iran diplomacy
Washington's contacts with Vienna and Athens were followed by calls to Tehran, broadening an uneven diplomatic search for a way out of the war and the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
Europe
Black Sea strikes threaten Egypt's food supplies as maritime attacks intensify
Kyiv warned that attacks on cargo shipping are reducing food deliveries and raising prices, while Moscow rejected a proposed halt to strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea.
Russia
Putin's first Kuril Islands visit triggers a sharp Japanese protest
The Russian president travelled to Iturup in the Moscow-controlled chain claimed by Japan, reinforcing rival sovereignty positions and further narrowing space for a postwar peace treaty.
Middle East
US forces set to leave Iraq by September 30 as militia disarmament remains unresolved
Baghdad and Washington expect the coalition mission to end on a fixed September deadline, but powerful Iran-backed groups reject a parallel demand to surrender their weapons.
United States
Michigan primary widens Democrats' progressive lane ahead of US midterms
Abdul El-Sayed's Senate nomination in a pivotal Midwestern state has intensified the Democratic debate over economic populism, Gaza, campaign money and the leadership the party will carry into 2026 and 2028.