India
India takes ASEAN-centred defence agenda to Cebu security meeting
Rajnath Singh will address regional security and use bilateral meetings to review defence ties with the bloc and its eight dialogue partners.
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India
Latin America
Severe hunger grips nearly six million Haitians as gangs cut food routes
Food insecurity is projected to reach 6.35 million people by mid-2027 as violence, displacement, prices and an extreme El Niño compound the emergency.
Europe
German arrests link suspected sabotage network to sites in two countries
Two Belarusian nationals are suspected of planning arson near Nuremberg, while Romania seeks them over a fire at a defence-industry park.
Oceania
Australia says China gave inadequate warning before Pacific missile test
Generic aviation notices and two hours of direct warning left Canberra demanding greater transparency over China's first submarine-launched intercontinental test.
Middle East
US warning raises prospect of a short, intense new Iran campaign
Gulf states were told to prepare for renewed fighting after the US midterms as forces, air defences and strike plans are repositioned across the region.
Latin America
Rubio seeks $45 million for Ecuador security as maritime campaign expands
The US secretary of state promised to request new security funds, deliver patrol vessels and sanction former officials, while defending joint boat strikes criticized by rights groups as extrajudicial.
Europe
Finland stages Europe's largest civil defense exercise since World War II
More than 2,000 people joined Shelter 2026 in Kuopio, rehearsing power and water failures, cyberattacks and missile threats as Finland strengthens its whole-of-society defense model beside Russia.
Latin America
US shifts counternarcotics campaign toward land operations in Latin America
After more than 60 lethal boat strikes, Washington is pursuing joint raids and direct action on land, sharpening disputes over sovereignty and civilian risk.
Africa
Somali pirates seize another tanker as hijackings spread far offshore
Six armed men captured the Eritrean-flagged Sibu 1 east of Yemen, the latest in a renewed series of commercial ship seizures linked to Somalia.
Europe
ICC condemns US sanctions on court president and senior trial lawyer
The Hague tribunal called the measures a direct assault on judicial independence as Washington widened a campaign that now reaches half of the court's judges.
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.
China
Typhoon Dolphin's remnants force mass evacuations and transit closures in Beijing
Beijing faced forecasts of more than 200 millimetres of rain in some districts, while thousands of residents were relocated and severe-weather alerts expanded across Hebei and Henan.