China and Russia presented their masterplan for a new global order at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit currently underway in China’s port city of Tianjin, highlighting China’s growing ties with Central Asia. China’s President Xi Jinping called for a new global economic and security order that prioritizes the “Global South” in what is consideredContinue Reading
Some 8,000 German soldiers and armed forces from 13 other NATO countries are taking part in the multi-week “Quadriga 2025” exercises., Read MoreContinue Reading
A cost-of-living crisis and a government apparently impervious to the struggles of everyday people has ignited rage., Demonstrations have gripped Indonesia since late August when anger at a faltering economy erupted into full-blown violence following reports that politicians received a $3,000 housing allowance on top of their salaries – aContinue Reading
Almost one million remain in the city; those who flee risk death elsewhere in enclave, with no safe place to hide., The Israeli military’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza City is reducing entire neighbourhoods to rubble, forcing residents to flee in panic, with nowhere safe in the enclave, which has beenContinue Reading
The painting, Portrait of a Lady, had disappeared from the collection of a Jewish art dealer during World War II., Authorities in Argentina have opened a criminal investigation into the daughter of a former Nazi official and her spouse after an 18th-century painting stolen from a late Jewish art dealerContinue Reading
The East Asian nation known for its grueling work culture is trying to find a better work-life balance for its citizens., Seoul, South Korea – Go Kyoung-min, 34, a nurse at Severance Hospital in Seoul, found a new sense of balance in her life during the first half of this year.Continue Reading
The vice president lashed out at lawmakers who criticized RFK Jr.’s public health leadership Published September 4, 2025 5:44PM (EDT) Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press following a tour of the multiagency Federal Joint Operations Center at the Wilshire Federal Building on June 20, 2025 in Los Angeles,Continue Reading
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act in 1935, it was almost immediately challenged in the courts by employers who expected the Supreme Court to strike it down as unconstitutional, as it had with other New Deal reforms. For close to two years, employers openly floutedContinue Reading
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unapologetically defended his approach to health care and his restructuring of the nation’s health agencies during testimony Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee. Before the hearing even started, Democratic senators, health organizations and a group of current and former HHS employeesContinue Reading
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – The missile threat against the U.S. has quietly and significantly grown over the past four decades as U.S. adversaries have added more sophisticated missiles to their arsenals, investing in both the scope of their systems as well as their ability to reach the U.S. homeland, accordingContinue Reading
Russian forces struck a humanitarian demining team near Chernihiv on Thursday, killing two Ukrainian workers and injuring five others, local authorities and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) confirmed. The DRC said in a statement: “At the time of the incident, DRC teams were conducting purely civilian humanitarian activities—working to clearContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Armed Forces are expanding capabilities to counter strike drones like the Shahed and Geran, according to Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi. Russian forces regularly launch attack drones against Ukrainian cities across the country, hitting infrastructure, energy facilities, and civilian areas. Anti-drone defenses are vital to protect civilians and maintain Ukraine’sContinue Reading
Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan targeted for engaging with ICC, state department says., Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan targeted for engaging with ICC, state department says. The United States has added three prominent Palestinian rights groups, Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human RightsContinue Reading