Geopolitics & security

A UN expert's assessment put US strikes on alleged drug boats in a legal frame.

Heavy rain and landslides killed at least four as millions were told to evacuate.

Two outlets gave differing injury counts from a shooting near a school in western Turkiye.

British Columbia filed suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman over the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.

Germany's coalition politics met a Berlin result that lifted the Left as the AfD gained.

Ukrainian officials reported deaths from Russian strikes as Zelenskyy travelled to the UN.

The Kremlin's party kept its dominance as voting concluded, and analysts are watching how the result is used rather than the count itself.

AI safety is being folded into a wider trade and technology contest, with Europe squeezed between the two economies.

Ceuta's stranded migrants, US deportation deals and abuse allegations in Equatorial Guinea point at the same hard edge of enforcement.

A UN assessment of a lethal counter-narcotics campaign raises legal and diplomatic risk for Washington.

A re-intensifying storm tests Japan's evacuation, transport and power systems.

A press boycott, a lawsuit and a 32% approval reading land in the same news cycle.

The barrage described as the largest on the Russian capital landed on the final day of Russia's parliamentary vote, as Moscow also moved to protect its rail network.

Trade and technology are back on the table as Washington and Beijing open talks before a planned leaders' meeting.

Doha pressed for a Gulf security framework with Tehran and offered to revive Iran-US talks, as Houthi missile fire on Saudi Arabia and allied hesitation widened the region's fault lines.

A long-running investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moise produced a fresh wave of extraditions and arrests.

Paris and Ottawa moved to deepen their relationship as Canada weighs a closer role with the European Union.