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NATO jet shoots down suspected Russian drone over Lithuania 

15 September 2026

News|NATO An Italian fighter jet flying for NATO has brought down what officials said was a suspected Russian drone in L...

US speaker rejects AI pause, warns of losing edge to China 

15 September 2026

US House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected calls to pause artificial intelligence development, arguing that doing so cou...

Blanche says admin will comply with mail ballot ruling, defends Trump 

15 September 2026

News|US Midterm Elections 2026 United States Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration would comply wi...

Kennedy Center closes amid financial crisis and Trump name dispute 

15 September 2026

The board of Kennedy Center in Washington, DC has voted to shutter the historic venue’s doors, citing what it describe...

Israel lacking respect for dead buried in Gaza rubble: UN 

15 September 2026

Areas in war-devastated Gaza continue to be razed by Israeli bulldozers with “no respect for the dead”, the United N...

More than 100,000 displaced as they flee violence in Yemen: UN 

15 September 2026

More than 100,000 people have been forced to flee the conflict in Yemen between the Houthi rebels and forces loyal to th...

Police crack down on protests against constitutional change in DR Congo 

15 September 2026

News|Protests Protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have spurned violent clashes as police cracked down...

Egypt’s Sisi meets MBS, backs Saudi call for secure Red Sea navigation 

15 September 2026

News|Mohammed bin Salman Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has backed Saudi calls for secure and unhindered naviga...

Lucy Letby inquiry blames hospital for ‘complete failure’ to protect babies 

15 September 2026

News|Courts A statutory public inquiry has blamed an English hospital for a “complete failure at all levels” to prot...

FBI’s Kash Patel defends hiring policy change on bestiality, prostitution 

15 September 2026

United States FBI Director Kash Patel has defended the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitutio...