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Deadly border clashes with Thailand displace more than 500,000 Cambodians

Asia / Pacific

China tells US to 'immediately' stop arming Taiwan after Washington approves arms package

Asia / Pacific
Focus

In Ukraine, Kyiv residents haunted by nightly Russian attacks

Europe
Scoop

Our journalists pick their top stories of 2025

Russia unleashes massive drone attack on central Ukraine, as peace talks stall

Europe

Russia hammers Ukraine's energy infrastructure as Florida peace talks continue

Europe

France takes anti-drone measures after flight over nuclear submarine base

France

Russian strikes kill dozens in western Ukraine as whole country placed on alert

Europe

Macron and Zelensky sign a letter of intent for Ukraine to purchase up to 100 Rafale fighter jets

France

Macron hosts Ukrainian leader Zelensky at the Elysée Palace

France

UN rights council orders probe of atrocities in Sudan's Al-Fasher

Africa
The Observers

Ukraine’s drone war is also being waged on the ground

Explosions rock Kyiv as mayor reports ‘massive’ Russian strikes across the capital

Europe

UK to send defence equipment to help Belgium combat drone disruptions

Europe

Massive Russian attack damages Ukraine's energy network, killing several

Europe
Talking Europe

'France importing Russian gas sends the wrong message': Latvian FM Braže

Europe

EU set to further tighten controls for Russians amid ongoing Ukraine aggression

Europe

Belgium probes drone sightings after flights halted overnight

Europe

Why Ukraine is struggling to hold on to the ruined city of Pokrovsk

Explainer
Europe
Focus

Ukrainian youth orchestra recreates sounds of Russian attacks

Europe

Brussels Airport resumes operations after drone scare disrupts flights

Europe

Amid Russia's relentless attacks on Ukraine's urban areas, will EU have to send boots on the ground?

Europe

Russia fires wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine: At least 6 killed

RUSSIA

Flights resume at Berlin airport after suspension over drone scare

Europe

Russia batters Ukraine’s energy grid with wave of deadly drone, missile attacks

Europe
The Observers

Kherson under fire: The reality behind the Russian drone strikes

France's AI drones set to revolutionise military surveillance

France

Zelensky appeals for stable European financial support for another two or three years

Europe

Drone attacks target Sudanese capital, Khartoum airport

Africa

Polish civilians prepare for possible Russian attack

Europe
Eye on Africa

Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening

Africa

Russian bloggers publish video of drone attack on UN convoy in Ukraine

'Pressure on Russia is the only way to force Putin' into serious peace negotiations with Ukraine

Europe

'Cruel irony': Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest, 'where Ukraine’s security was once guaranteed'

Europe

Ukraine talks: Trump admits Putin may be playing for time

RUSSIA

'Illusions of a dictator: Putin hasn't given Trump anything and is making him look bad & look weak'

Europe

Lithuania: children join drone school to build, programme and fly them

Europe

EU proposes 'flagship' defence projects to counter drones and protect its eastern border

Europe
The Debate

The Tomahawks are coming? As Trump sours on Putin, Ukraine asks for missiles

Europe

EU unveils 'flagship' defence projects to counter Russian threat

Europe

France adapts its military response to aerial incursions

France

NATO looks to bolster air defences in wake of Russian incursions

Europe

EU accuses Russia of 'gambling with war' after airspace violations

Europe

‘Pawns in Putin’s war game’: African women lured into drone factories

Analysis
Europe

RSF drone strike kills at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp

Africa

Russian attack on Ukraine's energy facilities plunges thousands into darkness

Europe

Belgium says it foiled suspected drone plot to attack prime minister

Europe

German federal police will in future be allowed to shoot down drones

Europe

German police to be given power to shoot down drones

Europe

Ukraine drone championship: from the frontline to war games

On the ground
Europe

Russia says it downed 251 Ukraine drones overnight, including one heading towards Moscow

Europe

Munich airport grounded by drone sightings for second day running

Europe
The World This Week

Gaza peace plan, European drone wall, pirate flags & Gen Z protests

Middle East

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Ukraine

Europe

German police investigates drone sightings after airspace violations

Europe

Drones, sabotage, surveillance: Moscow’s hybrid warfare takes to the high seas

Analysis
Europe

Germany: Drone sightings shut down Munich airport overnight

Shadow fleet enjoys freedom of the seas: How maritime law protects oil smugglers, spies & saboteurs

France

Munich airport resumes flights after drone sightings trigger closure

Europe

Munich airport reopens after drone sightings disrupt flights

Europe

Drone incursions show Russia seeking to escalate war, Zelensky warns Europe

Europe

Putin calls detention of Russia-linked tanker by France 'piracy'

Europe

EU leaders meet to plan defence strategy after drone incursions over Denmark

Europe

French navy boards Russia 'shadow fleet' ship, detains two

Europe
The Debate

Ready for the age of drones? Europeans scramble for solutions to hybrid threats

Europe

'Drone wall': Can Europe shield itself from Russian threats?

Analysis
Europe

'Drone Wall': EU summit in Copenhagen follows airspace violations

Europe

Gaza flotilla accuses Israel of 'intimidation' as it approaches war-torn strip

Middle East

France detains two crew members of Russia-linked tanker off western French coast

Europe

'Denmark is on high alert after reporting several drone incursions'

Europe

EU leaders meet to plan defence strategy after drone incursions over Denmark

Europe

Denmark bans civilian drone flights for EU summit after new sightings

Europe