[ad_1] Denmark has announced $4.2bn (£3.2bn) of extra defence spending to boost security in Greenland and the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. It will also spend $4.5bn buying 16 more F-35 fighter jets from the…
Ukrainians’ hopes and concerns as Trump presidency nears
[ad_1] BBC/Xavier VanpevenaegeAnastasiia's husband, Andriy, will never get the chance to meet his baby daughterAnastasiia Fedchenko, 36, wails in anguish – her agony echoing around the gilded walls of St Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv.She sits…
Russia and Iran move to strengthen military ties
[ad_1] Russia and Iran have agreed to closer military co-operation, in a move announced during a visit to Moscow by President Masoud Pezeshkian. The two countries signed a 20-year "strategic partnership" treaty, covering areas ranging…
South Sudan curfew after revenge attacks on Sudanese…
[ad_1] Following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from Sudan, the police chief in neighbouring South Sudan has announced a nightly curfew to calm tensions.Three people have been killed and…
US Supreme Court upholds law that prohibits the…
[ad_1] The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday.TikTok had challenged the law, arguing it would violate free speech…
Cuba frees jailed activist Jose Daniel Ferrer following…
[ad_1] A leading Cuban dissident and activist has been released from jail as part of a wider prisoner release deal between the Cuban government and the United States. Jose Daniel Ferrer spent more than three…
Passenger clings to German high-speed train after smoke…
[ad_1] A fare-dodging passenger on a German high-speed train ended up clinging to the outside when it pulled out of the station before he was ready to get on, police say.The 40-year-old man had boarded…
Raids targeting anti-corruption chief rock Hungary’s government
[ad_1] Hungarian Integrity AuthorityFerenc Biro said he thought the attack on him was intended to discredit his organisationPolice in Hungary have raided the offices of the Integrity Authority, a state body that overseas the use…
Drone footage shows fire at one of world’s…
[ad_1] A fire has broken out at a Californian power plant housing one of the largest battery energy storage facilities in the world. The blaze began in a building containing lithium-ion batteries on Thursday afternoon,…