Drone Barrage Over Poland Was a Test for NATO, and the U.S.

The flock of Russian drones that entered Poland from Belarus on Tuesday night and Wednesday was a sharp reminder of how easily the war in Ukraine could set Europe ablaze. Europe is a continent already on edge. Russia is militarizing, spending nearly 7 percent of its gross domestic product on the military and training schoolchildren […]

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From Belarus to Honduras: Meet the six newly appointed ambassadors to the UAE | World News

UAE welcomed six new ambassadors at Qasr Al Watan, strengthening international partnerships/ Image: WAM TL;DR What: UAE formally received credentials of new foreign ambassadors. When: July 11, 2025. Where: Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Why: To strengthen bilateral and multilateral international relations. Who: President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and senior UAE officials welcomed ambassadors […]

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Belarus opens case against a 78-year-old activist who became a symbol of the pro-democracy movement

Nina Bahinskaya, 73, poses for a photo holding a flag that became the symbole of the opposition at an entrance of her apartment building in Minsk, Belarus (Image: AP) TALLINN: Authorities in Belarus have opened a criminal case against the 78-year-old activist who became the face of the country’s pro-democracy protests in 2020. Retired geologist […]

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An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons | World News

TALLINN, ESTNOA: Journalist Ksenia Lutskina served only half of her eight-year prison sentence in Belarus after being convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government. She was pardoned after she kept fainting in her cell from a brain tumor diagnosed during pretrial detention. “I was literally brought to the penal colony in a wheelchair, and I […]

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