NEWS
Israel’s €3 Billion “Achilles Shield” for Greece: A New Air-Defense Era Takes Shape
Athens Buys a Multilayered Shield as the Missile Age Accelerates €3 billion. Three missile-defense layers. 19 Greek companies. One national shield. Gr... Read more
Trump’s Iran War Goals Are Shrinking, and JD Vance Just Revealed the New Priority
From “Unconditional Surrender” to Cheap Oil: Is Trump Quietly Scaling Back the Iran War? Trump’s Iran War Goals Shift as JD Vance Puts Oil Prices and... Read more
Mount Etna Is Burning, and Sicily’s Summer Travel Machine Is Grinding to a Halt
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS AGAIN, Sicily’s Airport Chaos Deepens as Ash Grounds Hundreds of Flights CATANIA, Sicily — August 15, 2026: The mountain that... Read more
ECONOMY
Vanuatu PM faces no-confidence motion.
The Pacific island nation Vanuatu, which finds itself at the center of a strategic rivalry between China and Western countries, is in the middle of a... Read more
French President Macron to make historic visit to PNG, Vanuatu.
French President Emmanuel Macron will make a first official visit to Papua New Guinea next Friday as part of a short Pacific trip. Macron’s trip will... Read more
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets with Vanuatu’s Tourism, Trade Minister
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Waleed bin Abdulkarim El-Khereiji, met today with the Minister of Tourism, Trade, Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu B... Read more
BUSINESS
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Meets with Vanuatu’s Tourism, Trade Minister
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Waleed bin Abdulkarim El-Khereiji, met today with the Min... Read more
PEOPLE
Norway’s New Queen Faces 3 Storms: Epstein, Son’s Conviction and a Lung Transplant
Mette-Marit becomes Queen as King Haakon VIII inherits the throne, but Norway’s royal family enters a dangerous new era OSLO — August 30, 2026... Read more
Climate Change Is “Very Visible from Space”: Sophie Adenot’s Warning from Orbit
France Turned Grey from Orbit: An Astronaut’s View of a Changing Earth From 400 kilometers above Earth, French astronaut Sophie Adenot sees a planet c... Read more
Nepal’s Deadly Glacier Flood: Is This the New Himalayan Normal?
Nepal Flood 2026: Deadly Glacier Collapse Raises Alarm Over Himalayan Climate Risk A Glacier Collapsed. A River Exploded. Is This the New Himalayan No... Read more
PRESS RELEASES
Ukraine Air Defenses Top EU Agenda as Russian Barrage Raises Stakes Across Europe
12 Dead as Russia Strikes Kyiv: EU Scrambles for Ukraine’s Missing Missiles EUROPE / UKRAINE WAR / AIR DEFENCE / RUSSIA / PATRIOT MISSILES / EU SECURI... Read more
NATO’s Arctic Expansion Sparks Russian Warning: Lavrov Calls It a ‘Direct Threat’
The Arctic Is Heating Up: Lavrov Warns NATO’s New Military Push Could Trigger a Catastrophic Clash Europe / Arctic Security / NATO / Russia / Greenlan... Read more
Blood Moon Meets Northern Lights: A Rare Double Spectacle Lights Up the August Sky
The Blood Moon and Northern Lights Shared the Sky A deep partial lunar eclipse turned almost the entire Moon copper red as a geomagnetic storm opened... Read more
