France suspects foreign intelligence over pigs heads left outside mosques

French police suspect that people who put pigs’ heads outside Paris mosques on Monday night were acting under orders from a foreign intelligence service, probably Russian.

The heads were found on Tuesday morning outside nine mosques in central Paris and surrounding…[Read more]

France’s streets ablaze as antigovernment protests disrupt daily life

Hundreds arrested after more than 200,000 demonstrators force French government into high-stakes confrontation.

A nationwide wave of antigovernment protests swept across France, filling streets with smoke, burning barricades and tear gas as demonstrators rallied against b…[Read more]

German carmakers, trade union jointly urge EU to drop combustion engine ban

Germany’s VDA car industry association and IG Metall metalworkers’ union on Thursday urged the European Union to drop plans to ban the production of CO2-emitting vehicles from 2035, joining a chorus of sector voices warning against the move.
VDA and the union said in a…[Read more]

Merz wants proactive spy agency to match German economic might

Germany needs its BND foreign intelligence service to operate at a level that reflects the country’s size and economic weight to deal with hybrid attacks from increasingly aggressive rivals, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday.
In a speech marking the inauguration of a new head…[Read more]

Merz: “We are and will remain ready to defend ourselves”

At a joint press conference with António Costa, president of the European Council, Germany’s Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz issued a statement about the violation of Polish NATO airspace by Russian drones. Merz said that he shared the assessment of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk “…[Read more]

Was the German pension system built to bust?

Germany is growing older and the pressure on the German pension system is increasing. The younger generation won’t be able to make up the difference, and economists think the elderly should foot the bill.

“People will always have children.” This is supposedly what Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said — h…[Read more]

Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever

Once considered progressive, then later derided, a new exhibition is exploring the developments’ place as part of a collective experience

Communist East Germany’s high-rise prefab residential blocks and their political and cultural impact in what was one of the b…[Read more]

Germany inaugurates Europe’s fastest computer

Europe’s fastest computer, the world’s fourth-fastest computer and the most energy-efficient computer ever -superlatives abound as Jupiter is inaugurated.

Germany’s Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Hendrik Wüst, the state premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, have inaugurated Europe’s fastest co…[Read more]

Beaches closed, shark net removal trial paused after surfer killed in shark attack at Sydney beach

The state government has paused a planned trial to take down shark nets from Sydney beaches after a man was killed in fatal shark attack yesterday.
Experienced surfer Mercury Psillakis, 57, suffered catastrophic injuries and died at the scene a…[Read more]

Timber industry hits out at government plan to protect Aussie icon from extinction

The Timbers, Furnishing and Textiles Union (TFTU) has criticised a New South Wales government $60 million plan to establish the Great Koala National Park in the state’s north.
The Minns government announced up to 176,000 hectares of state forest will be part of the…[Read more]

Trump escalates crackdown threats with Chicago ‘war’ warning

President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to unleash his newly rebranded “Department of War” on Chicago, further heightening tensions over his push to deploy troops into Democratic-led US cities.

The move seeks to replicate an operation in the US capital Washington, where Trump…[Read more]

International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza

More than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest on Sept. 1 highlighting the deaths of scores of journalists in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group has said.

The protest was taken up on the website front pages…[Read more]

Minister vows to shield judiciary as new legal year begins in Türkiye

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has pledged to combat attempts to target the judiciary and smear its members with unfounded accusations as Türkiye marked the start of the new judicial year on Sept. 1.

The judicial recess, a collective leave for courts that began on July 20, off…[Read more]

President Erdoğan meets with world leaders on sidelines of SCO

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a series of high-level meetings with world leaders Monday in Tianjin on the sidelines of the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State Summit, focusing on trade, regional stability, and global security.

In talks with C…[Read more]

5 Turkish defense firms rank among global top 100 in 2025

Five Turkish defense companies ranked among the world’s 100 most valuable defense firms in 2025, according to Defense News’ Top 100 list.

Aselsan was the most valued Turkish defense firm in the list, ranking 43rd with $3.54 billion in defense revenue.

Meanwhile, Turkish Aerospace Ind…[Read more]

Chinese Destroyer Circumnavigates Japan

A Chinese Navy destroyer and supply ship have completed a near circumnavigation of the Japanese archipelago before returning to the East China Sea.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the vessels sailed between Okinawa’s main island and Miyako Island on August 31st, heading toward the East China Sea. T…[Read more]

Kuwaiti FM meets Japanese counterpart on sidelines of Japan-GCC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya met his Japanese counterpart, Takeshi Iwaya, in Kuwait to discuss bilateral ties.

Iwaya led the Japanese delegation to participate in the second Japan-GCC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which was held on…[Read more]

Japan and South Korea record hottest summers in history

Record temperatures come amid scientists’ warnings that climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events.

Japan and South Korea have sweated through their hottest summers since records began.

Japan’s average temperature this summer was 2.36 degrees Celsius (4.24 degrees Fah…[Read more]

‘La tapisserie, c’est moi’: Macron accused of putting politics first in Bayeux tapestry loan

Organiser of petition says French president ignoring expert advice that artefact too fragile to be transported to UK

The Bayeux tapestry is so fragile that transporting it risks irreparable damage, French experts have said, as a petition urging Emman…[Read more]

Germany, France push for secondary sanctions on Russia amid Ukraine war

European Union’s two biggest economies have agreed to push for measures targeting companies from third countries that support Russia’s war.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron have called for secondary sanctions aimed at disrupting Rus…[Read more]