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NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania

The drone, which is believed to have entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus, was shot down by an Italian fighter jet in between the cities of Vilniu...

Sep 15, 2026
Russian warship fires flares at Danish helicopter

Denmark has summoned Russia's ambassador over a Baltic Sea encounter that Copenhagen says is part of an increasingly aggressive pattern of Russian beh...

Sep 15, 2026
China tightens travel rules over tech security

Beijing says the new rules, which could also apply to foreign and Taiwanese nationals, are aimed at safeguarding "national security."...

Sep 15, 2026
Netherlands: Suspected sabotage disrupts train services

A major outage has hit parts of the Dutch railway system after objects were found placed across lines, authorities say. The company responsible for ra...

Sep 15, 2026
India: Meta to report child abuse cases to law enforcement

Tech giant Meta will now directly report child safety-related cases to India's cybercrime portal, according to media reports. DW has more....

Sep 15, 2026
Why top AI researchers are warning about human extinction

Could artificial intelligence pose an existential threat to humanity? Some leading researchers are warning against an unregulated race toward AI super...

Sep 15, 2026
El Salvador court hands down first life sentence for femicide

The landmark conviction comes 42 days after the killing of a woman in Santa Ana who prosecutors said was stalked and harassed by her neighbor....

Sep 15, 2026
Iran and America: A tale of two lands and the pistachio between them

The pistachios sold across the United States have a surprising history: California's trees trace their roots to Iran. Now both regions face the same t...

Sep 15, 2026
US confirms it has weapons in space

The US Space Force justified the weapons deployment by citing its two biggest geopolitical rivals — Russia and China. Beijing responded by urging Wa...

Sep 15, 2026
Europe launches two climate observation satellites

The European Space Agency has put two satellites into orbit to take a closer look at the impact of climate change. One of them will focus particularly...

Sep 15, 2026
US scraps greenhouse gas rules for power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency said it was repealing Biden-era limits on emissions made by power plants, in the "largest power sector deregulatio...

Sep 15, 2026
US Supreme Court denies Trump bid to restrict mail-in ballots

The court said election officials do not have sufficient time to implement the rule before the November midterms. Trump has argued, without providing ...

Sep 15, 2026

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