Revenues at China’s major military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according to a study released Monday by a leading conflict think tank.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could face a war crimes prosecution over allegations that he ordered a second strike to kill survivors of a missile attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

A federal appeals court has upheld a penalty of nearly $1 million against former President Donald Trump and attorney Alina Habba, concluding they committed “sanctionable conduct” by filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey.

President Emmanuel Macron has announced the creation of a new voluntary youth military service to begin by mid-2026 to help France respond to “accelerating threats” on the global stage.

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovation of an apartment complex where at least 128 people died.

When the House Oversight Committee released a trove of files and emails from the Epstein estate earlier this month, alleged victims of the convicted sex offender responded with “widespread panic” after discovering the documents included dozens of unredacted victim names.

The fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes spans oceans and continents, from the vulnerable girls he exploited to the powerful people and institutions that chose to associate with him, cover up his activities, or look away.

Allies of Ukraine rallied around its defiant wartime leader on Saturday as they pushed to revise a suspect peace proposal touted by the United States.

Emmanuel Macron has a penchant for predicting the end of eras.

US President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump’s pledge to slash the government’s size.

A federal appeals court over the weekend declined to lift a lower court order barring the Trump administration from using expedited removals to rapidly deport migrants without a court hearing.

A Ukrainian drone strike ignited a fire at the Shatura power plant east of Moscow, with several drones hitting the facility and others intercepted by Russian air defenses.

Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion that he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.

Russia and Ukraine escalated fighting, with Moscow hitting Kyiv and Kyiv responding with assaults on southern Russian areas, just hours after Donald Trump struck a positive tone on prospects for a ceasefire deal.

Italy’s parliament has approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal code and punishes it with life imprisonment.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the US is “not participating” in G20 talks in South Africa after she saw the country’s president “running his mouth a little bit.”

When China’s top leaders gathered in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People last month, the focus wasn’t on who was in the room — but who was missing.

President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative is facing significant delays.

Long-simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz are boiling over, with White House allies convinced that the Texas Republican is aiming to boost his 2028 presidential prospects at the expense of Vice President JD Vance.

A day after the Justice Department acknowledged to a federal judge that the full grand jury had not reviewed the final indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney overseeing the case abruptly reversed herself.

China has rejected Japan’s proposal to hold a trilateral summit with South Korea in January following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about a Taiwan contingency.

The Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to unlimited super PAC spending and undisclosed dark money we suffer from today.

United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather.

There is some relief that the government shutdown is over, but Democrats are more likely to say they are frustrated with the deal that ended it and that their party compromised too much.