The row over Bagram Air Base has escalated sharply, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning of “bad things” if the site is not returned to American control and Taliban leaders vowing to resist any attempt to reclaim it.

Three Russian military jets violated NATO military alliance member Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes on Friday in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, its government said, prompting Italian F-35 stealth fighters to respond.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced new global health regulations that critics warn will lead to more global surveillance.

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency session Monday after Estonia accused Russia of a “brazen provocation” for sending three fighter jets into its airspace, escalating concerns of a widening confrontation between Moscow and NATO.

The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted to reimpose sweeping economic sanctions on Iran over its resurgent nuclear program, after strong pressure from European powers. The move immediately drew sharp condemnation from Tehran, which rejected the legitimacy of the decision.

A tense calm has returned to the Dutch city of The Hague after police used teargas and a water cannon to disperse violent anti-immigration protesters late Saturday. Authorities said at least 30 people were arrested and two police officers were injured during the unrest, which erupted just weeks before early national elections, overshadowed by a fierce debate on migration.

France was gripped by a second wave of nationwide strikes on Thursday, as hundreds of thousands marched against austerity measures and looming budget cuts—unrest that not only deepens the political crisis for President Emmanuel Macron and his new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, but also unfolds in a season many prophecy watchers view as charged with significance.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is actively working to regain control of Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield, a strategic military installation abandoned during the 2021 withdrawal, calling it “a little breaking news.”

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close pass by Earth in the early hours of Thursday, September 18, according to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s state visit to Britain was overshadowed by an in-flight scare and angry protests as he met King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, which have not ruled out seeking atomic weapons if under threat, have signed a defense pact pledging that any attack on either nation would be viewed as an attack on both.

Several nations have threatened to boycott the world’s largest televised song competition if Israel participates.

The U.S. Department of State on Wednesday announced the designation of four Iran-backed militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), escalating pressure on Tehran and its network of proxies across the Middle East.

Iran erupted in protests overnight as thousands took to the streets to mark the third anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death, the young Kurdish woman killed in custody by the regime’s morality police after refusing to wear a hijab.

The United States and the United Kingdom have signed a sweeping technology pact that will bring $42 billion in American tech investment into Britain, cementing closer transatlantic ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and nuclear energy.