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A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home eight years ago, then was arrested as he left the studio. The stunning on-camera confession from Lorenz Kraus, 53, came Thursday, a day after police say they recovered two bodies from the home in Albany as part …

From ICBMs to hypersonic glide vehicles, Beijing has built a layered arsenal that rivals – and in some ways outpaces – the United States and Russia Missiles are the new calling card of Chinese power. Not aircraft carriers, not tanks, not fighter jets – but rockets that can fly halfway across the planet or tear through a US Navy fleet …

Top trade negotiators from India and the United States failed to resolve their tariff dispute during talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, with New Delhi urging Washington to drop levies linked to Russian energy imports, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Indian …

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman cited media reports claiming Ukraine could be planning attacks on NATO countries in order to accuse Moscow Ukraine is planning a possible false-flag operation in Romania or Poland that could escalate into a third world war, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. In a Telegram post on Friday, she pointed to reports in …

Vladimir Putin is being forced to increase some taxes to fund “defence and security” as Russia reportedly plans to allocate less funds to the sector next year. The country’s finance ministry announced an increase in value-added tax (VAT) from 20% to 22% starting January 2026, as well as a decrease in the annual revenue threshold for businesses that must pay …

Ukraine wants to return the areas it claims through diplomacy should military means fail, the country’s leader has said Ukraine will never recognize the incorporation of its former territories into Russia and wants them back through either military or diplomatic means, the country’s leader, Vladimir Zelensky, has said. Zelensky made the remarks in an interview with Axios aired on Friday, …

US President Donald Trump said he was close to forging a deal to end the war in Gaza and bring hostages home as he prepared to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “It’s looking like we have a deal on Gaza. I think it’s a deal that gets the hostages back, it’s going to be a deal that …

Donald Trump appeared to stand behind bulletproof glass as he made an appearance at the Ryder Cup to huge cheers from vibrant Team USA supporters. Several people have taken to X to react. One wrote: “I imagine President Trump becomes the first ever person to watch the Ryder Cup through bulletproof glass.” A second person commented: “Fighter planes flying overhead, …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly on Friday that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant UN speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war in Gaza. He spoke after dozens of delegates from multiple nations walked out of the UN General Assembly hall en masse …

A Russian commander reportedly ordered his soldiers to open fire on subordinates attempting to retreat. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) released an alleged intercepted phone call on September 25. The agency claimed the recording captured a conversation in Donetsk Oblast in which the commander demanded that Russian troops stand their ground at all costs. The reported order surfaced as Ukrainian troops …