US to consider Ukraine missile request as Russia gets Iran help

The U.S. currently opposes Ukraine using Western long-range weapons inside Russian territory, over concerns about possible Russian escalation in response.

Germany’s expansion of border controls testing European unity

The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week.

Underfunded, aging NASA may be on unsustainable path, report warns

“NASA at a Crossroads,” a sweeping report by a committee of aerospace experts and published Tuesday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, warns that the agency could be on an unsustainable path, one that imperils its long-term success.

UK leader faces unease in his Labour Party after a winter fuel allowance is cut for millions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced a battle of nerves with his Labour Party on Tuesday, winning a parliamentary vote on a contentious decision to cut a payment that helps millions of pensioners pay winter heating bills — but not ending unease about it among his lawmakers.

Russia begins massive naval drills together with China

The Russian military on Tuesday launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint maneuvers.

Russia faces mass drone attack that shut Moscow airports

Russia said it downed 144 drones across nine regions early Tuesday. A 46-year-old woman died and several people were injured in Moscow.

Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes

Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc’s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies.

EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels

Hungary’s threat to send a bus convoy of migrants to Brussels in protest against European Union policies is unacceptable and would prompt EU retaliatory action, the bloc’s powerful executive branch warned on Tuesday.

US and Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use in Ukraine

The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine and will take measures to punish those involved.

US airman being investigated in connection with Venice nightclub stabbing

A U.S. airman is under investigation after a weekend stabbing outside a Venice nightclub left a young man hospitalized in serious condition, the Air Force said.

Purported car rental return creates security incident at NSA Naples

Military police at a U.S. Navy base next to Naples International Airport in Italy stopped a driver who attempted to enter the installation Monday without an identification check, according to officials.

Germany expands controls at borders to stem irregular migration and extremism risks

Germany’s government ordered temporary controls at all land borders on Monday, expanding checks it already has in place at some borders, saying that it was responding to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats.

Germany would need up to 100 years at current rearmament pace to deter Russia, report says

The analysis by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy says Germany is barely managing to replace the weapons it is sending to help Ukraine’s war effort — stocks of air defense systems and howitzers have plummeted, for example — and is not spending enough to stand up to Russia.

A capsule has been propelled through a hyperloop test tube in a step forward for the transit system

Hyperloop, a new form of mass transit involving capsules whizzing on magnetic fields through depressurized tubes, has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands, a company developing the technology said Monday.

Police say a Russian ‘spy whale’ in Norway wasn’t shot to death

There’s no evidence that a well-known beluga whale that lived off Norway’s coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy was shot to death last month as claimed by animal rights groups, Norwegian police said Monday.

Poland thanks military dogs for their service by giving them army ranks

The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to a long military history. The group was made up of a German shepherd, a Dutch shepherd and two Belgian Malinois.

Iran’s missiles are a legitimate target, Ukraine official says

A senior Ukrainian official said Monday Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has provided ballistic missiles for the Kremlin’s war effort.

Afghanistan’s London embassy to close after its diplomats were disowned by the Taliban

Ambassador Zalmai Rassoul wrote on the social network X that the embassy would shut its doors on Sept. 27 “at the official request of the host country.”

Marines’ training for mortar, rocket systems going virtual to lessen blast effects

The indoor marksmanship trainers at bases in California, North Carolina and Okinawa were previously limited to service rifles, pistols and machine guns. But soon they will include the M252 60mm mortar and the M3A1 shoulder-fired rocket system, known as the MAAWS.