Our planet is the closest it has ever been to a global nuclear holocaust, the scientific community has warned over the past two years.

In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns about the resurgence of ISIS, and what's next for the intel community.

Under the proposed “comprehensive strategic partnership” between Moscow and Tehran, we are likely to see the Iran-Russia relationship strengthen over time, not just on a conventional level but in terms of Moscow’s support for Iran’s proxy forces.

Thousands of Romanians rallied outside the country's top court on Friday to protest against the December cancellation of the presidential election in which a little-known pro-Russian candidate won the first round.

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

A group of House Democrats is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to rescind arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister as Congress is poised to potentially implement sanctions in response to the global court’s actions.

This year is starting as 2024 ended: in a tangle of overlapping conflicts.

If you thought 2024 was hard for defence and security, the outlook at the beginning of 2025 suggests this year will be even riskier.

Today in History for Jan. 19:

The flaw in the Maga rhetoric – about how America is going to do this and that to its enemies, both real and imagined – is that America is a debtor. In fact, America is the largest debtor in the world. Not only that, the United States is the largest debtor the world has ever seen at any time in human history.