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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits a military training area to observe the training of Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, at an undisclosed location in Germany on June 11, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2026
Iran conflict could divert U.S. weapons from Ukraine
Most of the ballistic missiles and drones Iran has fired have been intercepted, including with PAC-3 Patriot missile interceptors Ukraine relies on to defend its infrastructure.
A MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter departs from the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday while supporting Operation Epic Fury.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2026
U.S. insiders see Iran war hurting China-backed ¡®Axis of Chaos¡¯
That theory ¡ª popularized by Matt Pottinger ¡ª places China at the center of a deepening partnership with countries such as Russia, Iran and North Korea.
The U.S. Capitol during a rainstorm in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2026
U.S. Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes and blocks bid to limit war powers
The Senate voted 53 to 47 not to advance the resolution, largely along party lines.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, in December lat year.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 4, 2026
Netanyahu's war alliance with Trump faces test as Iran crisis widens
At the outset of the bombing campaign on Saturday, both sides said regime change was the goal. Days later, the U.S. said it had a different aim in mind.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters amid closed-door briefings for members of Congress on the ongoing conflict with Iran, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Trump and Rubio offer conflicting reasons for U.S. entry into Iran war
The U.S. president said he believed Iran was about to strike first; his secretary of state spoke of fears that Iran would retaliate in response to planned Israeli action.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks during a press conference in Warsaw on Feb. 25.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Poland will eventually seek its own nuclear weapons, Tusk says
Warsaw will not be ¡°passive¡± as it also invests in nuclear power plants, according to the prime minister.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement at the House of Commons, in London on Monday. Starmer says he does not believe in "regime change from the skies."
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Trump says U.K.¡¯s Starmer is no Winston Churchill after rift over Iran strikes
U.S. President Donald Trump's comment was his third broadside against Britain's prime minister this week amid frustration over the U.K.'s limited support for U.S. strikes on Iran.

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As Japan accelerates AI adoption, policymakers and corporations frame the technology as essential to offsetting a projected labor shortfall of 11 million workers by 2040.
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