Monday, September 28, 2026
Aleksandar Vucic has stepped down as Serbia's president after prolonged street protests destabilized his grip on power, ending a decade-plus of dominance over the country's political landscape. He intends to run in the snap elections he triggered — making his resignation less a farewell than a tactical reset.
Marine Le Pen's National Rally and its allies have won 14 Senate seats in French elections, roughly quadrupling their previous presence in the 348-seat chamber. The result lands just months before a presidential election, and Le Pen is calling it an 'historic victory' — which, by the numbers, it is.
Tehran has declared it is fully prepared for war after Washington rejected a seven-day roadmap that would have ended hostilities and reopened the Strait of Hormuz. The standoff threatens one of the world's most critical oil shipping chokepoints, through which roughly a fifth of global petroleum flows.
US Ambassador to China David Perdue has confirmed that Donald Trump directly asked Xi Jinping whether China would like to purchase American weapons during last week's summit. The revelation arrives as the administration simultaneously denies holding up a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan to placate Beijing.
Donald Trump is sitting down for a private dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in their first face-to-face meeting, signaling a notable thaw between the White House and one of AI's most safety-focused labs. The meeting comes as AI regulation has hardened into a genuine electoral issue ahead of the next campaign cycle.
