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May 31, 2026 - World

Through its Army of Drones Bonus program, frontline units earn points for verified battlefield achievements

May 31, 2026 - World

US senator says Platner, whose wife says he sent sexually explicit messages to other women, has ‘questions to answer’A high-profile Democrat has expressed concerns with party candidate Graham Platner’s Maine US Senate campaign amid revelations that Platner reportedly sent a number of sexually explicit messages to other women while married.“Yes, I have concerns,” Cory Booker, the US senator from New Jersey, said Sunday on ABC’s This Week when host Jonathan Karl when asked about the Platner revelations. “That guy has questions to answer – and that’s what campaigns are for.” Continue reading...

May 31, 2026 - World

Exclusive: Papers to be published on Monday cast doubt on assurances provided by senior Whitehall officialsEmbarrassing WhatsApps, but no vetting report: what will be in the new release of Mandelson files?A trove of government documents about Peter Mandelson contains no record of any measures taken to mitigate serious security concerns over his appointment as Washington ambassador, the Guardian has learned.Multiple sources who have seen or been briefed on the files, which will be published on Monday, say there is no detail about any steps put in place to deal with flags raised about his associations with senior figures in foreign states. Continue reading...

May 31, 2026 - World

The system first came into public attention during Russia’s Victory Day parade in May 2025, when a compact device was seen with a security officer near President Vladimir Putin. 

May 31, 2026 - World

Iran views sanction relief and the release of its assets frozen in banks abroad as among its key rights to be ensured under any deal with the US.