Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump’s Convention

Sweden votes on Sunday in a contest between Ulf Kristersson and Magdalena Andersson. The result could bring the Sweden Democrats into Cabinet and reshape the next government.

The president made clear as his midterm convention wrapped up that he wants to carry his party through a tough midterms. He just won’t go too far out of his way to do it.

The United States is urging countries to leave the International Criminal Court as Venezuela and Chad announce withdrawals. The moves deepen the court's crisis but do not halt ongoing investigations into past alleged crimes.

A US military judge has scheduled Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial for June 2028 at Guantanamo Bay. Torture-related legal disputes and failed past plans have raised fresh doubts over whether the case will ever conclude.

The UK is weighing a ban on goods and services linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Its success will depend on proving product origins without harming Palestinian trade.

According to Anthropic's findings in the report, the Iran-aligned Houthis used Claude Code to try and develop software for several weapons programmes, including a guided rocket, a ballistic missile and a missile family with a hypersonic…