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US Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the second day of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Feb. 14, 2023.
Military
Military spending around the world reached record highs last year, new data shows
soliders with weapons
Military
Russian weapons shortage reduces supply going to India
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as French President Emmanuel Macron, looks on before a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine
Many Germans fear ‘active participation in war’ as country increases military aid to Ukraine
man with a cat
Ukraine
‘Death is still better than living in Russia’: A Ukrainian medic on the front lines says there’s no choice but to fight
A police officer guards the area as investigators comb the site where more than a dozen people were believed to have been gunned down by armed men on Sunday, in San Jose de Gracia, head of the municipality of Marcos Castellanos, in Michoacan state, Mexico
Critical State
Troubled geography: Part II
The International Space Station is a great example of how space has, for the most part, been a peaceful and collaborative international arena.
Global Politics
Space law hasn’t been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful
Protesters hold umbrellas in thick tear gas.
Conflict & Justice
Tear gas has been banned in warfare. Why do police still use it?
Mastodons (this one on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles) are just a small part of the story of how humans first migrated to the Americas 15,000 years ago — or longer.
Books
Retracing paths that people first traversed while migrating to the Americas
Romanian Army soldiers deploy a ground-to-air missile launch pad during a joint military exercise with the US Army.
Conflict
Obama and Putin fueled the biggest global arms market since the Cold War
A bullet hole near Le Carillon restaurant, one of the attack sites in Paris.
Conflict
Paris attackers’ AK-47s might be a legacy of the Balkan wars
Ivan Rodichenko used to be a hip-hop promoter and nightclub manager in Kiev. Now he finds boots for soldiers.
Conflict
From hip-hop promoter to commander on Ukraine’s frontline
Global Politics
As push for gun reform wanes, financial costs continuing to build
Conflict & Justice
How the Rest of the World Views Gun Violence in America
‘Gun Guys’ Challenges the Stereotypes about Firearms and Those Who Love Them
What It Means to Be a Woman with a Gun
Guns in southern Philippines