Barrie Rice is a former commando with the New Zealand Special Air Service. For the past 30 years, he's been a mercenary and personal bodyguard.

Abandoned in cold storage, the bodies of at least 20 Colombian mercenaries lie unclaimed in a Sudanese mortuary more than ...

As U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus warned, “Half-measures in urban warfare do not save lives. They only postpone defeat.”The post Fallujah and Gaza City: Why Israel cannot stop short of ...

Renewed American interest in mercenaries and private military companies (PMCs) will only accelerate their use globally and ...

How a little-known former Green Beret went from starting a company to prevent hangovers to the center of a dubious scheme to ...

The $893 billion defense policy bill that passed the House of Representatives last week would grant the Department of Defense ...

Beatrice was wearing her school uniform the day she disappeared: a yellow blouse and blue trousers. Her mother, Roseline, had ...

The $893 billion defense policy bill that passed the House of Representatives last week would grant the Department of Defense ...

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We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, September 23, 2025.

Likely in her early teens and bearing a close resemblance to her mother, the daughter of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is increasingly viewed as the country’s likely next ruler.

Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, continues to suffer daily blackouts despite holding the world’s fifth-largest proven oil reserves. Chronic underinvestment, corruption, and dependence on ...