Without firing a shot, Putin has over the past week managed to bring the war in Ukraine to NATO’s European borders.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at the U.N. General Assembly at a time when unauthorized flights into NATO’s airspace — intrusions blamed on Russia — have raised alarm around Europe in recent weeks, particularly after NATO jets downed drones over Poland and Estonia said Russian fighter jets flew into its territory and lingered for 12 minutes.

European officials fear that Moscow is escalating its antagonism of Europe as U.S. support recedes. A focus of worry now: election interference in Moldova.

President Donald Trump did not attend Day 2 at the Ryder Cup. That was about the only difference Saturday as Europe sent out its same F

Yet the latest data show the opposite. In the first eight months of this year 112,000 people crossed illegally into Europe, down 21% from a year earlier. The drop is an even more impressive 52% from the comparable period in 2023, when 231,000 people landed on its shores or jumped its borders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes.

It was a dream Day 1 for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup as the boys in blue and yellow jumped out to a three-point lead. But they did make one big bogey at Bethpage Black that had many of Golf Twitter—including former players—pointing it out. It just had nothing to do with the team's golf.

A Turkish attempt to force kebab shops in the EU to adhere to strict rules on how to make a doner kebab has been withdrawn. If the bid for a "Traditional Speciality Guaranteed" label had succeeded, restrictions would have been imposed on the types of ingredients that could be used.

Tommy Fleetwood picked up his third point in as many matches Saturday morning, helping Team Europe extend its Ryder Cup lead over the United States.