The Imperial Japanese Navy’s largest starbase in the Orinoco has been reinforced with as many as two hundred additional warships over the last few weeks, in what analysts suspect is likely a show of force preceding military action.

The Cool Runnings, a reefer ship operated by Cameron Foods, was hijacked by pirates earlier this week while transiting the New Canaan Corridor. Its 34-person crew escaped aboard lifeboats. The vessel is now believed to be headed for a pirate haven in the Ular Ketawa.

Brazil has announced a retaliatory tariff package less than six hours after India imposed broad import duties targeting key Brazilian export categories. Both governments have described their actions as proportionate and defensive.

The number of journalists killed in 2285 has already surpassed last year’s numbers in what is shaping up to be the deadliest year for reporters in modern memory, a new report says. Over 5000 have been killed according to the University of Centauri’s Institute for International and Public Affairs.

A new report released by the Population Fund of the League of Nations warns that more than a century of artificially driven growth have left human demographics in a precarious and unprecedented state, pushing civilization into what the study calls "uncharted territory."

A media blackout has kept the details scarce, but multiple reports appear to indicate that Vietnamese Communist forces have attacked and heavily damaged a refinery complex operated by the Kusari Corporation, one of the Co-Prosperity Sphere’s most powerful Zaibatsu.

The Federal Union of Vega has confirmed that at least 300 bodies have been recovered from mass graves found in the Sirocco system. The graves were discovered on the outskirts of a mining installation on a remote moon, a site of intense fighting during the Lyran Campaigns.

The discovery of a sprawling, abandoned, aquatic facility on a barely inhabited moon in the Far Frontier, has sparked an investigation from local authorities. Built into a stretch of rocky coastline, the sophistication of the structure appears to implicate corporate powers.

As many as 1/3 of all independent captains in the Calypso Deeps have outfitted their craft with illegally obtained armaments and protection systems, according to reports compiled by the Champlain Group. The surge follows one of the worst years for piracy on record in the region.

A dramatic third-quarter comeback by a revitalized Yellowjacket offense, a stunning halftime show featuring towering holographic stars, and a brief interruption by protesters bearing the St. Joseph flag all marked one of the biggest nights in American sports, drawing just under one billion viewers.

The submersible carrier Rosselli has become the pride of democratic holdouts in the Amalfi system after destroying an orbiting fascist cruiser. This marks its ninth kill since its former operator, the Federation of Sacala, was forced to capitulate to the Pact of Rome.

Alejandro Rodríguez Pérez, a Comintern-affiliated arms dealer and ranked #19 on the “Merchants of Death” list, is again participating in the interstellar arms trade, according to a new report by the Centauri Sentinel. He was sighted and is reportedly active in the Arcturus System.