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German Patriot air defence system units stationed at Vilnius airport in Lithuania, part of the NATO presence on the Belarusian frontier

Belarus Says It Is Trading Flight Warnings With Three NATO Neighbours

Belarus has restored mutual flight notification with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, its air force chief said, describing a working deconfliction channel with three NATO states. He also said Western forces on the

August 17, 2026

by Russia Desk

Spanish F-18 fighter jets used by NATO to shoot down unidentified drone over Romania near Moldova border during Ukraine war airspace violations

Ukraine War: NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Romania After Airspace Violations Intensify

NATO's Spanish F-18 fighter jets shot down an unidentified drone over Romania near the Moldova border early Sunday, in the latest escalation of airspace violations linked to the Ukraine war that Romania's Defence Minister Radu Miruta said proved NATO's 'tangible

August 17, 2026

by Amanda Graham

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day in New Delhi on August 15, 2026

India Reaffirms Russia Ties as US Senate Targets Its Oil Purchases

India's foreign ministry thanked Moscow for its Independence Day wishes and said it looks forward to

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a press conference amid controversy over Politico Europe's refusal to publish his article

Lavrov Says Russia Will Work With Allies to Blunt Western Pressure

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia and like-minded nations would keep countering Western sanctions and pressure he described as violations of the UN Charter, in remarks to a Moscow legal forum.

June 29, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Russian hackers cyber attack NATO firewall breach visualization 2026

Russian Hackers Bypass Firewalls in Major Cyber Intrusion Targeting NATO Member States

Cybersecurity experts are investigating a suspected large-scale cyber intrusion after reports emerged that Russian-linked hacker groups successfully bypassed advanced firewall defenses and targeted digital infrastructure across multiple NATO member states. The incident

June 19, 2026

News·Technology

NASA Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper natural-color satellite image of the Sivash salt lagoons between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov showing the narrow Perekop Isthmus that connects Crimea to mainland Ukraine and the Armiansk bridge corridor

Ukraine’s Crimea Squeeze Tightens: Drone Strikes Cut R-280 Military Traffic by Seventy-One Percent in Two Weeks; Sevastopol Slashes Civilian Fuel from Twenty Litres a Day to Twenty Litres a Week

Ukrainian drone units have, over the past two weeks, methodically cut Russian military supply traffic on the R-280 Novorossiya highway connecting mainland Russia through the Russian-occupied territories of southeastern Ukraine to Crimea

June 14, 2026

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Sanae Takaichi after being elected Japan's prime minister in Tokyo

Japan Quietly Reopens Its Channels to Moscow, and Its G7 Allies Are Not Happy

Tokyo sent officials and business leaders to Moscow in May and has returned to Russian oil since the Hormuz disruption. On the eve of the G7 summit in France, the pragmatic drift

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Tulsi Gabbard, the outgoing Director of National Intelligence who released the biolab files, speaking at the White House

On Her Way Out, Gabbard Confirms the US Biolabs Washington Spent Years Calling Russian Propaganda

Days before leaving office, DNI Tulsi Gabbard released declassified files on US funding of 120-plus biolabs in over 30 countries, 40 in Ukraine. The existence of the threat-reduction programs is decades-documented; what

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16 fighter jets in flight, the aircraft being cut from NATO's European posture

America Tells Europe to Spend More, Then Pulls a Third of Its Fighter Jets Off the Continent

The Pentagon will cut the fighter jets it commits to NATO in Europe from 150 to 100, pull every aerial tanker, and redeploy a carrier and a submarine, the New York Times

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The Bank of Russia headquarters on Neglinnaya Street in Moscow, led by Elvira Nabiullina

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Elvira Nabiullina, the central banker who steered Russia's economy through four years of sanctions, missed a forum and a Putin meeting on sick leave. Émigré outlets turned the absence into resignation, martial

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

John Healey, the UK defence secretary who resigned over Keir Starmer's defence spending plan, during a visit to Kyiv

Britain’s Defence Secretary Quits, Warning Starmer’s Budget Could Make the Country Less Safe

John Healey resigned with a letter accusing Starmer of funding defence at 2.68 percent of GDP against a 3.5 percent pledge, taking the armed forces minister with him, the sixth ministerial departure

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The Hotel Metropol in Moscow, where Tommy Robinson filmed himself with Errol Musk

Tommy Robinson Surfaces in Moscow With Elon Musk’s Father, Promising Some Trouble

Britain's most famous far-right activist filmed himself drinking with Errol Musk at Moscow's Hotel Metropol, praising Russia as a civilised society that is not the enemy of Britain, days after the elder

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, who pressed Ireland over alumina exports to Russia

Kallas Comes to Dublin to Ask Why Europe’s Biggest Alumina Plant Still Feeds Russia

The EU's top diplomat pressed Ireland over the Rusal-owned Aughinish refinery, which sent 318 million euros of alumina to Russia last year, while admitting the bloc itself has never sanctioned the trade

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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Belarus Says It Is Trading Flight Warnings With Three NATO Neighbours

Ukraine War: NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Romania After Airspace Violations Intensify

India Reaffirms Russia Ties as US Senate Targets Its Oil Purchases

Lavrov Says Russia Will Work With Allies to Blunt Western Pressure

Russian Hackers Bypass Firewalls in Major Cyber Intrusion Targeting NATO Member States

Ukraine’s Crimea Squeeze Tightens: Drone Strikes Cut R-280 Military Traffic by Seventy-One Percent in Two Weeks; Sevastopol Slashes Civilian Fuel from Twenty Litres a Day to Twenty Litres a Week

Japan Quietly Reopens Its Channels to Moscow, and Its G7 Allies Are Not Happy

On Her Way Out, Gabbard Confirms the US Biolabs Washington Spent Years Calling Russian Propaganda

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Britain’s Defence Secretary Quits, Warning Starmer’s Budget Could Make the Country Less Safe

Tommy Robinson Surfaces in Moscow With Elon Musk’s Father, Promising Some Trouble

Kallas Comes to Dublin to Ask Why Europe’s Biggest Alumina Plant Still Feeds Russia

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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