A Ukrainian missile barrage has severely damaged energy facilities in Russia’s Belgorod region, plunging parts of the border city and surrounding districts into fresh power, water and heating outages in the middle of winter. Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov described the overnight attack as......
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared the buildup of Russia’s nuclear arsenal an “absolute priority” after the collapse of the last remaining arms control treaty with the United States, signalling a more dangerous phase in great power rivalry. In a video address released for......
Hungary has announced it will oppose the European Union's upcoming sanctions against Russia, citing concerns over oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline. This decision comes as tensions rise over the disruption of Russian oil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia. The flow of Russian oil via the......
Poland’s prime minister has publicly criticized Hungary for blocking a major European Union financial package intended to support Ukraine, deepening tensions within the bloc over aid to Kyiv. Speaking after recent EU discussions, Donald Tusk expressed frustration at Budapest’s refusal to......
Chinese President Xi Jinping has embarked on a far-reaching overhaul of the People’s Liberation Army, reshaping its top ranks in a campaign unmatched since the Mao era. The effort, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing sources close to the Chinese Communist Party leadership, was......
Defence ministers from five of Europe’s leading military powers have warned that any eventual peace agreement in Ukraine must be underpinned by binding security commitments, insisting that a simple halt in fighting would leave the country exposed to renewed Russian attack. Meeting in Krakow on......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country’s forces have retaken around 300 square kilometres of territory in the south in some of their most significant advances in months, even as efforts to secure a negotiated end to the war remain blocked. In an interview at the presidential headquarters......
Cuba is sliding deeper into economic turmoil as a sweeping United States oil embargo has throttled fuel supplies to the island, triggering emergency rationing, prolonged blackouts and the grounding of flights during the peak tourism season. President Donald Trump has framed the measures as leverage to......
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to China next week for his first official visit since taking office, aiming to recalibrate ties with Berlin’s largest trading partner while navigating sharpening geopolitical rifts with Washington and Moscow. The trip, which begins with his departure......
Ukrainian and Moldovan authorities say they have dismantled a Russian-directed network that was preparing contract assassinations of high-profile Ukrainian officials, military intelligence officers, journalists and civic activists, arresting ten suspects in a coordinated cross-border operation. The joint......
A covert Ukrainian cyber operation has revealed how Russia has been using civilian infrastructure in Belarus to extend the reach and precision of its drone attacks on Ukraine and to probe potential routes over NATO territory. Over several months beginning in mid‑2025, specialists from the Fenix Cyber......
European Union governments are struggling to seal agreement on a landmark twentieth package of sanctions against Russia, with a far‑reaching ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers at the heart of the dispute as the anniversary of Moscow’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine approaches......
Russia is quietly setting conditions for a phased call-up of reservists as mounting battlefield losses in Ukraine begin to exceed the country’s ability to recruit new troops. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say the Kremlin appears to be moving toward a system of limited, rolling......
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