The TWZ Newsletter By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last week, a large force of B-2 Spirit bombers and other supporting assets deployed to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, which TWZ was first to report on. The unprecedented stealth bomber deployment comes amid…

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Kateryna Koliadiuk was curious. The 19-year-old Ukrainian agronomy student spotted an ad seeking women to enroll in a tractor driving course and decided to try. But the industrial vehicle was huge and complex, and she wasn’t sure she could operate it. “In the…

Watch: Operation Interbow, the specialised training being given to the Ukrainian armed forces' medics Since the start of the war, more than 52,000 Ukrainians have been trained in the UK in basic battlefield first aid and over 450 in combat medic skills. However, the UK-designed Platoon Combat…

A Danish 11-year-old raised over 34,000 Danish kroner (approximately $4,900) by making beaded Easter chicks to help Ukrainian children who lost their homes during the ongoing war. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Denmark was a strong supporter of Ukraine, providing billions in military aid,…

Enable 2FA as time-traveling hackers strike. NurPhoto via Getty Images Update, March 31, 2025: This story, originally published March 29, has been updated with further Medusa mitigation advice from the FBI as well as additional comment from Boris Cipot, and a report into another “as a service”…

Energy Security Prohibitions to operate marine loading buoys were issued Monday to Caspian Pipeline Consortium Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a guest book as he visits a nuclear-powered submarine Arkhangelsk, in Murmansk, Russia, in March 2025.Photo: SPUTNIK/REUTERS/SCANPIX

Homepage News World Photos 12:41 31 Mar 2025 Ulyana Guz The exhibition "Touches of Cultures. Spain and Ukraine" opened at the National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts "González Martí" in February 2025. It is designed to introduce the two peoples to each other's cultures and show how much they…

Until recently, Navy cryptologic warfare officers (CWOs) were responsible for three disciplines: electromagnetic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SigInt), and cyberspace operations. To be promoted, officers sought experience in all three disciplines.1 However, the fiscal year 2023 National…

At any given moment, huge tankers, vast cruise ships and enormous bulk carriers are sailing the oceans powered by one of the dirtiest fuels on Earth. Heavy fuel oil (HFO) dominates shipping. To clean up the resulting air pollution, the industry mostly uses exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS),…

Nicole Ferraro, Editor, host of 'The Divide' podcastMarch 31, 2025 At a Glance How the Internet Society measures and tracks Internet resilience (03:20)Frequency of subsea cable cuts and examples that highlight the need for resilient fiber infrastructure (08:20)Best practices and recommendations for…

The owner of a cargo ship that struck a U.S. military-contracted tanker off England's northeast coast last month said on Monday it is setting up a fund for potential lawsuits over the collision. MS Solong Schiffahrtsgesellschaft M & Co KG, a subsidiary of Ernst Russ which owns the Portuguese-flagged…

The former international head of Doctors Without Borders says she was left “stunned” after New York University canceled her presentation because some of her slides discussing cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could be viewed as “anti-governmental”. Dr Joanne Liu,…

A devastating earthquake has wrought destruction across central Myanmar, toppling ancient sites, bringing down hospital buildings and collapsing homes. Myanmar quake mapThe 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday was followed by a number of aftershocks along the Sagaing fault. It also caused damage in…

More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter warning Americans about the “danger” of the Trump administration’s attacks on science. The letter comes amid the administration’s relentless assault on US scientific institutions which has…

Spotlight A Taiwan-supported initiative - Burn Care Alliance project is helping Ukrainian doctors save burn patients with advanced materials, modern equipment, and global expertise. by Press Service of the CF "Christian Medical Association of Ukraine" | Mar. 31, 2025, 3:11 pm Patient. Photo by Yuriy…

Winter sea ice in the Arctic has reached a record low in 2025, according to Nasa and the US’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The annual peak, recorded on 22 March, was the lowest since records began 47 years ago, with sea ice covering just 5.53m sq miles – about 1.1m sq miles less than last year…

France's foreign trade minister, Laurent Saint-Martin, said on Monday he was "deeply shocked" by calls by the US Embassy in Paris for a number of French companies to drop their diversity programs in line with US President Donald Trump's domestic policy. "We are going to have a discussion with the…

Norwegian authorities have uncovered a fraudulent maritime insurance operation linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, charging four individuals with forgery and running an illegal insurance business. The scam, orchestrated by a company named Ro Marine AS, has raised concerns about the risks associated…

This is a decisive moment – not only for the defense of Ukraine, but for Europe as a whole. As the United States turns away from the continent, European security is threatened by Russian imperialism now more than ever. The coming weeks will determine the ability of Ukraine and its European partners…

U.S. President Donald Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns, arrived in Ukraine and visited cities in Kyiv Oblast liberated from Russian forces in 2022, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Azman said on March 31. Azman invited Burns to visit Bucha, Borodianka, and Irpin. Three years ago, Russia's…

Naval News Navy 2025 On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Strategic Command officially assessed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) operates six Jin-class (Type 094) ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), constituting China’s first credible sea-based nuclear deterrent, as each vessel is…

In mid-March, the Chinese start-up company Sealien Robotics announced that it had sold one or more of its “deep-sea surveillance robots” to an unidentified Middle Eastern nation. The deal was reported by the South China Morning Post. Details of the deal were scant, and little was known about the…

Early on March 29, a vessel bearing a strong resemblance to MV Jairan, the second of two sanctioned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) ships carrying sodium perchlorate from China, was spotted in Bandar Abbas Anchorage at 56.3515N 26.9960E midway between the islands of Qeshm and Hormoz.…

Russian-born tennis star Daria Kasatkina has found herself at the centre of a storm of online abuse following her bombshell announcement that she will represent Australia after being granted permanent residency. The world No.12 has not returned to Russia for more than two years after coming out as…

Greenland's newly elected Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the US will not "get" the Arctic territory. "We do not belong to anyone else," Nielsen wrote on Facebook, adding the island's population "determines" its own future. This comes as US President Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced…

Countries must take tougher action in the face of increased tampering with satellite navigation systems that threaten more groundings and collisions, according to three specialist United Nations agencies. Jamming or spoofing critical signals is rising, with a knock-on impact for maritime safety and…

Today, there are many interesting updates from the Toretsk direction. Here, with Russian forces weakened and stretched thin, Ukraine is pressing forward in Toretsk with a coordinated and relentless assault. Using precision airstrikes, artillery, and elite ground units, еhey are systematically…

The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) has welcomed a U.S.-Ukraine agreement to restore free navigation in international waters of the Black Sea, emphasizing that such a move would ensure stable food supplies for nations in need, the association's press service reported. "The operation of Ukraine's…

The legitimate Mariupol City Council has reported that a Russian military base on the right bank of the city was set on fire by the Mariupol Resistance underground movement. Source: Mariupol City Council Details: Several vehicles were reportedly burnt down and the Russian ammunition was destroyed.…

The president’s order called for curbing the independence of the sprawling network of museums and urging it to promote “American greatness.” Listen to this article · 7:10 min Learn more The Smithsonian, whose headquarters are in a turreted red-sandstone building known as the Castle, operates…

Russia has stumbled into a trap of its own making by bringing up the Black Sea during peace talks. Had they stuck to land negotiations, they could have exploited a ceasefire loophole: with fighting paused on land but no maritime boundaries drawn, their warships could have freely patrolled…

The geopolitics in the Horn of Africa have taken a new turn, with Somalia indicating that it is ready to offer the U.S exclusive control of it ports in the Gulf of Aden. This was revealed in a letter leaked last week, which appeared to have been written by Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends in early 2029. “There are methods…

There was "anger," "surprise," and "panic" among the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden after Ukraine sunk the Mosvka, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, a report published by the New York Times on March 29 suggests. The Moskva sank on April 14, 2022, after being struck by two…

US president Donald Trump said on Sunday he was “p****d off” with Russian president Vladimir Putin and will impose secondary tariffs of 25 per cent to 50 per cent on buyers of Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Mr Trump told NBC News he was angry after…

Screenshot According to Intelligence Online, the Russian military has used large-scale electronic warfare systems to jam tactical communications of the last Ukrainian troops retreating from the Russian region of Kursk. Russian General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who is leading the counteroffensive…

An Su-27 bombs a bridge in Belgorod. Via WarTranslated Ukrainian air force Sukhoi Su-27 fighters, modified to lob American- and French-made precision glide bombs, are blowing up bridges in western Russia. A video montage that circulated online on Thursday depicts bombs slamming into at least two…

Most employees at the US Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded thinktank now taken over by Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency”, received email notices of their mass firing late Friday, the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.…

A shiny, sanctions-busting Russian limousine for Kim Jong-un. A fawning, rapturous reception for Vladimir Putin. These grand gestures may be welcomed by the North Korean and Russian leaders, but are intended as much for their global audience as for each other. The real prize is the strategic…

"I took a deep breath. Even the air is different outside prison," said Tequila, sitting in her soldier's uniform on a metal-framed bed in a military barrack. She is one of more than 100 female convicts in Ukraine who have chosen to swap prison time for parole and military service. Their arrival on…