At a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, Tomáš Kopečný, Czech Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, wore socks showing the Kremlin in flames, prompting sharp criticism from Russia. Source: Czech news portal TN.cz, as reported by European Pravda Details: President Zelenskyy…

Main content Listen now Going to school on Ukraine’s frontline If Ukraine accepts the US’s ceasefire plan, the city of Zaporizhzhia will be just 30km from the Russian border. The idea of freezing the frontlines and ceding Ukrainian land to Russia in four regions to end the conflict brings huge pain…

In the late 1980s, Saddam Hussein, bogged down in a stalemated war with Iran, changed tactics. He launched ballistic missiles at Tehran and other cities in what became known as the “War of the Cities,” hoping to bomb Iran into negotiation. When that failed, he threatened to arm his Scuds with…

The Enigma code was a fiendish cipher that took Alan Turing and his fellow codebreakers a herculean effort to crack. Yet experts say it would have crumbled in the face of modern computing. While Polish experts broke early versions of the Enigma code in the 1930s and built anti-Enigma machines,…

Is this the end, or just the beginning? India conducted missile strikes against what it described as “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and the Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday. The Indian government said the strikes were a response to a terrorist attack in…

A soldier examines a building damaged by an Indian missile strike near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on May 7, 2025. MD Mughal/AP Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India CNN — India launched military strikes on Pakistan on Wednesday and Pakistan claimed it shot down five Indian Air…

When you ask Chat GPT or another AI a question, how do you know the answer is accurate? Or propaganda from a foreign government. Russian disinformation is now shaping some answers from major AI chatbots operated by OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Microsoft. Online security experts say a Kremlin-linked…

According to Latvian intelligence, Russia is resorting to demonstrations of force and provocations, including violating airspace without permission and carrying out aggressive maneuvers near NATO aircraft and ships, which increases the likelihood of accidental military incidents. The purpose of such…

Bitcoin is used by states trying to skirt sanctions.That could help the cryptocurrency regain lost ground, VanEck wrote. Russia and other countries’ attempts to dodge sanctions will pump the value of Bitcoin, according to VanEck. The investment management firm’s analysts Matthew Sigel, Patrick Bush…

Photo: Alisa Gorshenina / Instagram A court in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals has fined artist and anti-war activist Alisa Gorshenina 100,000 rubles (€1,089) for “LGBT propaganda” and a further 45,000 rubles (€490) for “discrediting” the Russian army, the artist revealed on…

The Trump administration has decided to implement a mutual ceasefire with Yemen's Houthi rebels, President Donald Trump announced in a press conference Tuesday. He said that U.S. bombing runs over Yemen would cease "effective immediately," and that he would take the Houthis "at their word" that they…

The successful penetration of Israeli air defenses, as occurred when a Houthi missile hit an empty space within the grounds of Tel Aviv airport, would not normally merit a mention in the annals of the Maritime Executive. In this instance, however, it is emerging from the May 4 attack that the…

Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, antiwar parents and some teachers say they are going to great lengths to shield children from state-mandated patriotic education classes. Listen to this article · 5:34 min Learn more Students in 2023 visited a museum in Moscow dedicated to World War II.…

Topic: Security Region: Americas May 1, 2025 By: James Holmes Share Oceanic strife is no longer solely an affair for great powers. It’s no longer even just for states. This week a friend asked whether drugrunners could damage U.S. Navy littoral combat ships (LCS) policing southern waters. My answer:…

A Ukrainian soldier carries a teddy bear, which he found at a destroyed playground in Donetsk Oblast, with him as a talisman. Details: The soldier, who carries the bear on his back, says he found it at a destroyed playground in Donetsk Oblast. Advertisement: "Among the rubble, the empty swings and…

The website Pravda Alba is spreading fake news about Anas Sarwar in an apparent attempt to push President Putin’s agenda. But why in such a little-spoken language? Anas Sarwar is the target of a fake news campaign by the Kremlin David Leask | Jacob Judah Saturday May 03 2025, 7.34pm, The Sunday…

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Editor's Note: Due to the security protocols of the brigade featured in this story, Ukrainian soldiers and military medics mentioned are identified by their callsigns only. KHARKIV OBLAST – As is usually the case at stabilization points across Ukraine in the fourth year of Russia's full-scale war,…

In this article: Cuba CULTURE Culture Cuba Symphony Orchestra performs special concert in honor of Cuba and Russia By: ACN Fecha de publicación: 6 May 2025 0 Imagen principal: The National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba held on Sunday, at the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater of Cuba, a special…

Up to 10% of Ukraine's defence procurement is reported to be conducted by volunteers. Source: Ihor Fedirko, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Arms Manufacturers Council, in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency; Mezha Media, a technology and IT news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding…

Krzysztof Gawkowski, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Affairs, has stated that the country is facing an unprecedented attempt by Russia to interfere in its presidential election. Source: Reuters; European Pravda Details: Polish authorities state that the country’s role as a…

The U.S. Marine Corps is exploring the idea of buying Regent's new all-electric wing-in-ground (WIG) craft to move troops around in the littorals of the Pacific Islands, the service's R&D lab told media at a conference in D.C. last week. The Marine Corps' new fighting doctrine - Expeditionary…

When Russian military authorities couldn't provide any information to Irina Krynina about her boyfriend who went missing while fighting in Ukraine, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She reached out to a Ukrainian hotline that confirmed he had been captured and Krynina too the bold step…

The Czech Republic will train Ukrainian Air Force pilots on American F-16 fighter jets and Czech L-39 aircraft at its military bases, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 5 May. Ukraine began receiving F-16 fighter jets…

The U.S. Air Force is pulling old and nonoperational F-16s out of its airplane graveyard known as “the boneyard” to send to Ukraine for spare parts. An Air Force spokesperson confirmed the donated F-16s are coming from the service’s 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan…

Hacks today come in all shapes and sizes. From social engineering to password cracking, bad actors are doing more with less post-pandemic thanks to new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI). To make matters worse, they’re scaling these operations and targeting enterprises with low- or…

Do whales make you horny? How about UFOs? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of having a tryst in a fairytale castle, or making love inside a gigantic biscuit tin? Whatever your weird fantasy may be, it can probably be catered for on a roadside somewhere in Japan, if a new book on the curious phenomenon of…

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Major ports up and down the West Coast are bracing for the full impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs. The number of ships arriving is expected to drop dramatically, and the effect will be especially striking in Southern California. Los Angeles and Long Beach are the…

USAID’s Demise Is an Opportunity to Prioritize Industrialization Over Charity Zainab Usman May 5, 2025 At the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 2025 Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters ZAINAB USMAN is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for…

A group of Russian hackers attacked several Romanian government and presidential candidate websites on Sunday 4 May as the country voted for its next president in the first round. The attack was carried out by a group known as DDOSIA/NoName057. Source: Romanian news agency G4media, as reported by…

North Korean children marched alongside their Russian peers in a military-themed parade in Vladivostok, Russian officials said Sunday. The parade commemorated the upcoming Victory Day, celebrated on May 9 in Russia, and came a week after Moscow and Pyongyang acknowledged that North Korean troops…

Entering your destination into a navigation app and getting directions in real time, looking up nearby places to eat, getting items delivered to your doorstep — these activities are now second nature to you. You do them mindlessly, without even thinking about it. But up until only 25 years ago, this…

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Ukraine’s Air Force has released a video featuring a Patriot air defence system operator who shot down a Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile over Kyiv on 4 May 2023 – the first successful interception of such a missile. Source: Ukrainian Air Force Details: The operator’s surname is not disclosed,…