Kyiv • UNN September 30 2025, 03:04 AM • 3754 views On September 30, the world celebrates International Translation Day, Save the Koala Day, Mud Therapy Day, and International Podcast Day. In Ukraine, this day marks the All-Ukrainian Library Day, established in 1998. Today, September 30, the world…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of admirals, generals, and senior enlisted leaders to Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday to hear him announce a spate of personnel initiatives around physical fitness and grooming standards, the inspector general process, and mandatory training. Some of…

A juvenile C. maenas showing the common green colour. Image via Wikipedia Undersea cables are the big arteries to our energy grid. But apparently, they can also affect marine life. According to a new study, the cables act as an irresistible lure for female shore crabs, while the males remain…

After developing the technique some five years ago, Aker Arctic has now completed the research required to get its new design methodology for icebreaker hulls accepted into the Finish-Swedish Ice Class Rules. The method has also been adopted to Polar Class rules of several Class Societies (LR, ABS,…

Princess Anne has made a secret visit to Ukraine at the request of the British government - at the age of 75. The King's sister spent Tuesday in Kyiv, amid a media blackout-out, where she met with President Zelenskyy and movingly laid a toy bear at a memorial commemorating children who have died…

Ukrainian military personnel arrived in Denmark this week to share their unique knowledge of drone warfare with Danish colleagues. The move comes following a series of incidents in the skies above Danish airports and other strategic sites involving suspicious drone activity that may be linked to…

Giving Voice to Oppressed Nations The discussion opened with Oleg Magaletskyi, who laid out the mission of the Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum. He stressed that Russia remains the last colonial empire in Europe, and that this reality is still poorly understood, even in the heart of the West.…

Homepage News World 08:43 29 Sep 2025 Photo: AP Ulyana Guz US Special Envoy to Ukraine General Keith Kellogg said that US President Donald Trump has authorized Ukraine to launch long-range strikes into the Russian Federation. He reported this on Fox News. When asked whether the position of the head…

Ukraine's National Resistance Center (NRC) has stated that the Russian-appointed administration in temporarily occupied Luhansk Oblast is preparing a "youth Stakhanovite movement". [The Stakhanovite movement was a mass cultural movement of workers that originated in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and…

Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers are being used to "launch and control" Russian drones over European cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 28, citing intelligence reports. The comments come amid increased tension between Russia and NATO countries over airspace violation.…

Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just “ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice” next Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, the Washington Post reported Thursday. No reason was given for the rare and urgent meeting, which is…

Politics AFP - news@thelocal.com Published: 25 Sep, 2025 CET. Updated: Thu 25 Sep 2025 16:33 CET German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius addresses guests during the BDI Space Congress 2025 on September 25, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP Germany will spend €35 billion on outer…

American fighter jets scrambled on 24 September to identify and intercept four Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska, CBS News reported, citing the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Two Russian Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers and two Su-35 fighters flew in Alaska’s Air…

Today, Russian forces lost another Su-34 fighter-bomber in the Zaporizhzhia region. According to the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian Air Forces Command, the aircraft was shot down around 4 a.m. Reports indicate that this Su-34 was carrying out attacks on the city of Zaporizhzhia using guided…

The pressures of the war in Ukraine are starting to bite for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his policymakers in the Kremlin, with Moscow planning tax hikes and spending cuts to deal with its growing budget deficit. The draft budget for 2026 is expected to be submitted to parliament on…

For the past three years, the Nicaraguan government has been fostering a structured propaganda network through a collaboration between two Russian state media, RT in Spanish and Sputnik, and multiple Nicaraguan outlets, all of which are state-controlled as the vast majority of independent outlets in…

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Mark your calendars: September 28, Moldova's heading to the polls! This tiny country is torn politically between Brussels and Moscow. Meanwhile, Russian officials are already throwing shade, calling Moldova’s democracy ''rock bottom.'' twisted anti-EU narratives and online propaganda — all trying to…

[Damascus] Syria and Ukraine announced on Thursday the resumption of diplomatic relations, restoring ties that were broken in 2022 under the ousted Assad regime. The announcement followed a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New…

You may never have wondered why you have five fingers at the end of each arm (or why you have fingers at all, for that matter) but the answer is surprisingly interesting and a little cheeky. A recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that the DNA triggers responsible for controlling the…

This story has been updated with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak's statement. Around 50% of gas stations in occupied Crimea and Sevastopol have stopped selling gasoline due to fuel supply disruptions, Russian pro-government media outlet Kommersant reported on Sept. 24. The publication,…

By night, Lamine Hanoun works as a hospital guard in Bir Moghrein, near Mauritania’s border with Morocco-occupied Western Sahara. By day, he twiddles his phone, checking TikTok and Facebook, which he uses to sell meteorites to the rest of the world. In this former French colonial garrison town,…

Sept. 17, 2025, 11:25 p.m. Italian pages in the history of Budzak Цей матеріал також доступний українською 118 Genoese shebeck vessel / SOURCE: wonderfulsail.com The role of Italian merchants - primarily Venetians and Genoese - in shaping the trade practices of medieval Budzhak remains almost…

Sep 25, 2025 and The populist forces that propelled Donald Trump’s rise will continue to shape US politics long after he leaves office. Rather than wait around hoping for the US to re-embrace reason, democratic values, and global leadership, the “rest of the West” must step up to preserve the…

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The Mexican navy tall ship that fatally smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge last spring is on its first sea voyage since the harrowing incident to give its hefty repairs a test run, The Post has learned. The Cuauhtémoc left Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Co. in Staten Island for its “sea trial” in the ocean…

Two unidentified drones were observed overnight from September 25 to 26 over the Karlskrona archipelago in Sweden, SVT reported, citing police representative Mattias Lundgren. The archipelago houses Sweden’s main naval base in the country’s southeast. The drones flew within 10 kilometers of the…

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Twenty Ukrainians have left Alaska after their requests for re-parole through the Uniting for Ukraine humanitarian parole program were not approved in time, says Executive Director of New Chance Ukraine relief program Zori Opanasevych. “It hurts. I welcomed these…

Donald Trump has spent eight months attempting to remake the United States through a massive programme of cuts and deregulation. His administration has left almost no part of American life untouched – from classrooms to college campuses, offices to factory floors; museums, forests, oceans and even…

Russia, which has undermined the global order and security, is now suffering huge losses from the war despite support from China, India, and Brazil. Over the past two months, the number of gas stations in the country has decreased by 360 sites, or 2.6%, the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence has…

If a flood of videos on TikTok is to be believed, the people of Moldova are currently living through a reign of terror. These short videos claim that the country is being governed by a "dictatorship" of its pro-European President, Maia Sandu, and the ruling liberal-conservative Action and Solidarity…

News Politics Donald Trump’s about-face on Ukraine was a result of “disappointment” with Vladimir Putin, says Alexander Stubb. AI generated Text-to-speech Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Free article usually reserved for subscribers The main concern…

The closure of Aalborg airport in northern Denmark this week, following the incursion of drones into its airspace, is the latest in a string of recent airport shutdowns caused by the devices. Unmanned drones were also reportedly spotted at Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup airports — the latter,…

The Russian drone attack on Poland on the night of 9-10 September, as well as subsequent Russian provocations in the airspace of Estonia, Romania, Denmark and Norway, have drawn constant attention from Western media and policymakers. What is Putin’s game? Are Western countries responding adequately?…

Ukraine’s EU accession is following no fixed timeline. But even now, we can name two dates that will be decisive for Ukraine’s European integration. Both are tied to events in neighbouring states. The second of these dates is 12 April 2026, when parliamentary elections are set to take place in…

Kyiv's strikes on Russia's oil sector have severely disrupted fuel supplies and logistics for Moscow's armed forces, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Sept. 25. "The capabilities of the enemy's military-industrial complex have been significantly reduced; we can see this on the…