People are using AI to talk to God 8 hours ago Suvrat Arora Prashanti Aswan (Credit: Prashanti Aswan) In India and around the world, worshipers are turning to purpose-built AI for religious worship and spiritual guidance. What happens when the machines become our new spiritual middlemen? Faced with…

Abstract This article explores how concepts central to systems thinking better explain how the relationships between advisor and partner force matter in developing and maturing critical capabilities and capacity in the latter thus deemphasizing a foolish consistency to conflate advising with…

Containers Pilot sailing slices seven days off Suez Canal route The Port of Felixstowe is the UK’s busiest container port, handling 48% of its containerised trade.Photo: Port of Felixstowe

16 October, 2025 Renee Pruneau Novakoff Former Deputy Director of Intelligence for Sensitive Activities and Special Programs, Office of the Secretary of Defense Renee Pruneau Novakoff served for over forty years in the Department of Defense and several Intelligence agencies to include NSA, CIA,…

Russia A Chinese Gravity-1 rocket lifts off on October 11 carrying three satellites into orbit Share Are China's Spy Satellites A Lifeline For Russia's Struggling Space Intelligence? share Summary Chinese spy satellites reportedly observed Ukraine during Russian missile attacks, raising concerns…

Bjarne Caesar Skinnerup works as a maritime pilot in the straits of Denmark. That means he's used to seeing oil tankers. But after the start of the war in Ukraine, the tankers started getting weird. They were flying flags he'd never seen before. They were old, very old, though many had taken on new…

Show summary Hide summary It’s barely over 2.5 meters long, weighs in at a mere 171 kilograms, and yet it’s about to make a splash in maritime history—not with waves, but with data. Move over Magellan: 503 years after the first circumnavigation of Earth, a cheerful little undersea drone named…

Link has been copied to clipboard Breaking News Ukraine Embed The code has been copied to your clipboard. width px height px The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:04 0:00 Detained in occupied Melitopol and sent to Russia, several Ukrainian teens now…

Oct 16, 2025 It is now clear that Russia’s army cannot get the job done in Ukraine, and that Donald Trump cannot force Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into submission as long as European financial support for his government holds. Whether Russian leaders realize it or not, they have no path…

Home Podcasts The Litigation Podcast The Litigation Podcast 17 Oct 2025 Direct link Copy URL Share on Listen on: apple spotify other devices Expertise covered: Civil Liberties & Human Rights Welcome to Episode 28 of the Blackstone Chambers Litigation Podcast: Litigating War - Ukraine v Russia. This…

Photo: https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Bulgarian Minister of National Defense Atanas Zapryanov on the sidelines of the Ramstein meeting to discuss security in the Black Sea and cooperation under the SAFE initiative. "On the sidelines of the Ramstein…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced the launch of a petition in Hungary against what he called "Brussels' war plan" to support Ukraine in the war. Source: Orbán on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda Details: Orbán claimed that Europe is "on the brink of a hot autumn as it heads…

Maria Atanasova Author at Fakti.bg A Russian woman driving in the capital Moscow had a nervous breakdown behind the wheel. Her video quickly spread on social networks, Focus.de reports. Crying desperately, she describes how her navigation system broke down in the middle of Moscow and she had to…

ENGРУСУКР Censor.NET News Events Articles Photo Video Statistics Archive Drone industry Censor.NET on social networks Mobile Applications About us Donate to CN 10927 visitors online News Video Situation at front 14.10.25 15:03 1 151 In the Donetsk region, border guards of the "Phoenix" unit together…

"Yesterday, a russian submarine entered the Baltic Sea via Great Belt. Swedish naval units and fighter jets met in Kattegatt. This is a routine mission which is carried out together with our allies," the Swedish Navy says. Source: Swedish Navy This is a routine operation carried out in close…

Ukrainian drone developers Dyki Shershni (Wild Hornets) have reported that their Sting interceptor drones have destroyed 900 Russian targets since July 2025. Source: Dyki Shershni on Telegram Quote: "But the true strength and inspiration come from the soldiers who launch them. Their daily fight,…

The UK government has announced a new wave of restrictive measures targeting Russian energy exports, describing them as the "strongest sanctions yet" imposed on Russia. Source: a press release from the the UK government, as reported by European Pravda Details: The new sanctions list includes 90…

Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) will roll out a "Taiwan Marine Chart App" on Nov. 1 to enhance maritime safety for small vessels, offering features such as navigation positioning, port searches and real-time weather and ocean condition updates. Interior Minister Liu…

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense plans to siphon $8 billion in leftover fiscal 2025 research and development funding to ensure troops get a paycheck during the ongoing government shutdown, a department official said in a statement on Saturday. “The President has directed the Secretary of War…

Former commander of US Army Forces in Europe, General Ben Hodges, warned that a Russian invasion of NATO would be a disaster for the Russian dictator, as the Alliance countries would strike devastating blows at the enemy's military bases, including in Kaliningrad and Sevastopol. Points of attention…

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels cannot fly at San Francisco Fleet Week due to the government shutdown. Canada's Air Force Snowbirds now take over as the headliner for the weekend's airshow. “I feel disappointed that we won’t be able to fly with our brothers and sisters in the US military,"…

Kharkiv has removed memorial stands featuring the handprints of foreign cultural figures from its central Shevchenko Park. The decision marks a definitive break with remnants of the "Kharkiv Lilac" short film festival, which operated from 2009 to 2013. The removal reflects the broader process of…

The Bulgarian Navy coordinated the rescue of 10 seafarers from a Ukrainian cargo ship that sank in the Black Sea on October 12. Fears that the ship might have struck a mine, however, were dispelled by the Bulgarians, who said the incident was due to “structural weaknesses” which was supported by a…

Helicopter Manufacturer Bell Ready to Establish Production Facility in Ukraine #Aviation #Helicopters #Ukraine #Ukraine - USA #USA Bell Textron demonstrates a full-scale model of its MV-75 tiltrotor at the AUSA 2025 exhibition. Photo credits: Army Recognition Group U.S. aerospace company Bell…

The Security Service of Ukraine has issued a wanted notice for the Russian archaeologist Volodymyr Tolstikov – head of the Department of Art and Archaeology of the Ancient World and leader of the “Bosporan Expedition” of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture “State Museum of Fine Arts…

Russia’s air defense systems have already faced US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles—and failed to intercept them effectively, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). The head of the center, Andrii Kovalenko, made the statement…

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is attempting to portray a level of military strength he does not actually possess—a calculated move to test NATO and European resolve, says Lord Don Touhig, Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In an interview with…

Russian Navy Degraded and Forced to Protect its Own Shipping in the Baltic #Baltic nations #Baltic States #Europe #Fleet #NATO #World The crew of the Serpukhov ship during the parade in 2017. Screenshot from the video of the Russian Defense Ministry As part of Operation Baltic Sentry, which…

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones flying to the occupied peninsula and deep inside Russia overnight, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the…

The appearance of “little green men” on the borders of Estonia may mean the beginning of the “Crimean scenario”, because it is the Baltic countries, in particular the Estonian Narva, that are most vulnerable to Russian propaganda. However, the Kremlin is unlikely to resort to direct aggression,…

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay $275 million in compensation for war crimes and human rights violations in Georgia, marking the second substantial judgment against Moscow for its 2008 invasion and subsequent occupation. In an October 14 ruling, Europe's top human rights…

The European Commission has presented to EU member states a comprehensive plan to strengthen Europe's defence capabilities, including measures to counter drones and other threats from the air, sea and space. Source: press service for the European Commission, as reported by European Pravda Details:…

14 October, 11:37 AM Share: Reconnaissance revealed major issues in Russian air defense near Zaporizhzhya (Photo: Atesh) Partisans conducting reconnaissance discovered serious problems with Russian air defense along the Zaporizhzhya front, the Atesh partisan movement reported on Oct. 14. It was…

Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service has been asked to impose maximum prices at gas stations as fuel shortages worsen across the country, pro-government media outlet Izvestia reported on Oct. 14. The proposal, initiated by the Russian National Automobile Union, comes amid a deepening supply crisis…

The British government on Wednesday imposed sanctions against Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, four Chinese oil terminals and more than 40 “shadow fleet” tankers accused of helping Moscow move sanctioned crude oil around the world. London said Rosneft and Lukoil were either…

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A Russian presidential economic envoy and key negotiator in Ukraine peace talks has proposed building an $8 billion undersea tunnel linking Alaska and Russia using Elon Musk’s tunnel construction company. Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s special envoy on international economic and investment…

News Politics Russian leader is not a ‘rational man,’ says leader of Britain’s populist Reform UK. Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn Nigel Farage rejected accusations he was weak on foreign policy. “Clearly, Putin is not a rational man,” he said. “The…