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The maritime domain has always held strategic and economic significance in regional security, but recent actions of both state and non-state actors are creating instability. The Yemen-based Houthi rebels have attacked merchant shipping vessels in the Red Sea through piracy, disrupting international…

With a deep rumble, the massive threshing wheel of the rice harvester pushes through the tightly packed green stalks. The plants vanish into the belly of the machine, where rice grains are separated from their husks and the straw is tossed back onto the field. A few workers watch the process from…

The startling swarms of drones Russia and Ukraine are fielding against each other—an arms and technology race with lethal consequences—underscores how unprepared Europe is for modern warfare. That makes the twenty-seven European Union (EU) member states, particularly those neighboring Russia,…

SECURITYJuly 30, 2025 Baltic security: Keeping an eye on the Kremlin Stefan Hedlund Reading time: 9 min Russia looks to be preparing major NATO provocations, including hybrid attacks and military buildup near Nordic borders, and may test Article 5. Lithuanian soldiers stand with drones during the…

Lukashenko Deploys Military for Crop Harvest #Europe #Neighbors #the Republic of Belarus #World Military trucks allocated for harvesting. Belarus, July 2025. Photo: Belarusian Ministry of Defense The Ministry of Defense of Belarus has announced that military personnel will assist local farmers with…

Ukrainian authorities are establishing volunteer formations equipped with civilian aircraft and helicopters to strengthen the country’s defenses against Russian attack drones, officials confirmed. The air defense groups, organized within the framework of territorial community volunteer formations…

Ukrainian intelligence has received new evidence of the forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. This was reported by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Censor.NET informs. As part of a cyber operation, specialists from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine hacked the servers of the…

The latest casualty of Donald Trump’s efforts to silence media criticism is Eduardo Porter, one of the most thoughtful and intelligent critics of his heinous regime. On Tuesday, Porter wrote his last column for the Washington Post. In a widely circulated email, he explained why he was leaving the…

China Expands South China Sea Network With 27 Military Bases, Some Capable of Hosting Nuclear Bombers #Asia #China #World Chinese H6 bombers parked at an airfield on Woody Island. Photo credits: ABC/ Maxar Technologies China has established a network of 27 military outposts in the South China Sea,…

Fears of a potential Russian military campaign against NATO’s eastern flank by 2027 have gained renewed attention across Europe. But Lithuanian-based security expert Darius Antanaitis — a well-known and influential voice on Baltic defense matters — believes the threat is more likely to materialize…

The messaging app that doesn’t need WiFi signal | The Independent Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Next articleAnthony Cuthbertson Wednesday 30 July 2025 14:55 BSTA Bluetooth-powered WhatsApp alternative developed by Twitter…

Russian regulators on Wednesday banned the import and sale of trucks from several major Chinese manufacturers, citing what they called a “direct threat” to public health and safety. The ban targets vehicles produced by Dongfeng, Foton, FAW and Sitrak, according to Rosstandart, the federal agency…

China began building a massive dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river near the disputed border with the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh — which Beijing also claims — earlier this month at a ceremony attended by Chinese Premier Li Qiang. It has sparked alarm in India given both the…

What’s new: President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on Indian imports from August 1, along with a separate penalty for New Delhi’s continued oil and defence purchases from Russia. Why it matters: The US is India’s top export market, with bilateral trade worth nearly $128 billion in 2024. The…

Where did the blue crab in the Black Sea come from? According to Serhiy Khutornyi, head of the Black Sea department of the Institute of Fisheries, Marine Ecology, and Oceanography (IRGEMO), the blue crab is a native species of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Its appearance in the Black Sea…

Dozens of delegates walked out in protest whilst Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, spoke at the World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Geneva. Source: video published by Olena Kondratiuk, Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian…

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30 July, 2025 RussiaChinaEuropeAlternative PerspectivesAsiaEmmanouil M. Karatarakis Former Assistant Director of China Mission Center, CIA Miller spent 39 years at CIA as an operations officer, serving nine tours abroad, two as a Case Officer, one as Deputy Chief of Station and six tours as Chief of…

There was a time, just a couple of decades ago, when researchers in psychology and health always had to engage with people face-to-face or using the telephone. The worst case scenario was sending questionnaire packs out to postal addresses and waiting for handwritten replies. So we either literally…

A convent in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk recently organized a campaign of handing out plastic fetuses to local women in an effort to discourage abortions, according to the independent outlet 7×7. The initiative was held in shopping centers, libraries, at city festivals, and on university…

Less than six months after it was declared so-called ‘undesirable’ in Russia, the Barents Observer takes the country’s General Prosecutor to court. A first round of hearings in the case took place in the Tverskoy Rayonny Court in Moscow on July 2. A second round is planned for July 10. The small…

The classic WWII-era laker Cuyahoga has completed her final voyage and arrived at a scrapyard in Port Colborne, Ontario. Damaged in a conveyor fire in 2024, the Cuyahoga was deemed unsuitable for repair and consigned to demolition. The Cuyahoga is an 18,000 dwt self-unloader built in 1943 by the…

The British warship HMS Northumberland was built in 1679 as part of a wave of naval modernisation overseen by Samuel Pepys, a decade after he had stopped writing his celebrated diary and gone on to become the Royal Navy’s most senior administrator. Twenty-four years later, after the ship had taken…

[By CMT] The shipping industry’s adoption of smart technology risks being undermined by the crew’s ability to understand the information they provide, according to a German diagnostics firm. Condition Monitoring Technologies (CMT), a provider of engine performance analytics and training, has warned…

A ceasefire encouraged by President Trump and agreed between Cambodia and Thailand on July 28 appears to be more or less holding, notwithstanding a series of small arms clashes. The border battles between the two countries were largely focused on a forested national park area in Thailand’s Si Sa Ket…

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has passed a law restoring powers to Ukraine’s key anti-corruption agencies – the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). Source: Parliamentary session of 31 July Details: A total of 331 MPs…

Water shortages in Russian-occupied Donetsk have reached a critical point, with residents receiving tap water only once every three days, queuing for hours at mobile tanks, and relying on unsanitary sources such as basement wells and mine water. Locals and pro-Russian bloggers are calling the…

The premises of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio have sustained damage as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of 30-31 July. Source: Ukrainian State Film Agency Quote: "During the morning missile strike, the studio’s production facilities and part of a hotel building were…

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09:00, 31.07.2025 The ruble under protection: Russia’s resources against oil sanctions Photo: Реальное время The potential introduction of 100% duties on buyers of Russian oil by the United States under Donald Trump's ultimatum poses a challenge to the ruble. However, Russia has a sufficient set of…

485 Yesterday, 16:24 The member states of the North Atlantic Alliance have been striving to establish themselves in the South Caucasus for many years. This was reported by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. “The goal, I think, is obvious: to use the…

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AI-Cloned Voice of 999 Call Handler Used in Sophisticated Russian Disinformation Operation In a disturbing escalation of disinformation tactics, security services have uncovered a sophisticated Russian operation employing AI-cloned voices to spread fabricated narratives about the war in Ukraine.…

This is a guest post by Colette Harley, a Junior Fellow in the Geography and Map Division. My Junior Fellowship project this summer was entitled “Marie Tharp, Mapmaking Pioneer – Diving into Unprocessed Collection Material”. As an archivist, my ears always perk up at the phrase “unprocessed…