Ukraine Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, right, examines the site of a missile strike that ruined a residential building during Russia's massive missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukraine — One of the largest Russian attacks in months killed at least…

Introduction On May 4, 2025, the Houthis launched a missile from Yemen—built with Iranian-supplied components—that evaded Israeli and American air defenses and struck within the perimeter of Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. The strike triggered a cascade of flight suspensions that grounded…

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Slovenia’s Ministry of Defense announced on 13 June it had placed an order for 12 CAESAR 6×6 wheeled self-propelled howitzers from France, with deliveries set to begin in 2028. Army Recognition reported the deal, which places Slovenia among several nations waiting for delivery of the in-demand…

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KANANASKIS — Prime Minister Mark Carney said his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday was a "necessary" step toward rebuilding the relationship between the two countries. However, Carney refused to say whether he had directly raised…

The contemporary security environment defies traditional categorizations of war and peace. We exist in what some analysts increasingly term a “hybrid Cold War,” that is, a persistent state of competition that blends conventional capabilities with irregular tactics, cyber operations, and information…

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Today, there are interesting updates from the Russian Federation. Here, the increasing number of warnings, which have evolved into outright open threats from Russia, has pushed the Kazakhstan government to take decisive steps towards establishing an alliance with Western countries. From changing key…

SUMY REGION, UKRAINE -- A wounded Ukrainian soldier has just been carried into a medical stabilization point close to the front line in Ukraine's northern Sumy region. A piece of shrapnel is lodged in his leg. "What time did they put the tourniquet on?" asks one medic. Another looks down, "It says…

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Five years ago — and certainly a decade ago — coercive annexation of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) might have seemed an extreme scenario. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. The rising crescendo of PRC air and maritime pressure operations near the island, missile firings, and…

Dubai and Kyiv, June 17, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator, announces today that Kyivstar, VEON’s digital operator in Ukraine, has joined forces with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop Ukraine’s first national large language model (“LLM”) trained on…

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Orkney council ends investigation into leaving UK 6 hours ago Rob Flett and Adam HarcusBBC Scotland News Getty Images Options for greater autonomy were found to be too expensive or too difficult Orkney Islands Council has accepted it must remain part of the UK - after spending two years exploring…

Can your students identify how public opinion and individuals’ actions are influenced by persuasive campaigns appealing to emotion? Analyzing historical primary sources offers one way for students to reflect on how such practices have been used in the past while sharpening their informational…

Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, has warned that prolonged high interest rates could push many Russian companies into a "severe crisis" if tight monetary policy continues for another year. Source: The Moscow Times Details: Anatoliy Popov, Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s board, cautioned that as long…

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Jun 17, 2025 and With neither Congress nor the White House demonstrating even a modicum of fiscal discipline, the US Federal Reserve will almost certainly be forced into monetizing enough federal debt to prevent a default in the near future. That means higher inflation, and thus higher interest…

Top image credit: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing "phase one" of the U.S.-China trade agreement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo What did the US and China just agree to exactly? Jake Werner…

Ukrainian emergency workers have pulled more bodies from the rubble of destroyed Kyiv apartment buildings hit by Russian missile and drone strikes, as the death toll in the Ukrainian capital rose to 28 people, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Workers with search dogs and heavy construction…

A retired US Army general said it's most of NATO, not Ukraine, that has to learn from the other about combat. Ret. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges was asked in a video interview with the Kyiv Post, published on Tuesday, about what Ukraine's NATO allies could do to help Kyiv's military reach Western standards.…

Brussels will set out legal measures this week to halt Russian fossil fuel imports into the EU, but has delayed plans to address nuclear technology dependency, the Financial Times reported on 16 June. EU countries have paid more than €200 bn ($231 bn) to Russia for fuel since Moscow’s invasion of…

Ukrainians and Americans organized an emergency demonstration at Times Square demanding more US action against Russia following a massive Russian attack on Ukraine that killed more than two dozen people on 17 June. The attack occurred while US President Donald Trump was attending the G7 summit in…

The Americans were reluctant to endorse the communiqué’s 'strong language' as they try to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin back to the negotiation table G7 leaders, minus U.S. President Donald Trump, meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 2nd from right, during the G7 Summit in…

In the early hours of August 21, 1968, the people of Czechoslovakia woke to the rumble of tanks. The Soviet-led invasion marked the end of the Prague Spring and the beginning of more than two decades of occupation. But even after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Russia never truly withdrew from Czech…

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NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong moths fly about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) to cool down in caves by the Australian Alps. They later…

Oleksandr Kalinichenko / Shutterstock Reuters Total Views: 0 June 17, 2025 Share this article 39 Shares 38 By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) – The Front Tyne oil tanker was sailing through the Gulf between Iran and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday when just past 9:40 a.m. shiptracking…

Boaters in the Gulf of Finland have spotted remote-controlled maritime drones being used in Nato sea exercises over the weekend. One of the boaters, photographer Kari Kuukka, told Yle he was startled by a red, submarine-like vessel as he was sailing near Mäkiluoto, an island just south of the…

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. June 18, 2025 Copyright GrispB/AdobeStock Former Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has said that tankers and LNG cargoes should only transit the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian permission and this policy should be carried out from "tomorrow [Wednesday] for a…

As Russia continues pressing its attacks into Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, a special police unit known as the White Angels faces an increasingly daunting mission: Rescuing the last civilian holdouts from villages under heavy fire and getting them to safer regions. The Ukrainian unit must…