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Moldova Intel: Russia Could Invade Moldova 

Moldova Intel: Russia Could Invade Moldova 

Moldovan intelligence officials say Russian forces could launch a military offensive early next year in southern Ukraine in order to...

Spain: No Evidence of Criminal Misconduct in Migrant Deaths

Spain: No Evidence of Criminal Misconduct in Migrant Deaths

Spanish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into the deaths of more than 20 migrants last June at the border between...

US Approves Patriot Missiles, New $45B Aid Package for Ukraine

US Approves Patriot Missiles, New $45B Aid Package for Ukraine

The United States House of Representatives on Friday approved a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine. The measure, part of...

Two Dead, Several Wounded in Paris Shooting, Suspect Arrested

Two Dead, Several Wounded in Paris Shooting, Suspect Arrested

A shooter killed two people and wounded four others in a gun attack near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris...

Notorious French Serial Killer Freed from Nepal Prison

Notorious French Serial Killer Freed from Nepal Prison

Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence...

Russia Mulls Early Return of Space Station Crew After Soyuz Capsule Leak

Russia Mulls Early Return of Space Station Crew After Soyuz Capsule Leak

Russia’s space agency said it is considering a plan to send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS)...

Zelenskyy: Trip to US Delivered ‘Good Results’

Zelenskyy: Trip to US Delivered ‘Good Results’

A brief wartime trip to the United States delivered “good results,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his nation in a...

Israel Spy Agency Warns of Deeper Iran-Russia Arms Ties

Israel Spy Agency Warns of Deeper Iran-Russia Arms Ties

Iran is seeking to expand its supply of advanced weapons to Russia, the head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency said...

Whistleblower Files Complaint to Congress Over Twitter Suspending Journalists

Whistleblower Files Complaint to Congress Over Twitter Suspending Journalists

Nearly a week after Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said that the accounts of suspended journalists would be reinstated, at...

US Says Russia’s Wagner Group Bought North Korean Weapons for Ukraine War

US Says Russia’s Wagner Group Bought North Korean Weapons for Ukraine War

The Wagner Group, the private Russian military company, took delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster...

Zelenskyy’s Surprise Visit to DC Was Months in the Making

Zelenskyy’s Surprise Visit to DC Was Months in the Making

The idea of a daring wartime trip by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington had percolated for some time before the surprise...

Israeli Arms Sales Soar as Ukraine War Rages

Israeli Arms Sales Soar as Ukraine War Rages

The Israeli arms industry is growing fast, due in part to Russia’s war in Ukraine and increasing Iranian military threats...

France Planning AI-Assisted Crowd Control for Paris Olympics

France Planning AI-Assisted Crowd Control for Paris Olympics

French authorities plan to use an AI-assisted crowd control system to monitor people during the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to...

Germany Arrests Foreign Intelligence Employee Suspected of Spying for Russia

Germany Arrests Foreign Intelligence Employee Suspected of Spying for Russia

Germany arrested a foreign intelligence service agent on Wednesday on suspicion of sharing state secrets with Russia this year, raiding...

Ukraine Forced to Conduct Power Cuts in Wake of Russian Attacks

Ukraine Forced to Conduct Power Cuts in Wake of Russian Attacks

Following recent Russian missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s energy operator Ukrenergo has been conducting emergency shutdowns in...

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Building Factories for Battery Powered Vehicles

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Building Factories for Battery Powered Vehicles

Between the close of this year’s climate conference in Sharm el Sheikh and the 2023 climate event slated for December...

Senate Confirms New US Ambassador to Russia 

Senate Confirms New US Ambassador to Russia 

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm the new U.S. ambassador to Russia. Hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived...

Spain’s Constitutional Crisis Raises Concerns Over Polarization

Spain’s Constitutional Crisis Raises Concerns Over Polarization

Spain was plunged into an unprecedented constitutional crisis this month after judges blocked a law for the first time since...

Russia Criticizes Zelenskky’s US Visit

Russia Criticizes Zelenskky’s US Visit

Russia said Thursday there were no signs of readiness for peace from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington.  U.S....

Alleged Kingpin Dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ Extradited to Australia

Alleged Kingpin Dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ Extradited to Australia

The alleged boss of Asia’s biggest crime syndicate and one of the world’s most wanted men has been extradited to...

Zelenskyy Follows in Churchill’s Footsteps — to a Point

Zelenskyy Follows in Churchill’s Footsteps — to a Point

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday addressed the U.S. Congress as a wartime leader appealing for American support, as British...

What Kind of Leader Does Twitter Need?

What Kind of Leader Does Twitter Need?

If not Elon, then who? That’s a question many are contemplating since Elon Musk, Twitter’s CEO, said this week he...