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US Warns of 'Severe' Response if Iran Transfers Missiles to Russia
The United States has been in touch with European allies on reports that Iran is "planning to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.
Aug. 13, 2024
Top News
Putin Orders Army to ‘Dislodge’ Ukraine as Over 120,000 Flee Border
Ukraine has captured 28 towns and villages, with the new front 40 km (25 miles) long, Kursk Regional Governor Alexei Smirnov said.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia Orders Fresh Evacuations as It Battles Ukraine Attack
Authorities in the Kursk region said they were widening their evacuation area to include Belovsky district and neighboring Belgorod region said it was evacuating Krasnoyaruzhsky district.
Aug. 12, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: August 12, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
World Briefing Weekend: August 10/11, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Kursk's Next Operational Phase
The focus of this piece is to explore the options now available to Ukraine as it moves into the second week of operations in Kursk, as well as the considerations and risks involved with each option.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
‘War Has Come to Us’: Russia Evacuates Tens of Thousands Amid Ukraine Counter-Invasion
AFU troops stormed across the border on Tuesday morning in what has been the largest and most successful such offensive by Kyiv since Russia’s full scale invasion.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Deripaska’s Diplomacy: False Hopes and Kremlin Games
The Russian oligarch’s revelations simply toe the Kremlin political line as part of a complex web of maneuvering and deception. As Vladimir Putin plays a long game, the West must remain vigilant.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russian Army Concedes Ukraine Advances in Kursk Offensive
Kyiv has deployed thousands of troops to the surprise operation, seizing the battlefield initiative after months of slow Russian advances across the east.
Aug. 12, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Thinking Out Loud – Aug. 11, 2024
900 days of Russia’s full-scale war; Russia’s one-sided view of history and morality; Belarusian dictator Lukashenka blusters on.
Aug. 11, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: August 11, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Aug. 11, 2024
Venezuelan Opposition Demands Maduro end 'Persecution'
Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia posted a social media video demanding Maduro allow free political expression.
Aug. 11, 2024
War in Ukraine
ANALYSIS: The Battle of Kursk 2024
A quick assessment of what we know about the surprise Ukrainian assault into Russia, and what might be Ukraine’s strategic and operational objectives.
Aug. 11, 2024
Russia
Putin Pardons Nemtsov’s Killer to Fight Against Ukraine
Chechen complicit in murder of leading Kremlin critic freed to fight in Ukraine
Aug. 11, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Ukraine’s Little Round Top Defeat of Putin
This Russian army isn't their father’s Soviet Army. They are their great-great grandfather’s meatgrinder of an army that fled the battlefields of WWI – led by an equally one-dimensional general.
Aug. 11, 2024
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Where Will Ukraine's Offensive in Kursk Lead?
Europe's press discusses the reasons for the offensive and the reactions from the Kremlin so far.
Aug. 11, 2024
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