World
OPINION: International Criminal Court May be Another Casualty of October 7
Israel’s Ambassador in Ukraine decries the decision of the ICC’s Prosecutor to pursue arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister and Defense Minister alongside the leaders of Hamas.
May 23, 2024
Israel
Eurotopics: Israel/Hamas - Сontroversy Over ICC Arrest Warrants Request
The ICC has requested arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders. Commentators weigh in.
May 23, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia Jails Student Over Partisan Leaflets
In addition to state treason, he was also charged with inciting a person to engage in terrorism and attempted participation in a terrorist organization.
May 23, 2024
Germany
Purge of Corrupt Russian Generals Continues
The head of Russia’s Armed Forces Main Communications Directorate is the most recent senior general to be charged with accepting “a bribe on an especially large scale,” according to Russian media.
May 23, 2024
Russia
Poland to Deploy US Balloons to Help Monitor its Border With Russia
Poland has signed a contract to purchase Barbara balloons, which can detect missiles, aircraft, and drones out to more than 300 km to monitor its borders with Russia and Belarus.
May 23, 2024
Russia
UK Defence Minister Says China Sending 'Lethal Aid' to Russia for Ukraine War
China and Russia's strategic partnership has only grown closer since the invasion of Ukraine, but Beijing has rebuffed Western claims that it is aiding Moscow's war effort.
May 23, 2024
Chechnya
Chechnya’s Kadyrov Appoints Eldest Son as Minister of Sports
Chechnyan strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has a habit of appointing his children to official posts, but the latest appointment of Akhmat Kadyrov is already his second ministerial posting this year.
May 23, 2024
Russia
Is Russia Shifting Baltic Sea Border Nearer Lithuania and Finland? What We Know So Far
Russian media reported that Moscow does not intend to revise its Baltic Sea border, despite a published Defense Ministry document suggesting possible changes.
May 22, 2024
Storm Shadow / SCALP
SCALP Missile Strike Reportedly Wounds Top Russian General
Col. Gen. Gennadiy Anashkin, who commands all Russian forces on the southern front in Ukraine, was reported to have been wounded in a long-range missile attack on a staff meeting in Luhansk.
May 22, 2024
NATO
WATCH: Putin Lies About NATO Expansion Promise: ‘Total Nonsense,’ Says Yeltsin’s Foreign Minister
Andrey Kozyrev, Russia’s top diplomat right after the fall of the USSR, told Kyiv Post in an exclusive interview that Putin’s claims about assurances not to expand NATO were false.
May 22, 2024
Zelensky Again Calls on NATO Countries to Shoot Down Russian Missiles Flying Into Ukraine
The Ukrainian president told The New York Times that shooting down missiles over Ukraine is both defensive and doesn't involve taking any lives, so is an obvious step for Ukraine's allies.
May 22, 2024
Iran
Russian Propagandist Falls for Joke About ‘Assassination’ of Iranian President
A popular Russian TV anchor said the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi could be a “political murder,” citing a “report” that his helicopter was piloted by a Mossad agent.
May 22, 2024
ATACMS
US Lawmakers Ask Pentagon to Allow Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Weapons on Russian Territory
Ukrainian appeals to the Biden administration to lift the ban on using US-provided weapons on targets inside Russia has now been reinforced by a written appeal from US lawmakers.
May 22, 2024
US
Pentagon Says Russia Launched Space Weapon in Path of US Satellite
The Russian "counter-space weapon" launched on May 16 was deployed "into the same orbit as a US government satellite," Pentagon spokesman Air Force Major General Pat Ryder told a press briefing.
May 22, 2024
Russia
Tucker Carlson’s ‘New’ Rossiya 24 TV Show – Disinformation or Truth?
Media in Russia and Ukraine announced the launch of the US political commentator’s show on Russian state television on Monday, but Carlson denies involvement.
May 22, 2024
Israel
Eurotopics: ICC Seeks Arrest of Netanyahu and Hamas - Right or Wrong?
The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC has requested arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as well as three Hamas leaders.
May 22, 2024
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