Mali’s Northern War Enters a Dangerous New Phase as Separatists and Al-Qaeda Allies Challenge Bamako and Russia The battlefield is changing fast. A fragile alliance between Tuareg separatists and an al-Qaeda-linked insurgency has transformed Mali’s war into a three-sided struggle with consequences that could reverberate across the Sahel. BAMAKO, Mali — The war in […] Read more
Russia Unleashes Largest Ballistic Missile Assault of the War as Ukraine’s Air Defenses Face Critical Test Deadly Barrage Rocks the Ukrainian Capital, Patriot Missile Shortages Raise Alarm, and a New Phase of the War Begins KYIV — Before dawn broke over Ukraine’s capital, air-raid sirens once again shattered the silence. Then came the explosions. Dozens […] Read more
Ukrainian Drone Blitz Ignites Russian Refinery as Putin Admits Russia Faces a “Difficult Period” MOSCOW / KYIV / KRASNODAR – The flames rose before dawn. First came the sirens. Then the explosions. Then fire, towering columns of orange and black cutting through the darkness over southern Russia, visible for kilometers. Another night. Another strike. Another […] Read more
Located 5,000 km east of Moscow, residents of the mining city often see the thermometer regularly drop well below minus 40. Temperatures have plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius this week in Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in the Siberian city known as the coldest on earth. Residents of the mining settlement frequently […] Read more
Victoria Apanasenko, Miss Ukraine, unveiled the attire she’ll don at the Miss Universe 2023 contest, saying it represents “the war that Ukraine is waging against darkness.” Apanasenko, who called the garment the “Warrior of Light Costume,” posted a photo of herself wearing it on her official Instagram account, according to the British publication “The Independent.” […] Read more
NATO members vowed to address a range of traditional and evolving security challenges, including several posed by China, in a joint statement released Monday at the close of their summit. “China’s growing influence and international policies can present challenges that we need to address together as an Alliance,” the statement, known as a communique, said. […] Read more
The jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia was widely expected by Russia watchers, but experts say what comes next will likely depend on the momentum of protests in support of Navalny, whether the West decides to punish Russia and how the Kremlin responds to growing unrest in the country. Navalny, regarded as one […] Read more
Russia saw widespread protests against President Vladimir Putin at the weekend, with demonstrations involving tens of thousands of people and taking place in as many as 100 cities. Experts say the protests, mainly in support of arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny but also attracting members of the public angry at corruption and injustices in Russia, could be more significant […] Read more
The scale of a sophisticated cyberattack on the U.S. government that was unearthed this week is much bigger than first anticipated. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a summary Thursday that the threat “poses a grave risk to the federal government.” It added that “state, local, tribal, and territorial governments as well as critical […] Read more
German officials are increasing pressure on the Kremlin to cooperate in the investigation into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with one lawmaker noting this weekend that Berlin could rethink its joint massive gas pipeline project with Moscow. On Sunday, Germany’s foreign minister warned Russia that if it does not contribute to […] Read more
