Amid the relentless conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s recent nuclear drills on its own territory have raised questions about Putin’s potential nuclear threats due to setbacks on the battlefield. However, the reality is that these drills are part of Russia’s annual exercises to practice its strategic nuclear forces, with a tenuous connection to the Ukraine conflict at best. The New Start... 

A violent tribal clash has left at least 30 people dead and 15 missing in Papua New Guinea’s remote Trobriand Islands, often referred to as the “islands of love.” The bloodshed erupted on Monday, resulting from a longstanding dispute between two villages that originated during a football match two months ago, linked to the country’s general election in July. The violence escalated... 

Nearly half of the country’s attorneys general have launched investigations into alleged ties between American banks and the United Nations’ “Net-Zero Banking Alliance.” Investments in so-called “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) initiatives remain a point of contention between the two political parties as those on the left embrace them in the name of fighting climate change... 

Afghan commandos who had been trained by Allied forces to fight the Taliban are now being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine. Up to 30,000 members of the elite National Army Commando Corps were abandoned by the West when the country fell to the hardline Islamist group last year. Now, the US-trained light infantry force that fought side by side with allied troops for nearly 20 years could be joining... 

The United States has issued a stern warning to Vladimir Putin, cautioning of “severe consequences” should he detonate a dirty bomb containing radioactive material in Ukraine. This comes in response to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s claim that Ukraine was planning such an attack, an assertion refuted by the UK, US, and France, who labeled it a “pretext for escalation.” Tory... 

The Russian Su-34 which smashed into an apartment block last week in a huge fireball killing 15 people malfunctioned after seagulls entered the engine, investigators have said. The fighter-bomber was taking off from an airfield in the southern Russian city of Yeysk, near the border with Ukraine, on Monday evening when it plunged from the sky moments later with one engine on fire — slamming into... 

Vladimir Zelensky, president of Ukraine, said this week that if Russia chose to use nuclear weapons on Kiev, the world should make it known that it would be met with an immediate military response. The head of Ukraine claimed that Moscow only speaks the language of force and has been utilizing “terrorist” blackmail techniques. Zelensky asserted that Moscow has frequently threatened to... 

Vladimir Putin is confronted with a significant political uprising as Bashkiri nationalists demand independence from Russia, posing a threat to the country’s territorial integrity and potentially inspiring other dissident regions. The Bashkirs, an ethnic minority of Kipchak Turkic descent, inhabit their autonomous republic, Bashkortostan, located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains... 

Russia has mined a huge hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine in a plot to unleash a devastating flood, officials in Kyiv have warned. Moscow’s ‘nuclear blackmail’ had failed and the Kremlin was now resorting to new scare tactics, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak said last night. ‘Ukraine will not succumb to peace by coercion,’ he added. ‘They won’t break us.... 

Russia is teetering on the brink of a potential civil war, exacerbated by deepening ethnic tensions and racial divisions following a series of mass shootings at a military base in Belgorod. At least 11 soldiers lost their lives in the incident, sparked by a confrontation between a Russian commander and mobilized individuals from Muslim regions who contested their involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. The... 

I often explain that we are losing civilization. The risks come from many sources. Among them is the growing risk of nuclear war; the rising police state in which behavior protected by the Constitution is criminalized despite the Constitution; unity supplanted by a Tower of Babel; fomented race and gender hatreds that serve Identity Politics; soil destroyed by glyphosate with consequent reduction... 

Western newspapers are incorrectly naming these Iranian flying weapons as “drones” or “suicide drones” or “kamikaze drones”, while in fact they aren’t really drones but just remote controlled missiles. However for the sake of of it, we will just go along with the Western description…. ok fine…. drones! Whatever…. but they really aren’t,... 

Switzerland’s Air Force put on an impressive display at an annual air show in the Alps, amid heightened military tensions in Europe. The famously neutral country has an air force with around 20,000 active personnel, and yesterday showed off its aerial prowess near the summit of the Axalphorn mountain. Tiger F5 airplanes, F-35s, Cougar helicopters and special forces put on a highly-skilled and... 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the Ukraine war for actually “accelerating” the “energy transition” away from fossil fuels. At the Canadian Climate Institute in Ottawa hosted by Bloomberg on Tuesday, Trudeau was asked if the Ukraine war would “delay Canada’s energy transition.” Trudeau replied, “No! It’s accelerating it.” “It is absolutely accelerating it. As people... 

Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in the occupied regions of Ukraine as officials began evacuating civilians from the city of Kherson, with a battle for control of the stronghold now looming. Putin said the order will come into effect from midnight in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions – giving him sweeping powers to curtail the freedoms of civilians, repurpose industries,...