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Trump picks inexperienced ally Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard as top US intelligence officalPresident Donald Trump has appointed Bill Pulte, a loyalist housing official, as the new head of US intelligence. Pulte, who lacks national...
America’s friends may never trust the US againA letter from veteran diplomats reveals deep concerns about America's standing with allies under President Trump, highlighting instances of...
From deadly windows to toad venom: How Putin's rivals are dying under mysterious circumstancesRoman Starovoit, Russia's ex-transport minister, was found dead. He had a gunshot wound in a car near Moscow. This happened after his dismi...
The mystery of Russia’s falling tycoons: Why so many oligarchs are dying out of windowsAnother Russian elite, Andrey Badalov, died after falling from a building. He was a top oil executive. This death follows a series of simil...
Trump administration disbands group focused on pressuring Russia, sources sayThe Trump administration recently shelved an inter-agency working group designed to pressure Russia into Ukraine peace talks, as President ...
Is Trump’s Greenland gambit a dangerous game of imperialism?Donald Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland strains US-Denmark relations. The firing of a US base commander in Greenland raises concerns...
Trump's moves test limits of presidential power, resilience of US democracyIn his first six weeks in office, President Donald Trump has made significant moves to consolidate power, including pardoning Capitol attac...
How one man became a Ukrainian traitor and Russian spyOleh Kolesnikov, a Ukrainian citizen from Zaporizhzhia, was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason after supplying Russia with informat...
Russia says it will take action against US media in response to Russian media chargesRussia announced retaliatory measures against U.S. media following charges against Russian media executives and RT for allegedly trying to ...
Russia arrests another defence official on fraud chargesRussia has charged former Deputy Defence Minister Pavel Popov with fraud amid a broad arrest of military officials. Investigators allege Po...
Vladimir Putin's slow response to the Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers in RussiaA year after celebrating the Battle of Kursk's 80th anniversary, President Vladimir Putin faces a new crisis as Ukrainian forces launch a s...
Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?Following the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister last month, a series of detentions of senior military officials on corruption cha...
In the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack, is a harsher era under Putin in the works?Putin vowed to hunt down the masterminds of the March 22 attack that he linked to Ukraine despite Kyiv's vehement denials and a claim of re...
War and sanctions have done little to weaken Putin's grip on RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated his political mastery by purging military leaders and cracking down on critical military ...
The weaknesses weighing on Vladimir Putin after Wagner mutinyPrigozhin was the most strident voice for those inside Russia criticising failures in the invasion and the strategies used by Defence Minis...
Where are Russia's top generals? Rumours swirl after mercenary mutinySenior generals in Russia, including Armed forces chief of staff General Valery Gerasimov and General Sergei Surovikin, have disappeared fr...
U.S., Germany poised to send tanks to Ukraine, answering Kyiv's pleasUntil now, the U.S. has resisted providing its own M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, citing extensive and complex maintenance and logistical chal...
EU foreign ministers consider new sanctions on Russia, some push for oil embargoEU foreign and defence ministers meet on Monday to discuss imposing further sanctions on Moscow, especially whether to introduce an oil emb...
2G verdict impact: Of all the tangles, the one involving Russia's Sistema will be the most tricky for IndiaRussia, a key supplier of arms & energy to India, will pull out all stops for Sistema, which lost 21 of its 22 licences.
Moscow in mourning, vows to avenge metro bombingsVladimir Putin vowed those responsible for Monday's bombings would be "destroyed".