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Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A recent video out of Russia once again highlights the drastic efforts being taken to provide Moscow with additional air defense coverage against the threat of long-range Ukrainian drones. While we have seen examples of the Pantsir short-range air defense […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a dire appeal Thursday, pleading for an end to Russia's war against Ukraine that he says is increasingly becoming a "death spiral." "The direction of the war – the escalation and the intensification that we are witnessing – risks to get out of control. The risk of miscalculation. The risk […]

The clash comes barely a week after Brussels moved to implement the EU-U.S. Turnberry trade pact. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday sharply criticized a German draft law that would force streaming platforms like Netflix to invest in local productions, warning the measure could violate the EU-U.S. trade agreement finalized last week. Greer attacked […]

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow is closely monitoring both statements and practical steps by the US regarding a possible reconfiguration of American military presence in Europe, including plans to deploy additional forces to Poland. Responding to an Anadolu question at a press briefing in Moscow, Zakharova said withdrawing US […]

Finland’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it summoned Russia’s ambassador and requested an explanation about a suspected airspace violation by a Russian military aircraft. “The Foreign Ministry of Finland has today summoned the Ambassador of Russia and requested an explanation regarding a suspected violation of airspace,” the ministry wrote on US social media platform X, referring […]

Italy said on Thursday it was seizing more than €200 million in assets belonging to late Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro derived from drug trafficking and reinvested in Europe and beyond. The "vast fortune" of the ruthless Cosa Nostra boss, a legendary figure finally captured in 2023 in Palermo after three decades on the run, […]

The EU imposed sanctions Thursday on four Israeli settler organizations and three individuals for "serious and systematic human rights abuses" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The measures were adopted under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime following a political agreement reached by EU foreign ministers on May 11, the European Council announced […]

France’s Senate unanimously adopted a bill Thursday formally recognizing victims of French nuclear tests in French Polynesia and improving access to compensation for those exposed to radiation during decades of testing. The proposed legislation would recognize as victims those who lived in French Polynesia during the nuclear testing period and later developed one of 23 […]

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot urged the EU on Thursday to develop a common strategy on relations with Russia and secure a stronger role in any future peace negotiations on Ukraine. Speaking ahead of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Greek Cypriot Administration, Prevot said the bloc could no longer remain a […]