Israel, the US, and a fractured regional order are creating a volatile precedent for the year ahead Without a doubt, 2025 proved to be one of the most intense years for the Middle East in the past decades, marking a definitive shift from “managed crises” to a phase of multi-layered…
The renowned composer’s name has been removed from the National Music Academy Ukraine’s Culture Ministry has erased the name of renowned Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky from its National Music Academy. Tchaikovsky rose to global prominence in the latter half of the 19th century as a leading composer of symphonic music,…
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said this will allow rapid demolition of the crossings in case of conflict Lithuania has begun engineering work to prepare bridges on the border with Russia and Belarus to be outfitted with explosives, the NATO country’s armed forces confirmed in a statement to the media on Tuesday….
Why Ukraine’s real crisis in this year is political, not military – and how the war exposed the limits of borrowed power 2022 was a year that shook Ukraine; 2023 marked a period of largely artificial consolidation; 2024 brought with it hopes for a miracle on the front lines and…
The suspect, a foreign national, prepared bladed weapons and Molotov cocktails for the attack, according to the authorities Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported that it has thwarted a terrorist plot targeting a school in the southern Republic of Adygea. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said it…
Tehran has warned of immediate retaliation to any attack following US President Donald Trump’s threat of new strikes Iran has vowed a swift and harsh response to any act of aggression following renewed military threats from the US and Israel. On Monday, US President Donald Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime…
The Russian central bank is making constant liquidity injections, but this isn’t quite the harbinger of doom some Western analysts would like to think Western pundits have developed a pastime for predicting the collapse of the Russian economy, particularly since 2022. Alas, prognosticating success has so far eluded them. But…
Masonic leaders say the Metropolitan Police’s new requirement is discriminatory Freemasons have asked the UK High Court for an emergency injunction to block the Metropolitan Police’s new requirement that officers and staff must declare if they are members of Freemasonry or similar groups, according to media reports. The policy…
A deal with Russia would be “a catastrophe” for Kiev’s foreign backers, Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT Ukraine’s backers in Western Europe are against a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev because it would be a “catastrophe” for them, according to former US Army officer and military commentator Stanislav Krapivnik….
As the US-led military bloc divides, a pro-war cabal has been shouting loudest but changing little A year of anniversaries – and alarms While 2025 marked 80 years since the end of the Second World War, in which up to 40 million people died, it seems that NATO members and…