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Vladimir Putin to return to US for the first time in a decade

Russian President Vladimir Putin will return to the U.S. for the first time in a decade when he meets with President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. Following Trump’s announcement last week that the pair would be meeting for an in-person summit – marking the first time a U.S. president will meet with Putin after he invaded […]

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Putin’s technocrat-turned-war strategist tightening Kremlin’s grip

Sergei Kiriyenko: Putin’s technocrat-turned-war strategist tightening Kremlin’s grip.   Kiriyenko, 63, is a first deputy chief of staff to President Vladimir V. Putin. The modest title belies enormous influence. He is the key figure who tightened Putin’s grip on Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, even though Kiriyenko was once known as a Western-oriented

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Ecuador nightclub shooting kills eight people

A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador killed eight people and injured three others, police have said. Authorities were called to the Santa Lucía property in the early hours of Sunday morning, where they found seven people already deceased after gunmen opened fire. An eighth person died in hospital. Police said the motive for the

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Israel strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza

Israel strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.   A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, in an attack condemned by journalist and rights groups. Israel’s military said it targeted and killed Anas Al Sharif, alleging he had

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Russian Army Started Losing T-62 Tanks at Rising Rate Amid General Loss Decline

The Moscow Times The Russian army is increasingly losing old tanks, such as the T-62, in Ukraine amid a general decrease in losses of newer vehicles. Military analyst Richard Verecker reported this on the X platform. A detailed analysis of the losses of Russian tanks in the war against Ukraine, based on visually confirmed data from Warspotting.net,

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Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Is the Real Winner in the Thailand-Cambodia War

Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Is the Real Winner in the Thailand-Cambodia War. With the 2025 border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, a brief but intense flare-up in part over disputed territories near the Preah Vihear temple area, having seemingly drawn to a close, it is important to assess how the militaries performed in combat against each other. Much

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British F-35 stealth fighter jet makes emergency landing in Japan

A British F-35 stealth fighter jet made an emergency landing Sunday at Kagoshima Airport in southwestern Japan due to a “malfunction,” local media reported. The emergency landing led to the closure of the runway for 20 minutes, affecting some departures and arrivals of commercial flights at the airport, the Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported, citing the

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Israel’s Smotrich says he has ‘lost faith’ in Netanyahu and calls for Gaza annexation

In a strongly-worded statement, Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Saturday said he no longer had faith Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was able to lead the army to a “decisive victory” in Gaza, calling for the annexation of large parts of the enclave. A day earlier, the prime minister’s office said the security cabinet had voted on seizing

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Zelenskyy rejects Trump’s suggestion of ceding Ukrainian territory to end war with Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected the idea that his country would give up land to end the war with Russia after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested a peace deal could include “some swapping of territories.” Zelenskyy said Ukraine “will not give Russia any awards for what it has done”

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