Moscow Terrorist Attack Undercuts Putin’s Strongman Image
The terrorist attack by the Islamic State on a sold-out concert on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday was the deadliest to hit Russia in...
What the Latest U.N. Cease-Fire Vote Means
Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Friday that urged a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and the...
War-Zone GPS Spoofing Is Threatening Civil Aviation
Commercial aircraft flying in the Middle East and northern Europe have been caught up in a spate of GPS spoofing incidents, which have thrown onboard...
Russia’s Military Is Already Preparing for Its Next War
Two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin is restructuring and expanding the country’s military in anticipation of a conflict with...
Why Ramadan Matters in the Israel-Hamas War
Cease-fire talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and securing the release of Israeli hostages in...
Russian Crackdown Continues Unabated After Navalny’s Death
Thousands of mourners gathered in Moscow on Friday for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, despite an ominous warning from the Kremlin that...
The Children Russia Tried to Steal
Six months into the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, in September 2022, the director of Liza Batsura’s college arrived at the dormitory...
Russia’s War Machine Runs on Western Parts
Shortly before noon on Aug. 19, 2023, a Russian cruise missile sliced past the golden onion domes and squat apartment blocks of the Chernihiv skyline...
Alexei Navalny Wanted to Make Russia a ‘Normal Country’
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has reportedly died in a penal colony in the Arctic Circle, according to the Russian prison service. Navalny was serving...
European Lawmakers Issue Dire Warnings Over Stalled Ukraine Aid Package
European lawmakers are issuing increasingly bleak warnings about the future of the war in Ukraine and the continent’s security as a $60 billion U.S. aid...