Could a new European alliance produce a nuclear Euro-bomb arsenal to defend against Russia's ... More escalating aggression? (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)Getty ImagesAs the Kremlin escalates missile blitzes on Ukraine, and threatens to target its Western backers with plutonium bombs, some European leaders have started debating whether they need their own nuclear arsenal as the ultimate shield against a new Russian invasion, says a global expert on atomic arms.Since Russia’s last race to take over Eastern Europe, when World ...

REUTERS/Nacho DoceFarmers in France blocked several motorways on Friday as they stepped up their challenge to the new prime ministerAcross Europe, tens of thousands of farmers have downed tools, mounted their tractors and taken to the streets.They were already struggling with the cost of living crisis and they have now come out in force to air their grievances, from the European Union's sustainability policies to the effects of the war in Ukraine. In France, farmers have blocked large stretches of ...

Note: View the indictment here[1].The Justice Department today announced the indictment of North Korean nationals Jin Sung-Il (진성일) and Pak Jin-Song (박진성), Mexican national Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes, and U.S. nationals Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor for a fraudulent scheme to obtain remote information technology (IT) work with U.S. companies that generated revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).“The Department of Justice remains committed to disrupting North Korea’s cyber-enabled sanctions-evading schemes, which seek ...

A multi-story residential building damaged after a Russian drone attack in Odesa on June 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. The barrage included targets in Western Ukraine, a region far from the front lines that ...

2022 annexation of areas in UkraineRussian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia OblastsRussian-installed officials at the annexation ceremony in MoscowDate30 September 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-30)LocationSouthern and Eastern UkraineOrganised byRussiaOutcomeDeclared annexation of an undefined area in and around Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts by the Russian Federation,[1] including a part of Mykolaiv Oblast[2]143 members of the United Nations condemn the annexation and declare it illegal under international law[3]Ukraine applies for NATO membership[4]On 30 September 2022, Russia, amid an ongoing invasion ...

The draft resolution, circulated by the United States and Albania, was supported by ten of the fifteen members of the Council, with Russia voting against it. Four members abstained, Brazil, China, Gabon and India.The draft described the so-called referendums held by Russia in the four regions of Ukraine which Moscow now regards as sovereign territory – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya – as illegal and an attempt to modify Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.Withdraw nowIt called on all States, international organisations, ...

The draft resolution, circulated by the United States and Albania, was supported by ten of the fifteen members of the Council, with Russia voting against it. Four members abstained, Brazil, China, Gabon and India.The draft described the so-called referendums held by Russia in the four regions of Ukraine which Moscow now regards as sovereign territory – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya – as illegal and an attempt to modify Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.Withdraw nowIt called on all States, international organisations, ...

Russia[1]’s much-vaunted “Day of Unification” holiday on Saturday was marked by a grand speech from President Putin but a touch of confusion and mixed messages from other Kremlin officials. The day was supposed to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the so-called “agreements on the inclusion of new territories into the Russian Federation,” the illegal annexation of Ukrainian lands occupied by Moscow’s forces[2].JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official[3]. But in marking the ...

In Putin’s Moscow a summer of death and distraction  The Economist

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. – The city of West Richland announced on Monday that it had hired a new Chief of Police with 29 years of law enforcement experience.On June 30, City of West Richland government officials announced that James Fry had been hired as their new Chief of Police. Fry brings with him nearly 30 years of law enforcement experience, and was most recently the Chief of Police in Moscow, Idaho.Chief Fry began his career with the Moscow Police Department ...