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Sean Rayment

Iran Has Vowed to Retaliate in The Wake of an Israeli Air Strike Which Killed a Senior Revolutionary Guards Force Commander 

Tehran has vowed to retaliate after accusing Israel of carrying out an airstrike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria in which seven members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed. Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the elite Quds…

Tensions Rise in the East China Sea After Several Chinese Warships Enter Taiwan Coastal Waters

Tensions in the East China Sea have increased after the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence revealed that it detected seven Chinese naval vessels and five of its military aircraft operating around the island.   One of the People’s Liberation Army aircraft…

MI5 Is Reviewing the UK Threat Level in the Wake of the Moscow Concert Terror Attack   

British intelligence chiefs may raise the United Kingdom threat level in the wake of the Moscow terrorist attacks.   A rise in the level from Substantial to Severe, the second highest category, is being considered by the Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre…

TikTok Owners Have Been Warned That They Will Need to Sell the App or Face Being Banned in the US 

The owners of TikTok will need to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States, following a landslide vote in the House of Representatives.   The move follows a campaign by Congressman Mike Gallagher, the…

The World Is Becoming Increasingly Fragile, US Spy Chiefs Say in Their Annual Threat Assessment 

 The United States faces an “increasingly fragile world order,” strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts, intelligence agencies have stated.  The disclosures emerged in the 2024 Annual Threat Assessment report issued by the US Intelligence Community on…

Exclusive Satellite Images Reveal the Expansion of Russian War Cemeteries Following Huge Troops Losses in Ukraine 

The human cost of the war in Ukraine has been revealed in a series of “startling” satellite images showing how cemeteries located close to Russian military garrisons have expanded since the start of conflict.   Estimates of Russian casualties by both…

Russian Combat Aircraft Valued At $1bn Have Been Shot Down Since the Start Of 2024 

Ukrainian air defence have shot down Russian combat aircraft valued at almost $1bn USD since the beginning of 2024, intelligence sources have confirmed.   Up to 31 Russian aircraft are believed to have been destroyed since the start of the year, suggesting…

Global Defence Spending Is Set to Soar Amid Increasing Global Volatility 

Global defence spending has jumped by almost 10 percent in the past year and will increase over the next 12 months, given the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza.   The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies also said…

Russia Could Lose Up To 500,000 Soldiers in the War Against Ukraine. 

As the war in Ukraine enters a second year, Russian losses are mounting at an alarming rate with losses expected to reach 500,000 soldiers by 2025 if the number of casualties sustained in President Vladimir Putin’s Special Military Operation continues…

Iran Is Set to Become One of the World’s Leading Arms Dealers 

Iran is set to become one of the largest suppliers of weapons within the next decade, western intelligence agencies believe.   The Islamic republic sold around 1bn USD worth of weaponry to a variety of countries around the world in 2022/23,…