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Urgent call for enhanced space rules and US-China-Russia diplomatic reset

Ambassador Holliday called for the re-establishment of robust diplomatic networks to prevent misunderstandings and conflicts in space.

Russian GRU agents behind plot to plant incendiary bombs on freight aircraft.

A fire bomb hidden in a DHL package that caught fire in Germany in July was due to be sent by air to the UK as part of a suspected Russian sabotage plot.The sabotage mission – believed to have been…

Air Marshal (Retd) Greg Bagwell: Is Our Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Enough?

By Air Marshal Greg Bagwell CB CBE I recently posted a couple of threads on X, which raised the question of whether the UK’s current and planned replacement solution for its nuclear deterrent was sufficient for the nature of the…

Offer Putin “graceful exit” from Ukraine war

Adm Mike Hewitt: If we don’t create an exit strategy for Putin, we’re not going to find an end state to the war in Ukraine.

North Korea sends 3,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine.

Up to 3,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, according to the United States government.US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said it would be “very, very serious” if the North Koreans were preparing to…

Putin to fortify alliances and boost sanction evasion at BRICS summit

Putin is aiming to construct a financial payment system under BRICS, independent of US influence, to counter sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.  

Female Ukrainian journalist dies while in Russian detention

A Ukrainian journalist who was captured by Russian troops while reporting from occupied east Ukraine has died in Russian detention, according to Ukrainian officials. Victoria Roshchyna, who would have turned 28 this month, disappeared in August last year after travelling…

MI5 chief: UK facing growing threat from Islamic State, Russia and Iran

Russia’s intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate “mayhem on British and European streets,” the head of MI5 has said. MI5’s director general Ken McCallum also warned the UK faces the most “complex and interconnected” threat the organisation…

Kremlin’s no-show at Africa’s biggest airshow after SA military snubs US

The Department of Defence either deliberately sabotaged the United States’ participation in the AAD or is staggeringly incompetent.

Russian military Unit 29155 cyber saboteurs exposed

Western intelligence agencies have accused a Russian military unit consisting of assassins and saboteurs as being behind a number of cyber attacks related to the war in Ukraine. The Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) Unit 29155 unit was named as responsible…