By Sean Rayment Russia is losing more troops than the country’s armed forces can recruit for the first time since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian army has been sustaining almost 40,000 casualties a month since November, while recruiting up to 35,000 troops to sustain the invasion,…
By Isabella Egerton Israel has confirmed the first operational use of its high-energy laser air defence system to intercept rockets launched from Lebanon, signalling a new era in modern air defence. Footage released by the IDF shows the system, widely known as Iron Beam and officially named Or Eitan (“Eitan’s Light”), destroying…
Iran’s largest mobile operator and digital company, MTN Irancell, maintains roaming agreements, submarine cable links and SS7 signalling connections with every major Gulf telecommunications carrier hosting a US military base. Its majority owner, IEI, manufactures the missile guidance systems that struck those bases on 28 February 2026. This is the…
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Xi is waging a high-stakes hostile takeover attempt of the Commonwealth.
The movers and shakers from the biggest political party in the world – the 96 million-members who make up the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – will gather in Beijing this Sunday, and for one man among the 2,296 delegates it promises to be history-defining. China’s 20th National Congress is expected to approve its leader Xi Jinping by a landslide vote to serve a historic third term, making him the most powerful leader China has had since Mao Zedong. But despite local weather forecasts predicting sunshine, with temperatures at a steady average of 21 degrees Celsius, storm clouds are already gathering…
Are we facing nuclear Armageddon? What might precipitate the ultimate nightmare scenario? Joe Biden is worried. On October 6 the US President used the A-word, warning Vladimir Putin that any use of a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine risked cataclysmic consequences. Ukraine fills our minds, naturally, but it is not the only potential nuclear flashpoint. Lest we forget, one such flashpoint just issued a reminder and not for the first time. On October 4, North Korea test-fired a missile. That’s hardly news. This year Pyongyang has launched no fewer than 46 projectiles on 29 separate occasions – an unprecedented pace.…
