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The war with Iran and continuing weapons shipments to Ukraine are placing growing pressure on supplies of tungsten, a critical metal used in missiles, ammunition and industrial manufacturing. Tungsten prices have risen as American and European defence companies seek supplies to replace stocks consumed in the conflicts, while China, which…
Britain is allowing classified information on long-range missile technology to be shared with Ukraine, as Kyiv seeks to strengthen its ability to strike deep inside Russian-held territory. The move was immediately condemned by a senior Kremlin official, who described the plan as adding “fuel to the fire” and undermining the…
The United States has launched a series of military strikes against Iranian targets after President Donald Trump accused Tehran of shooting down a US Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. The move has rapidly escalated tensions across the Middle East casting fresh doubt over fragile peace negotiations. The…
The State Department has designated two Iran-based entities accused of collecting intelligence used to target US forces and partner militaries across the Middle East, in the opening move of a sweeping new economic campaign against Tehran. The two entities were sanctioned alongside seven members of Iran’s defence leadership whom Washington…
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Xi Jinping’s vow to win the global tech battle is sounding increasingly hollow.
FORMER Chicago college student, Ji Chaoqun, has been convicted in Chicago of spying for Chinese intelligence services.
Amid the current threat and aggression from Russia, intelligence agencies are ramping up their focus on Beijing.
British Intelligence chiefs have uncovered the secrets of Russia’s most sophisticated operational tank.
How Prince Charles and the Prime Minister must together thwart China.
South Africa could be risking secondary sanctions from Russian jet loophole.
By yielding Commonwealth markets to Beijing, the UK risks unnecessarily diminishing King Charles’ future influence across the African continent.
The Ukraine War is on the brink of escalating into a conflict between three with Belarus poised to join.
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.…
DISTURBING pictures have emerged of Ukrainian children in Russia-occupied Mariupol being trained in the use of firearms and mine sweepers The images were passed to National Security News by the Oleksandr Merezhko, the chair of the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Committee and an expert in International Law, who described Russia’s so-called “patriotic military” summer camps as an “appalling” attempt at brainwashing. The images have been posted on the Mariupol city council telegram account and appear to be supported by articles which have appeared in pro-Putin publications, which described the children as attending “Young Vigilante” training in self-defence. Missing from the majority…
