The United States and Russia worked to weaken proposed international safeguards for lethal autonomous weapons during United Nations negotiations in Geneva this month, removing provisions that would have required greater reliability, ethical
President Donald Trump, on Truth Social and in interviews, is pushing the idea that Russia needs to hurry up and make a deal on Ukraine before Trump, taking advantage of Russia’s economic problems, imposes
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Oleh Druz, the chief psychiatrist of Ukraine’s armed forces, has been arrested on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation into bribery and military service exemptions. Druz, who was responsible for
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“Every nation, in every region of the world, has to take a decision: either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” ~ President George W. Bush, in his address
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Lindsay Mills, the wife of former US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, has officially applied for Russian citizenship, as confirmed by her lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. Mills, who has lived in
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The European Union has faced a sharp rise in energy prices following the disruption of cheap fossil fuel deliveries from Russia, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Speaking at
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The Catholic Church has reaffirmed its long-standing position prohibiting homosexual men from joining the priesthood, with Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow dismissing recent media
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The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s only operational floating nuclear power plant, has reached a significant milestone by generating over one billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, according to Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
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Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China saw significant growth in 2024, with total volumes reaching 8.3 million tons, according to data released by China’s Customs. This marks a 3.3% increase
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In a surprising twist, US and European intelligence agencies now agree that recent damage to underwater cables in the Baltic Sea was caused by accidents involving commercial vessels, not deliberate sabotage by
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In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, women across the country are stepping into roles traditionally held by men, as they strive to fill the workforce gaps left by soldiers
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As the second-largest republic of the former USSR, possessing everything from tank and rocket factories and top research institutes and engaging in intimately close intelligence cooperation with Russia, Ukraine became a virtual
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin convened in Moscow to sign a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, laying the groundwork for enhanced cooperation across trade, energy, education, and transport sectors.
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Mark Rutte, the current secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), is not a poet. He, like other secretary generals of NATO, is a mediocre European politician who has been
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Moscow’s Filatov Design Bureau is preparing to conduct the first test of its groundbreaking IF-9 flying car in January. The IF-9 car, which combines advanced engineering and innovative design, could potentially revolutionize
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US President-elect Donald Trump has revealed plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after his inauguration on January 20. In an interview with Newsmax on Monday, Trump stated that the
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