Afghanistan released U.S. citizen Faye Hall in March, after being held prisoner by the Taliban since February. The Taliban said Hall was ...

Russia continues to have problems with local or foreign hackers committing major crimes. For the last three years there have been massive thefts of billions of dollars from financial institutions and ...

April 15, 2025: On February 12th the aircraft carrier Truman (CVN-75) received a small gash in its hull and damage to its right side aircraft elevator when it collided with a merchant ships while ...

Chechen efforts to create new MSDs in the region appear to be succeeding. Kadyrov uses some brutally effective methods. Any groups that oppose him are largely eliminated as Kadyrov arranges to have ...

Key: On this table, figures originally given in various local coinages have all been converted to livres tournais, worth about £4 sterling; s, shilling, of which there were 12 to the pound; d, penny, ...

The Crimean situation complicates any efforts to make peace between Russia and Ukraine. Most Crimeans back Russia in the current Ukraine war because they consider Russia the lesser of two evils. That ...

During the hard winter of 1786-1787, some small holders in rural far western Massachusetts became so disaffected with the state government that they staged an impromptu insurrection, known to history ...

Russia continues to obtain drones and drone construction assistance from Iran. While Russia produces 330-350 Shahed-136 drones per month, Iran also helps out. Russia has manufactured over 2,000 Shahed ...

Believing America is still economically innovative and its domestic market the world's biggest, the Trump administration has declared war on Big Debt (U.S. national debt). It is simultaneously pushing ...

British military planners quickly realized that the UK would have a hard time mustering 10,000 troops to send to Eastern Europe or Ukraine. Improving that situation has, so far, proved difficult.

When the Russians did invade, they found the Ukrainian determined to repel the invaders and drive them from Ukraine. That is what is happening and Russia now claims they attacked Ukraine to annex it ...

Several senior Ukrainian officers and military specialists are being prosecuted for corruption. Currently most such cases involve officers or recruiting officials accepting bribes to authorize ...