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European Response to Escalating Space Security CrisisBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025 Facing a new era of satellite surveillance and jamming, European governments are moving rapidly to strengthen their defenses in orbit. The twin challenges posed by Russian and Chinese activities hav ... more
Europe Faces Satellite Espionage Threat from Russia and ChinaLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2025 Germany and the United Kingdom have raised alarms regarding the escalating danger posed by Russian and Chinese activity in space, with recent incidents putting focus on the growing threat to Western ... more
How drones are altering contemporary warfareCambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 A new book by scholar and military officer Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. In recent months, Russia has frequently flown ... more
Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite MenaceParis, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2025 Europe finds itself in the midst of a new space race, one defined less by exploration and more by the imperative to safeguard critical orbital infrastructure from the mounting threats of Russian and ... more |
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensionsMoscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 Russia on Tuesday offered to discuss with the United States allegations from Washington that it had carried out secret underground nuclear tests, in a bid to ease tensions between the world's top two nuclear superpowers. ... more
Russia says foiled Ukrainian-UK plot to hijack missile-carrying jetMoscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 Russia said Tuesday it had foiled an Anglo-Ukrainian plot to hijack a military jet carrying a hypersonic missile which they planned to take to Romania in a "large-scale provocation". ... more
India buying over 100 GE engines for its Tejas fighter jetsMumbai, India (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 India's state-owned aeronautics firm said Friday it had inked an agreement with US company General Electric to acquire over 100 engines for its domestically designed and built Tejas fighter jets. ... more
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian residents, damage energy infrastructureWashington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2025 A barrage of Russian missiles and drones attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure and residential areas, killing at least six overnight into Saturday. ... more |
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German defence giant Rheinmetall sticks to stellar growth goalsFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 Germany's biggest defence group Rheinmetall said Thursday a surge in demand from the country's military is set to help it achieve stellar sales growth, after delayed orders dented earnings. ... more |
Merz chairs first meeting of new German security body; NATO chief plays down US troop withdrawal from RomaniaBerlin (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz chaired the first meeting of a new National Security Council on Wednesday, with "hybrid threats" from Russia topping the agenda, his spokesman said. ... more
With war next door, Poland seeks to train 500,000 volunteers to reinforce defenseWarsaw (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 Poland's government said Thursday that the country, a neighbour to Ukraine and Russia, plans to train up to 500,000 volunteers by the end of next year to strengthen its defensive capabilities. ... more
Greece woos US energy deals, as eco groups cry foulAthens (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 Greece on Friday hailed as "historic" a deal with US energy giant ExxonMobil that could see the country's first offshore drilling project in 40 years. ... more
Ukraine, China's critical mineral dominance, on agenda as G7 meetsMontreal (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 G7 foreign ministers gather in Canada Tuesday for meetings expected to focus on Ukraine and find consensus on a path forward to end the four-year-old conflict. ... more |
Trump grants Hungary exemption from Russian oil, gas sanctionsWashington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over the nation's purchase of Russian gas and oil for one year after meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. ... more ![]() |
Big leap in quest to get to bottom of climate ice mysteryKon Chukurbashi, Tajikistan (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 Stanislav Kutuzov felt the drillhead he was controlling smash into the rock more than 100 metres below him high on a glacier in the Pamir peaks of Tajikistan. The ice core samples it took could help solve one of climate science's great mysteries. ... more
Putin says Russia considers resuming nuclear tests after Trump commentsMoscow (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did so, convening a security council meeting after US President Donald Trump's comments on testing. ... more
Northern German states look to joint anti-drone defencesBerlin (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Authorities across northern Germany will launch a joint drone-defence effort after a series of incidents Berlin blames in part on Russia, Hamburg city announced Wednesday. ... more
Iraq's social media mercenaries dying for RussiaBaghdad (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him. ... more |
Trump says Russia, China have secretly tested nuclear weaponsWashington (AFP) Nov 3, 2025 President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that countries including Russia and China have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to the public, and that the United States would follow suit. ... more
Two children among dead in Russian blitz on UkraineKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 Russia fired a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least six people including two children, and cutting power to tens of thousands, officials said Sunday. ... more
North Korean POWs in Ukraine want to go to South: activistSeoul (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 Two North Korean prisoners of war held in Ukraine have pleaded to live in South Korea, a human rights organisation told AFP on Sunday. ... more
Russia says recent weapons tests 'not nuclear' after Trump orders US testsMoscow (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 Moscow on Thursday sought to cool rising nuclear tensions with Washington, after two tests of new Russian nuclear-capable weapons systems prompted US President Donald Trump order his own nuclear tests. ... more |
Fire, fury and the 'n-word': Trump's nuclear obsessionWashington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 In his first term as US president, Donald Trump reportedly suggested nuking hurricanes. In his second he has caused fresh concern by ordering the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons tests. ... more
Trump says he's ordered US to start nuclear weapons testingWashington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia - just minutes before opening a high stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. ... more
Trump orders nuclear testing resumption ahead of Xi talksBusan, South Korea (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 President Donald Trump announced Thursday the resumption of US nuclear weapons testing, minutes ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in six years on easing their trade war. ... more
Russia batters Ukraine energy sites with deadly aerial strikesKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 Russia battered Ukrainian energy facilities with hundreds of drones and missiles, Kyiv said Thursday, killing at least four people, wounding children, and piling more pressure on Ukraine's fragile energy grid. ... more |
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Ex-U.S. defense contractor head pleads guilty to selling trade secretsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 29, 2025 An Australian cybersecurity expert who served as director of L3Harris Trenchant, a U.S. defense contractor, has pleaded guilty in federal court to selling trade secrets to a Russian broker that resells cyber exploits to buyers including the Russian government. ... more |
US says not withdrawing from Europe after troops cutBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 The United States said Wednesday it will pull out some troops from NATO's eastern flank but denied the move amounted to an American withdrawal from Europe, as analysts warned it could embolden Russia. ... more
Russian military factory blast toll rises to 23Moscow (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 The death toll from a blast at a military factory in central Russia earlier this month has risen to 23, authorities said Wednesday after completing search and rescue operations. ... more
Putin defies Trump with second nuclear weapons test in daysMoscow (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, defying US President Donald Trump's warnings with Moscow's second test of a new nuclear weapons system in just a few days. ... more
Russia's new nuclear-powered missiles not a threat for nowParis (AFP) Oct 28, 2025 Russia's President Vladimir Putin this weekend reported the successful final test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik, amid Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. ... more |
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