Long-range missile and drone attacks, coupled with the stalemate on the front line, are driving up civilian death tolls on both sides, with the number of victims already nearing last year’s total
Moscow and Pyongyang are finalizing construction of their first direct road link while Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the Kremlin plans to bring another 30,000 North Korean troops to fight in Ukraine
The Russian former Kremlin insider, sidelined by Moscow after condemning the war in 2022, steps aside as chief of world chess’s governing body, with Viswanathan Anand taking over on an interim basis
Marco Rubio is ramping up pressure on the institution and its staff and urging Washington’s allies to turn their backs on it as well
Russia faces the dilemma of which front to reinforce: Moscow and its energy system, the Donbas, or the Black Sea peninsula
Previously the economic engine of the Russian-occupied peninsula, the region can no longer welcome tourists as its resources have hit rock bottom
The Kremlin’s recent offensive on the Ukrainian capital, which on Monday claimed about 20 lives, has laid bare one of Kyiv’s most pressing military vulnerabilities
The Danish expert, adviser to the European expert panel on crisis and emergency preparedness, warns that war is already a real risk in Europe and that hybrid attacks are a reality
The ambitious strategy of Kyiv’s Ministry of Defense, along with the rapid evolution of its arsenal, coincides with Moscow’s shortage of air defenses
Doubts about Donald Trump’s commitment to the military alliance and the Russian threat are pushing the continent to embrace a new era of defense
The Kremlin’s swift occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014 is now being tested by Kyiv’s offensive
Seven former leaders or armed commanders from Africa and Asia are held preventively at the Hague detention center, including former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte
The largest city on the Crimean Peninsula is struggling to return to normal after a Ukrainian bombing campaign that has put Russian infrastructure under severe strain
NASA ordered its astronauts to shelter in a capsule after Roscosmos unilaterally decided to repair an air leak. An incident that exposes a more dangerous fissure: lack of trust between Moscow and Washington
The annual meeting of the group of advanced economies will take the pulse of the transatlantic tie and address the wars in Iran and Ukraine, as well as the relationship with China
The SIPRI annual report warns that countries are once again relying on nuclear weapons as an instrument of power. The nine states that possess them are upgrading and modernizing their arsenals
The global nightmare scenario: Russia emerges as the hegemonic power in Eurasia after the capitulation of Ukraine; China, transformed into its silent (and superior) partner; the US, normalizing digital referendums on guns and abortion, its population manipulated by algorithmic disinformation; and the EU reduced to a soulless, technocratic bloc. In a work of political fiction, Spain’s former foreign minister Arancha González Laya paints a picture of the world that awaits us if Europe fails to react
The leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise, who launched his campaign last Sunday in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, is the only clear candidate right now for the 2027 French presidential election
As the war in Ukraine continues, Russia is intensifying a covert pressure campaign on NATO’s eastern flank that is unnerving European governments and intelligence services
The economic forum has faded after four years of war in Ukraine, but loyalties and contracts are still being woven behind the scenes
The British historian, who has announced a work on the Battle of Britain and predicts a war in the Baltic, devotes his new book to the role of the Siberian holy man in the collapse of the Romanov Russian empire
In Moscow, the EU is equated with Nazi Germany. An escalation against the bloc would allow the Kremlin to carry out a new mobilization
Problems with online payments and ATMs have pushed citizens to withdraw record amounts over the past three months
The banning of Memorial, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate organization, is a qualitative step by the Kremlin to monopolize the interpretation of history
The maritime route between Sweden and Denmark has become a key point for Moscow, which uses it to move oil from the Baltic to the North Sea
A six‑time world champion and winner of more tournaments than anyone, he remains a towering symbol of the sport
Russia and China are moving closer to linking the Arctic Circle to Shanghai but the urgency is on Moscow’s side