Britain’s defence minister John Healey said on Thursday the UK had tracked Russian submarines in the north Atlantic for a month, which he said was a threat to British cables and pipelines.
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UK stocks pull back after rally on Middle East ceasefire doubts https://t.co/8FKFrksyrJ https://t.co/8FKFrksyrJ
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UK defense chief John Healey holds press conference https://t.co/wGcn9ZGijO
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Indian drugmaker Granules to tighten oversight after US FDA warning, exec says https://t.co/4XcvIZk7oB https://t.co/4XcvIZk7oB
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The “security architecture” that Russia has built over decades in the post-Soviet space is currently falling apart before our eyes. What was once a monolithic bloc of influence, cemented by shared history and Moscow-centric treaties, is fracturing into a complex mosaic of competing interests, shifting loyalties, and open defiance.
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A series of scandals in Ukraine has shown that Russia’s war of aggression has not put an end to corruption in the country. Although Ukraine’s specialised institutions play an important role in combating corruption, the country’s governance model does not yet meet the requirements of the rule of law, allowing corruption to remain entrenched. The difficulties […]
Today in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox effectively ending the U.S. Civil War. Grant orders his jubilant men not to cheer. “[They] were now our countrymen,” he recalls. “We did not want to exult over their downfall.”
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Simsek says Turkey ready with other measures if war shock persists reut.rs/4dy8TgN reut.rs/4dy8TgN
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BOOK REVIEW Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret WarBy Sean M. Wiswesser / Naval Institute Press,Reviewed by: Joseph AugustynThe Reviewer — Joseph Augustyn is a 28 year veteran of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, and once served as the Director of the Na…
Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has reopened after a 40-day closure by Israel, citing war restrictions
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