Birds not missiles should fly in the skies, Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said in Shanghai, citing a World War One poem on the need to promote peace, even as China keeps up its daily military activities around the island https://t.co/wAuzC3z33P
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 9, 2026
Day: April 9, 2026
Facing relentless attacks, Ukraine has already developed around 50 different interceptor models, an industry that barely existed a year ago – Copyright AFP Genya SAVILOVAnia TSOUKANOVAFacing daily barrages of Russian drones and missiles, Ukraine has invited private companies to get their own air-defence systems in a bid to ease the burden on its military. In […]
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan aim to boost bilateral trade to $1B, as FM Yermek Kosherbayev met with Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku, marking a new phase of strategic cooperation.
#Azerbaijan #Kazakhstan #EconomicCooperation #Trade #BilateralRelations #SouthCaucasus
— The Caspian Post (@thecaspianpost) Apr 9, 2026
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A hacker using the alias “FlamingChina” claims to have breached China’s National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, stealing over 10PB of data spanning aerospace, military research, bioinformatics and fusion simulations, and is offering access for sale in cryptocurrency — CNN
— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) April 9, 2026
Rutte can justify his behaviour by trying to keep the alliance together, but these comments will come to haunt him. Perhaps he should concentrate on making the European pillar of NATO self-sufficient by bridging the gap between the US dependencies and the missing capabilities. https://t.co/0OjA24FnGu
— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) April 9, 2026
Russian propagandists and bot networks have pushed falsehoods about alleged attempts by Kyiv to steal Hungary’s vote in a “Maidan-style coup.”
My latest for @KyivIndependent, with contributions from @antibot4navalny, LetsData, and Alyona Hurkivska.https://t.co/Ynab8MmxR7
— Martin Fornůsek (@fornusek_martin) April 9, 2026
NEW: Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan says an Iranian delegation will arrive in Islamabad on Thursday night for “serious talks” based on Tehran’s 10-point proposal, amid a fragile two-week ceasefire with the U.S.
– Reuters
— Levent Kemal (@leventkemaI) April 9, 2026
The road through Verkhny Lars is closed to traffic due to a snowstorm and the danger of an avalanche. Hundreds of cars are stuck on the border of #Georgia & Russia. It’s the only functioning land road connecting #Armenia with #Russia.
#SouthCaucasus pic.x.com/b1h2Ytg04K— Karina Karapetyan (@KarinaKarapety8) Apr 9, 2026
The post The road through Verkhny Lars is closed to traffic due to a snowstorm and the danger of an avalanche. Hundreds of cars are stuck on the border of #Georgia & Russia. It’s the only functioning land road connecting #Armenia with #Russia. #SouthCaucasus pic.x.com/b1h2Ytg04K first appeared on The South Caucasus News – SouthCaucasusNews.com.