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Information A senior Russian military official was killed in a car bombing in southern Moscow, according to Russia’s federal investigators. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who headed the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from injuries sustained in the explosion. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it is examining multiple motives, including the […]

Information Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has accused India of “weaponizing water” by manipulating flows of the Chenab River, citing unusual and abrupt variations detected in December that echo similar incidents earlier in the year. The allegations come after India’s unilateral withdrawal in April from the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, a World Bank–brokered agreement

Information Polish authorities announced the arrest of a 19-year-old university student suspected of planning a terrorist attack on a Christmas market and attempting to establish contact with the so-called Islamic State. According to Jacek Dobrzynski, a spokesman for Poland’s special services, the suspect intended to use explosives in an attack that could have caused mass

Information A Reuters investigation found that Meta knowingly tolerated high levels of fraudulent and banned advertising from Chinese advertisers on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in order to protect revenue. Internal documents show Meta estimated that about 19% of its China-based ad revenue, more than $3 billion annually, came from scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other

Information Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received royal approval to dissolve Parliament, triggering new elections within 45–60 days and placing the country under a limited-power caretaker government. The decision comes amid ongoing armed clashes with Cambodia along their disputed border, where recent fighting has killed at least 19 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Although

Information Regional tensions between Thailand and Cambodia flared again as deadly border clashes shattered a fragile ceasefire previously brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Thailand said its fighter jets targeted Cambodian military sites to diminish its neighbor’s long-term combat capability, while Cambodia accused Thailand of launching “inhumane and brutal” attacks and denied retaliating. Both sides

Information Four military-style drones reportedly approached the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as it arrived in Dublin on Monday, breaching a temporary no-fly zone imposed for his visit. Irish authorities are investigating where the drones originated and who controlled them, with concerns they may have launched from an undetected vessel. The drones

Information Anna Novikova, a 40-year-old French-Russian humanitarian activist and founder of SOS Donbass, is being held in France on suspicion of espionage for Russia. French prosecutors accuse her of seeking information from executives at French companies related to national economic interests, in a context where European governments are increasingly alert to Russian “hybrid warfare.” Novikova,

Information Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini was detained along with two others as part of a fraud investigation into an EU-funded training program for junior diplomats. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said police searched the European External Action Service (EEAS), the College of Europe in Bruges, and suspects’ homes. Prosecutors are examining