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Australian Federal Police have charged a 27-year-old dual Russian-Australian man with attempting to engage in foreign interference, following his arrest in Sumner, Queensland on 20 August. The single charge, laid under section 92.2(1) of the Criminal Code, carries a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment. According to the AFP, the man travelled to Russia in […]

Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar is facing political scrutiny over her long-standing friendship with Viktorija Krivolucka, a Russian-born Slovenian citizen whose former partner has ties to Russia’s intelligence community. The two women were traveling together during a July 31 road accident on the Primorska motorway, which brought the relationship into public view. An investigation by

ITV News has reported that a UAE-funded mercenary secretly surveilled a prominent British activist in London, in an operation associates feared could turn deadly. Abraham Golan, a former French Foreign Legion soldier who ran the private firm Spear Operations Group, arrived in the city in December 2016. Confidential Emirati records show he was on the

Israel carried out airstrikes on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase near Aleppo on Tuesday, hitting a facility close to the Turkish border. Syrian state media reported eight strikes and no casualties. The base sits in an area where both the Israeli and Turkish militaries are active. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Syria was on the

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no talks are taking place with Iran and none are scheduled, insisting the Strait of Hormuz is open and operating. Tehran contradicted him, saying the waterway remains shut to shipping. The claims came a day after a temporary ceasefire expired and a senior Iranian official said the

Ukrainian military intelligence says North Korean personnel are now operating strike drones inside Ukraine and directing fires against Ukrainian positions. If confirmed, it marks a step up from the infantry role Pyongyang’s troops have played since deploying to Russia’s Kursk region in 2024. The scale is now substantial. An estimated 12,000 to 16,000 North Korean

Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR) says it recovered an American NVIDIA Jetson Orin computing module from Russia’s new S-71M “Monochrome” air-launched cruise missile. The findings were published on the agency’s War&Sanctions portal on August 12. The Jetson is a commercial AI module with an onboard camera. According to HUR, it handles terminal guidance, the final phase

The fitness app Strava is once again leaking sensitive military data, this time from U.S. bases across the Middle East, including locations that have recently been targeted by Iran. According to Sky News, U.S. service members stationed in the region have been logging their runs and workouts on the app, which exposes public activity data,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is stripping air defense from across its territory to protect Moscow. According to the Kyiv Post, he described the capital as ringed by hundreds of S-400, S-500 and Pantsir launchers, with more being pulled toward the Valdai leadership complex and Putin’s Kerch Strait bridge at the expense of coverage