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Russia is looking for its next foreign recruits in Indonesia, Kyiv says. Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service reports that it has obtained documents on at least eight Indonesian citizens recruited into the Russian occupation army. Russia has recruited at least 27,000 foreign nationals from more than 130 countries since February 2022,Continue Reading

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Exclusives Russia drove most ships from Ukraine’s ports. Now its drones are hunting the trains. By late August, Ukraine had exported only a third of its normal volume of farm goods. Russia damaged more than 250 locomotives in six months. Shares in Russia’s second-largest bank hit record low as Wildberries-linkedContinue Reading

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Amid economic and security challenges, Iceland is holding a referendum more than a decade after pausing accession talks., Icelanders head to the polls on Saturday to decide whether their country should reenter negotiations to join the European Union, a vote that could have economic and security implications beyond the smallContinue Reading

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Lebanon’s campaign against Hezbollah’s finances may be designed to look tougher than it is. Under pressure from Washington and international regulators, Beirut has done enough to claim progress by tightening the regulated financial sector against Hezbollah-linked entities, but without seriously threatening Hezbollah’s parallel financial apparatus, which operates largely outside it.Continue Reading

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In our previous article, we argued that overwhelming military superiority no longer guarantees strategic success. Today, military and political outcomes have become increasingly disconnected. As Carl von Clausewitz observed, war is fought to achieve political objectives, with military force only one instrument among many in statecraft. Modern professional militaries areContinue Reading

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Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake., Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake. Rescuers are continuing efforts in the flood-ravaged Nepal-Tibet border region after a brief pauseContinue Reading

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The proposed constitution would give the president more power and reshape parliament and elections., Voters in Guinea-Bissau will decide on August 30 whether to approve a new constitution that would significantly strengthen the presidency and reshape the country’s electoral system. The vote comes nine months after the military seized powerContinue Reading