The North Korean army contingent continues to participate in Russia’s criminal war against Ukraine. As of January 2026, the North Korean troops are stationed in Kursk Oblast, from where they carry out strikes on Ukrainian border communities, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence reports. Under Russian command, North Korean soldiers conduct shell artilleryContinue Reading
Russia did not stop its aggression during the so-called “energy ceasefire” with Ukraine. Instead, the occupiers used the pause to conduct additional reconnaissance of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, likely to concentrate more forces and assets for a subsequent strike, says Andrii Ryzhenko, a retired Captain 1st Rank of the Ukrainian Navy,Continue Reading
The World Governments Summit opened in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday with calls for governance reform, AI oversight and diplomatic solutions to regional tensions. Euronews brings you the play-by-play of day one., Read MoreContinue Reading
Death of former dictator’s son removes symbolic alternative to Libya’s entrenched political deadlock, analysts say., The killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent surviving son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, removes a figure who commanded symbolic influence among some Libyans, even as he was reviled by others asContinue Reading
Emotional homecomings seen as some Palestinians reunite with loved ones amid mixed sentiments at the Rafah border., Palestinians wept with joy as the Rafah crossing with Egypt partially reopened, allowing a small number of people to return to war-torn Gaza. Emotional crowds gathered around a bus bringing returnees to NasserContinue Reading
The president has a new appeal for voters ahead of a contentious 2028 midterm election, and it comes in the shape of a violent slaver that never actually stepped foot in the continental United States. Traitor 47 is reportedly planning to erect a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the WhiteContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 on Tuesday escalated his call to “nationalize” U.S. elections, saying the federal government should take over vote counting in states he claims are “corrupt.” It comes even after the White House attempted to walk back his remarks hours earlier. Speaking from the Oval Office, The Traitor saidContinue Reading
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to approve a funding package that would end a partial government shutdown that began over the weekend. The package funds five of the six remaining departments requiring new appropriations through Sept. 30. The final agency, the Department of Homeland Security, was funded through aContinue Reading
THE KREMLIN FILES / COLUMN — There are similarities among intelligence agencies worldwide. All professional services rely on tradecraft to recruit and manage assets. They all operate within bureaucratic systems and ultimately answer to political leaders. At a basic level, espionage tradecraft is a common professional language. However, Russian intelligenceContinue Reading
OPINION — On January 29, Europe found its voice against Iran’s apparatus of terror. The European Union (EU) announced that it is adding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to its list of designated terrorist entities. The EU spent years mulling this step and taking half measures. Now, the EUContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the House passed a spending package that funds most of the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year, ending the possibility of an extended government shutdown after Democrats had threatened to block funding following last week’s killing of 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse Alex Pretti by BorderContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. A worried-looking man in his 50s recently arrived to our emergency department by ambulance. The paramedics wheeled his cot in with thinly-contained exasperation. Their handoff to nursing said the patient “fell asleep on the couch holding aContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Penny Chavez has been watching immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis with increasing panic, seeing public school students like her two grandchildren being detained. Rumors are swirling that her town, Springfield, Ohio, could be the next target forContinue Reading