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Unrest in Kazakhstan: A Timeline

January 10, 2022

PICTURED: Smoke rises from the City Hall building in Almaty during January 5th protests in Kazakhstan. . (AP Photo/Yan…

Foreign Policy

10,000 Russian Troops Return Home as Kremlin/White House Security Talks Scheduled for January

December 27, 2021

PICTURED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. PC: 2.0. MOSCOW, Russia. December 25th, 2021. 10,000 Russian troops have returned to…

World News

Lockheed Martin’s ARRW Hypersonic Weapon Fails Third Consecutive Test

December 20, 2021

PICTURED: A B-52 carried an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, a now three-times-failed hypersonic weapon. Story at a glance……

World News

Belarus President Says Country Will Host Russian Nukes if NATO Moves Theirs East

December 1, 2021

MINSK, Belarus. May 29th, 2018. PICTURED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with President of the Republic of Belarus…

World News

NATO Pressures Germany to Keep Nuclear Weapons While Admitting They Could be Moved “East”

November 22, 2021

PICTURED: Four B-61 nuclear free-fall bombs at Barksdale Air Force Base, the same ones as those currently stationed in…

World News

Migrant Crisis Leads to Nuclear-Capable Bombers Prowling NATO/Belarus Border

November 12, 2021

PICTURED: Tupolev Tu-160 RF-94109 over the Volga and the cities of Engels (left) and Privolzsky (right), Saratov Region. PC:…

Foreign Policy

Russia U.S. Schedule Arms Control Talks In the Nick of Time as Missiles Continue to be Deployed

July 22, 2021

MOSCOW, Russia. July 20th, 2021. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Kremlin and White House officials have scheduled…

War

Taliban Gaining Control of the Country and the Conversation

July 14, 2021

MOSCOW, Russia. May 28th, 2019: PICTURED: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, third from left, arrives with other members of the…

At the Center of Everything, Ukraine Is a World Treasure and a Shame if Lost
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At the Center of Everything, Ukraine Is a World Treasure and a Shame if Lost

May 17, 2021December 11, 2023

Long-time reporter on the as-of-yet war of words between the Kremlin and NATO figureheads, Rick Rozoff, must have hardly…

World News

A Father of Modern Ukraine, NATO, U.S. Draw Line in the Sand With Rhetoric Not Seen Since WWII

April 16, 2021

PICTURED: Ukrainian tanks withdrawing from the eastern regions. Photo credit: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. CC 2.0. WASHINGTON…

Bee-lieve it or Not, Beekeepers Are the Last Defense Between Illegal Deforestation and Amur Tigers
Conservation

Bee-lieve it or Not, Beekeepers Are the Last Defense Between Illegal Deforestation and Amur Tigers

April 6, 2021

PICTURED: Beekeepers and hunters of Primorye have united to preserve the honey-bearing forests. Photo credit: Evgeny Lepeshkin WWF Russia.…

Foreign Policy

‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’

March 31, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…

Coffee Break Reads

UK Announce Increase of Nuclear Stockpile While Pentagon Predicts the Same in China

March 17, 2021

December, 2016. PICTURED: Now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks at Chatham House when he was Sec. of State for Foreign…

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China Russia Moon Research Base Welcomes International Collaboration

March 10, 2021

PICTURED: Artist’s concept of the ILRS. Photo credit: CAST. Published. The directors of Roscosmos, the Russian national aerospace agency,…

Biden Putin Agree to 5-Year Extension of New START the Last Nuclear Weapons Treaty
Foreign Policy

Biden Putin Agree to 5-Year Extension of New START the Last Nuclear Weapons Treaty

January 27, 2021

PICTURED: Presidents Biden and Putin. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/kremlin.ru CC 2.0. and CC 4.0. WASHINGTON D.C. January 26th, 2020.…

Shunning Spies Biden Chooses Experienced Peace-Maker as CIA Director
Foreign Policy

Shunning Spies Biden Chooses Experienced Peace-Maker as CIA Director

January 18, 2021

PICTURED: William Joseph Burns, the new CIA Director, in 2014. As President-elect Joe Biden continues to appoint his cabinet…

They May Not Reach 6,000 But Thirteen Tiger Range Countries are Increasing Tiger Populations
Conservation

They May Not Reach 6,000 But Thirteen Tiger Range Countries are Increasing Tiger Populations

December 4, 2020

13 months remain before the deadline arrives of the unparalleled attempt to try and double the numbers of one…

With the Help of WWF Russia Wild Persian Leopards May Once Again Roam the Caucasus
ArchivesConservation

With the Help of WWF Russia Wild Persian Leopards May Once Again Roam the Caucasus

October 17, 2020July 19, 2023

Under the auspices of the Russian chapter of the World Wildlife Fund, a pair of Persian leopards, a species…

New START Treaty Extension Remains Unsigned – US Weighs Nuclear Escalation
Foreign Policy

New START Treaty Extension Remains Unsigned – US Weighs Nuclear Escalation

October 2, 2020

PICTURED: Marshall Billingslea, the current arms control negotiator for the United States, speaking at a press conference in Latvia,…

Russia’s “Bear Islands” Enshrined as a Nature Reserve – Protected Largest Concentration of Dens in Russia
Policy

Russia’s “Bear Islands” Enshrined as a Nature Reserve – Protected Largest Concentration of Dens in Russia

August 14, 2020

A face of global biodiversity conservation efforts as recognizable as the panda, tiger, and elephant, polar bears are getting…

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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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