Defense
Production of the compact SVDS model intended for special forces has increased 13 times compared to last year. The Russian state concern Kalashnikov, the country's largest small arms manufacturer, has…
FORB
In Warsaw on October 13 2025, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched its updated hate crime training manuals for police and prosecutors, building on twenty…
Editor's choice
A convoy of more than forty civilian boats that set sail for Gaza under the banner of the Global Sumud Flotilla has reignited international debate about Israel’s maritime blockade and…
International
Bulgarian authorities have arrested a Russian, the owner of the cargo ship that caused the powerful explosion at the port of Beirut in 2020, Bulgarian National Radio reports, citing its…
International
Greek police have arrested the abbot of the Spileo rock monastery in Kalavrita, Kallinikos, and his assistant, monk Seraphim, after they were preparing to sell 17 Byzantine icons and two…
Europe
A conversation with Austrian MEP Helmut Brandstätter in Brussels Earlier this year, MEP Helmut Brandstätter, an Austrian member of the European Parliament, visited a number of cities in Ukraine –…
Africa
In a conflict as long and devastating as Sudan’s, optics are important, perhaps especially so when the conflict has its roots in a split between forces who once fought alongside each other.…
International
The Global Peace Index (GPI) is the world's leading ranking measuring global peacefulness. It is compiled by the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), which assesses 163 independent countries…
Human Rights
US authorities deported between 30 and 60 Russian citizens in one day in the middle of this week, Dmitry Valuev, president of the non-governmental organization Russian America for Democracy in…
News
At the end of August and the beginning of September 2025, a coalition of civilian vessels, including retrofitted fishing boats and other small ships, is scheduled to depart from ports…
