The ongoing unrest in Iran, having rumbled on for weeks, spikes afresh whenever the regime kills another young woman for ditching the hijab. Whither will it all go? Does it spell the end of the mullah...
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Russia Urges Kherson Evacuation Amid Warnings Of Imminent Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Topline Russian-installed authorities in Kherson ordered residents to “immediately” evacuate the area as Ukrainian forces close in on the eastern Ukrainian city—captured by Russian forces in the early...
Brittney Griner’s Release Not A Priority For Russia, Putin Aide Says
Topline The release of Brittney Griner—the WNBA star who was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on drug charges—is not a priority for the Kremlin despite calls from President Joe Biden to free ...
Russian Crypto Users Bear the Brunt of Putin War on Ukraine
Crypto wallet company Blockchain.com will block Russian users on Oct. 27, 2022, following the latest European Union sanctions. According to the wallet provider, it is also not allowed to offer custody...
Ukraine’s Success in Turning Back Russia’s Invasion Could Aggravate Global Food Shortages
A pair of Russian Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft streak across a Ukrainian wheat field as seen from … [+] a farmer’s combine harvester. PR Army In about a month, the Black Sea Grain Initia...
Musk Denies Speaking To Putin Before Proposing Russia-Friendly Ukraine Peace Deal
Topline The world’s wealthiest man Elon Musk talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin about what it would take to end the war in Ukraine shortly before he publicly proposed something similar to Puti...
Putin Allies Demand More Attacks On Ukraine—But Russia May Not Have Enough Missiles
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies claimed Monday’s deadly attack on Ukrainian cities were just the “first episode,” as they call for more indiscriminate attacks—but questions have emer...
Russia’s Rank As U.S. Trade Partner At 30-Year Low, New Data Shows
Trade with Russia has left its rank with the United States at a three-decade low. The U.S. hasn’t … [+] imported oil or refined petroleum since April. ustradenumbers.com Russia now ranks a...
Hong Kong Refuses U.S. Calls To Seize Sanctioned Billionaire’s Docked Superyacht
Topline Hong Kong will not seize a superyacht linked to Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov docked in its harbor, chief executive John Lee said on Tuesday, dismissing Western warnings that the city’s...
While Putin doubles down in Ukraine, his gas gambit is failing
The writer is Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management As Russia launches missile strikes on Kyiv and other major cities across Ukraine, President Vladimir Put...
Putin’s Vengeance Missiles Rain Down On Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 10: A screen grab taken from a surveillance camera shows an explosion rocked … [+] a bridge in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv on Octobe...
Kyiv Hit By Missile Strikes After Putin Blames Ukraine For Crimea Bridge Attack
Topline Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities were hit by a series of missile strikes on Monday morning in an apparent retaliatory attack by Russian forces, a day after Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for an ...
Putin Accuses Ukraine Of ‘Act Of Terrorism’ After Crimea Bridge Explosion
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Ukraine of carrying out a deadly explosion that damaged the only bridge linking Russia and Crimea, calling the blast—which Ukraine hasn’t dir...
Watch Russia’s Lone Bridge To Crimea In Flames—Here’s What It Means For Putin’s War Efforts
Topline An explosion set fire to and destroyed sections of Russia’s only bridge to Crimea, isolating Russia and its troops from the critical Black Sea peninsula at a critical moment in the war, though...
The Greed And Geopolitics Of The OPEC+ Oil Production Cut
Delegates during a news conference following the 33rd meeting of the Organization of Petroleum … [+] Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2...
Twitter Deal Moves Ahead, Tesla Stock Tanks, Zooming’ With Putin
Topline Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world—and among the most eccentric— had a particularly strange week even by his standards, with his net worth falling $27.6 billion, his acquisition of Twi...
Putin’s Threats Bring Risk Of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ To Highest Level Since Cold War, Biden Warns
Topline President Joe Biden on Thursday warned the world could face “Armageddon” if Russian leader Vladimir Putin makes good on threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, an unusually blunt statement ...
Nobel Peace Prize Honors Human Rights Campaigners In Russia, Ukraine And Belarus
Topline Human rights advocates and organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus were awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday, praising their efforts to sp...
2 Russian Nationals Fleeing Putin’s Draft Seek Asylum In U.S. After Reaching Alaska
Topline Two Russian nationals who fled the country to avoid being drafted into Moscow’s war in Ukraine are seeking asylum in the United States after reaching a remote island in western Alaska by boat,...
U.S. Fretting Over Ukrainian Tactics Raises Risk Putin Will Go Nuclear
Short-range nuclear-armed ballistic missiles can be used as decapitation tools Russian Defense Ministry Press Service U.S. officials have leaked news that the U.S. had admonished Ukrainian officials b...
Did Putin Sabotage His Own Pipeline? Perhaps He’s Not The Only Irrational Political Leader
Nord stream 1 and 2 pipeline 3D rendering getty Blasts were heard at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline last week, and damage to the pipeline itself was detected underwater shortly thereafter. Russian sources...
Biden’s Iran Policy “Defies Belief” — And It Actually Emboldens Putin
This segment of What’s Ahead delves into why President Biden’s bizarre obsession to cut a new nuclear deal with Iran dangerously damages his foreign policy credibility. For instance, the U.S. has been...
Putin Finalizes Annexation As Ukraine Forces Russia Into Retreat On Southern Front Line
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed legislation finalizing Moscow’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, pushing forward despite not controlling any of the four provi...
Russians Use Drastic Measures To Avoid Putin’s Military Draft—Including Self-Mutilation
Topline Russians have resorted to drastic measures to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, a sign of desperation as President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to revive the flagging invasion pushes poten...
Ukraine Breaks Through More Occupied Territory As Moscow Attempts To Formalize Illegal Annexation
Topline Russian lawmakers pushed through the final procedural steps needed to annex seized Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, persisting despite Moscow not fully controlling any of the four regions it cl...
Sunday, October 2. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council … [+] in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Uk...
S&P Global Report Says EU and UK Are in a Recession, Putin Thinks the West Is Greedy – Economics Bitcoin News
Today’s blustery global economy has everyone on edge as inflation has wreaked havoc on the wallets of ordinary people and energy prices continue to soar worldwide. According to Credit Suisse, “the wor...
Pope Francis Condemns Russia’s Annexation Of Eastern Ukraine—And Urges Putin To Stop ‘Spiral Of Violence And Death’
Topline Pope Francis made his first personal appeal for Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine on Sunday, days after Putin announced Russia w...
A Day After Putin Announces Annexation, Troops Forced Out Of Lyman
Topline Russia said Saturday it was retreating from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed the city would be brought under Russian control through a ...
Friday, September 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
In this image released by the Police Press Service, the view from a drone shows the site of a … [+] Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. A Russian strike on th...