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Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to convince US President Donald Trump to abandon his plans to lower global oil ...

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Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the Russian government is conducting an information ...

Ukraine's Luhansk Group of Forces spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Dmytro Zaporozhets said on Saturday that Kyiv's forces had ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 3,800 North Korean soldiers had been killed or injured in Kursk in an interview in early January.

In a rare State Department speech before his successor takes over on Jan. 20, outgoing US President Joe Biden pleaded for continued aid to Kyiv in 2025 and beyond, saying that his administration ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Russia's elites are growing tired of waiting for the war to end and are concerned about the long-term impact of Western sanctions on Russia's ...

Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) indicate that the russian authorities are deliberately distorting the legislation of Ukraine and the Constitution of Ukraine regarding elections ...

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Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case. The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies ...