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July 31, 2022 - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put out a statement outlining her trip to the Indo-Pacific region. The outline indicates that the Speaker will be visiting Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, but does not mention visiting Taiwan. Read more

July 31, 2022 - Morgan Ortagus, who is a former State Department spokesperson said that she believes that China is going to be getting more aggressive in both rhetoric and action in the foreseeable future as it is incredibly important for them to have control. Read more

July 30, 2022 - In the event China invades Taiwan, the director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs expects Switzerland to adopt any measures that are implemented by the European Union against China. Read more

July 30, 2022 - A message posted by China's official People's Liberation Army (PLA) 80th Group over Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan stated on the Chinese social media website Weibo said: Get ready for war, over Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Read more

July 30, 2022 - High-level officials, who previously held defense ministry positions in Japan, have visited Taiwan to discuss possible ways to prepare for possible conflict with Beijing and shore up Asia-Pacific defenses in the region. Read more

July 30, 2022 - The Chinese Navy will be holding live fire military exercises "in waters west of the Qiongzhou Strait" in the South China Sea on Friday and Saturday. Read more

July 30, 2022 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned South Korea's leader Yoon Suk-yeol and his government of military gangsters will be wiped out if it makes any dangerous attempt, such as a preemptive strike. Read more

July 30, 2022 - In response to the latest blasts from the east regarding Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the United States military has decided to send the largest ship in the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, along with its battle group to the South China Sea. Read more

July 29, 2022 - Chinese President Xi Jinping alerted US President Joe Biden against playing with fire over Taiwan, as Beijing's disputes are accelerating over a conceivable visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Read more

July 28, 2022 - The Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq was targeted by missiles on Wednesday, after the Iraqi government claimed that Turkey had carried out artillery strikes in the Zakho District, in the Duhok Governorate that killed eight people, which Turkey has denied involvement in. Read more

July 28, 2022 - The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has announced that they have offloaded 2,700 pieces of U.S. Army equipment at the port Antwep-Bruges, Belgium, for onward movement by rail, commercial line-haul and barge in "response to Russia's aggression" in Ukraine. Read more

July 27, 2022 - Russian state owned energy corporation Gazprom had stated that it will reduce gas flows through the Nord Stream to 20% of its normal capacity on July 27th, 2022, taking injection down to 33 mln cubic meters of gas per day. Read more

July 26, 2022 - Three Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 26th, 2022. Read more

July 26, 2022 - China has dispatched stricter admonishments to U.S. Functionaries about Speaker Nancy Pelosi's probable visit to Taiwan a foreign ministry representative said on Monday. Read more

July 26, 2022 - MOSCOW - Alexander Bastrykin, Russian investigative committee head, has told the government news site Rossiiskaya Gazeta, that over 1,300 criminal investigations have begun, regarding war crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine also said it was examining more than 21,000 war crimes which it alleges were carried out by Russian forces. Read more

July 26, 2022 - The Tiangong space station has received a new module, the Wentian science laboratory, which was docked with the Tianhe living module at around 3:13 AM local time on Monday. Read more

July 26, 2022 - SYRIA/IRAQ - IRAQ - An ongoing military operation by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq, against the Kurdistan Workers' Party ( PKK ) in the Duhok Governorate, is the next phase of many operations utilizing the code word 'claw' aimed at the PKK. Other operations, beginning in 2019, prior to Claw-Lock include the following: Claw-Eagle, Claw-Tiger, Claw-Lightening, & Claw-Thunderbolt. Read more

July 25, 2022 - A U.S. House Intelligence Committee member has put out a warning to Americans not to so easily share their genetic information to websites like the Biotechnology company 23andMe, as there are bio-weapons being developed that can target an individual's DNA and potentially kill them. Read more

July 25, 2022 - Two Chinese military aircraft entered into Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone on July 25th, 2022. The Chinese aircraft included a Y-8 RECCE reconnaissance aircraft and J-11 fighter jet. Read more

July 24, 2022 - Four Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 24th, 2022. The aircraft included a reconnaissance plane and flew through the Taiwan Strait, as well as the northwestern part of the Philippine Sea. Read more

July 23, 2022 - Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister is setting out on a trip to Egypt where he will meet with officials and solidify their relationship with Russia. Rosatom, a Russian state-owned energy corporation began construction on Egypt's first nuclear power plant. Read more

July 23, 2022 - White House Spokesperson John Kirby has announced $270 million in defense aid to Ukraine, including rocket systems, which will bring the total of US military assistance to Ukraine to $8.2 billion USD. Read more

July 22, 2022 - DOD: $270 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine. Immediate release from the Department of Defense. Included: 20 Soviet designed Mi-17 helicopters originally purchased by the US military to aid the Afghan military. Read more

July 22, 2022 - U.S. Depeartment of State - Quadrilateral Deal for Safe Passage of Agricultural Goods on the Black Sea. The United Nations, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia have committed to a plan for resuming Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea. Read more

July 22, 2022 - Pelosi would not confirm whether or not she will be following through with her plans to travel to the island of Taiwan in August, but did say that she believes that the military may be afraid her plane would be shot down by Chinese forces as they neared Taiwanese airspace. Read more

July 22, 2022 - Chinese state media says that China might try to impose a no-fly zone over the island of Taiwan ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit in order to prevent the U.S. speaker of the House from being successful. Read more

July 22, 2022 - CIA Director William Burns stated that Xi Jinping has the intention to take control of the Island of Taiwan, but has been studying the Russian invasion of Ukraine Read more

July 22, 2022 - Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton publicly admitted that he has helped plan coups abroad. China took note of the interview and reported about it on their military website. Read more

July 21, 2022 - Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin repeated on Thursday that China will act strongly to respond to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan and take countermeasures if the United States insists on making the visit. Read more

July 21, 2022 - CIA Director William Burns stated on Wednesday that the United States intelligence community estimates that around 15,000 Russian forces have been killed in Ukraine during the Russian invasion on the country since the war began. Read more

July 21, 2022 - Biden is now urging Pelosi to cancel her visit to the Island of Taiwan after China put out a warning about forceful measures being taken if Pelosi made the trip to the region. Read more

July 20, 2022 - TAIWAN STRAIT - A US guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed through the Taiwan Strait on July 19th, 2022 with the Chinese military following and monitoring its transit; after which China claims the United States 'hyped' the transit up publicly and slammed the US as a 'maker of security risks'. Read more

July 20, 2022 - TEHRAN - Today there was a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayhip Erdogan, and the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The topics of discussion were Ukrainian grain exports as well as peace in Syria. Read more

July 19, 2022 - China: if U.S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visits the Taiwan Region, there will be consequences. Read more

July 19, 2022 - The United States military has put out a statement saying that it carried out an airstrike in Somalia on Sunday, killing two Al-Shabab fighters. The airstrike was carried out in southern Jubaland, near Libikus in the Lower Juba region, according to AFRICOM on Monday. Read more

July 19, 2022 - The New York National Guard are deploying to train Ukrainian soldiers. 140 troops Syracuse-situated 27th Infantry Brigade Combat squad deployed to Germany on Friday to assist Ukrainian military members. Read more

July 17, 2022 - Capital police in Islamabad, Pakistan have put security on high alert for the next 48 hours across the district, with "no unnecessary movement" allowed. Read more

July 17, 2022 - A Ukrainian owned, soviet made Antonov-12 (An-12Bk) plane carrying 8 crew members is reported to have crashed in Kavala, Northern Greece while flying from Serbia to Jordan, carrying 12 tons of dangerous material. Read more

July 17, 2022 - The Russian offensive in Ukraine intensified overnight following instruction from Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu announcing an intensified effort on all fronts in Ukraine to shore up military groups in the south and center. Read more

July 16, 2022 - Saudi Arabia on Friday made an announcement that it is lifting restrictions on all [Israeli] carriers, allowing them to use airspace over the country after a decades-long ban. Read more

July 16, 2022 - Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that South Korea will have no choice but to intervene with the United States in the Taiwan Strait if conflict breaks out between China and Taiwan. Read more

July 16, 2022 - The Russian state gas giant Gazprom says that it can't guarantee that the Nord Stream pipeline will go back online after the major maintenance that is currently being done on it, according to Dutch daily newspaper Trouw. Read more

July 15, 2022 - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes in Gaza after rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday. The IDF reported four rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza, two of which fell in "open areas" according to the IDF. Read more

July 15, 2022 - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says that they have cut ties with North Korea as a result of North Korea recognizing the "independence" of Ukrainian territories under the occupation of Russia. Read more

July 15, 2022 - The European Commission has released new guidelines that state sanctions against Russia do not apply to rail transit through Lithuania to Kaliningrad, Russia and that rail transit can only be used for essential goods. Read more

July 14, 2022 - In light of global disputes, regarding the nuclear capacity of Iran, a decision was made, and on Thursday, United States President Joe Biden will sign a joint agreement with the Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, denying nuclear weapons capabilities to Iran. Read more

July 14, 2022 - Aerospace company Lockheed Martin has put out a statement saying that they have successfully conducted the "second consecutive" hypersonic boosted test of the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) with the United States Air Force. Read more

July 14, 2022 - SOUTH CHINA SEA - Chinese military is claiming that it drove a U.S. destroyer, the USS Benfold, away from the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, after claiming the ship had entered its territorial waters illegally, according to Reuters. Read more

July 13, 2022 - U.S. Central Command has put out a release saying that they carried out a "UAS strike" outside of Jindayris, in northwest Syria that targeted "two senior ISIS officials" on July 12th, 2022. Read more

July 12, 2022 - The White House has said that the U.S. has "information" that indicates Iran is preparing, or already has given Russia "hundreds" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and said that Iran plans to train Russian forces on using the drones as early as this month. Read more

July 12, 2022 - The lower tier of the Russian parliament will assemble on July 15 for an unaccustomed meeting, its convention decided on Monday, just days after President Vladimir Putin warned that he had not even started to get serious about the conflict in Ukraine. Read more

July 11, 2022 - Russian gas to Germany from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has been completely stopped for the next 10 days, and shipments from the pipeline to .Europe are due to stop today. The West fears the gas flow may never come back. Read more

July 10, 2022 - The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) put out a statement that it detected "trajectories" that were believed to be artillery shots off North Korea's coast. Read more

July 09, 2022 - The Pentagon is considering sending weapons inspectors to Ukraine in order to monitor the U.S. weaponry being sent to the country, according to Jed Royal, deputy director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Read more

July 09, 2022 - Increased number of young Russian men are looking to avoid nations' obligatory military service since the conflict began in February. Read more

July 08, 2022 - China sent military aircraft into the Taiwan Strait on Friday, a move that Taiwan is calling "provocative", as U.S. senator Rick Scott visited the island in order to meet with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, which China has openly criticized. Read more

July 08, 2022 - Belarus has given Russia full control of the Zyabrovka air field located about 19 miles from the Belarusian border with Ukraine in the Gomel region, according to Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operative Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Read more

July 08, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the "special military operation" in Ukraine "has not started anything in earnest," and said that the "war in Ukraine just beginning; hints that peace talks will become more difficult with time." Read more

July 08, 2022 - TURKEY - After a cabinet meeting on Monday, the President of Turkey announced that a new military operation would be underway in Syria, to stabilize logistics between 2 already Turkish-controlled areas. The operation will target Turkish efforts at resuming a 20-mile (30km) safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. Read more

July 07, 2022 - A U.S. flight test of the reentry vehicle for the new Minotaur II+ Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) rocket failed when it exploded 11 seconds after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Read more

July 07, 2022 - A British Royal Navy vessel had seized a shipment of Iranian missiles in the Gulf of Oman earlier this year. British officials also said that the seizure is proof that Iran is supporting Yemen's Houthi rebels. Read more

July 07, 2022 - Ukraine cited an "unacceptable situation" as they summoned the ambassador of Turkey, after Turkish authorities released the Zhibek Zholy, a Russian vessel which Ukraine has accused of smuggling stolen Ukrainian grain. Read more

July 07, 2022 - A militant, who was reportedly affiliated with both the Syrian military and the Hezbollah terrorist organization has been killed by an alleged Israeli drone strike in Quneitra. Read more

July 07, 2022 - The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that they arrested several foreigners, including the British deputy ambassador to Iran Giles Whitaker for spying. The UK says that the reports are "completely false". Read more

July 07, 2022 - A newly constructed nuclear facility in Russia, which opened on the 1st of June, 2022, has begun constant nuclear explosion detection, says The 12th Chief Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry as of the 1st of July 2022. Read more

July 05, 2022 - Kaliningrad's Region Governor said that Russia could take out "half of the Lithuanian economy" if Russia implements counter-sanctions on goods coming in and out of the Baltic states. Read more

July 05, 2022 - Russia's oil company, Rosneft has announced that they have discovered a 'huge oil deposit' in the Pechora sea, containing around 82 million tons of oil. Read more

July 04, 2022 - Kurdistan 24 news has reported that the Erbil International Airport (EIA) in Iraq has "prevented an unauthorized Iranian Pouya Air Cargo plane from landing, citing the EIA Director Ahmed Hoshyar. Read more

July 04, 2022 - Multiple explosions have been reported at a U.S. base on the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Al-Omar oil field in Deir Ez-Zur in Eastern Syria. Read more

July 04, 2022 - After fully capturing the city of Lysychansk, which was Ukraine's last stronghold, Russia is claiming full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, after intense fighting and resistance from Ukrainian forces. Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu has informed Russian President Vladimir Putin, that the Luhansk region has now been "liberated." Read more

July 04, 2022 - The United States and Western allies have been giving Ukraine Soviet-era military equipment due to the fact that Ukraine's military was once part of the Soviet Union and Soviet-era weapons are not interchangeable with those of the West. Western stocks of Soviet-era weapons however are running out. Read more

July 04, 2022 - The United States commerce department says that China has not been seen evading sanctions, or providing military equipment to Russia and said that enforcement measures that were taken earlier in the week were targeting Chinese companies, not the government. Read more

July 04, 2022 - Russian state media Channel 1 talks of world war 3 which it calls Russia's Second Great Patriotic War and said that countries that decided to play with Westernness neutrality are next, once the special military operation in Ukraine concludes. Read more

July 04, 2022 - Russian state news Gazeta and the Russian Ministry of Defense have put out a statement regarding explosions captured on video from Belgorod saying that three people died and four were injured in the explosions. Read more

July 04, 2022 - Russian and Syrian vessels have been turning off their transponders and have been accused of deceptive shipping practices in order to sell crude oil and stolen Ukrainian grain while evading the heavy sanctions placed on Russia due to its war on Ukraine. Read more

July 03, 2022 - The Iranian Sponsored, Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah stated that it had flown 3 drones, which were unarmed, towards a natural gas rig operated by Israel in the Mediterranean, and the Israeli military has intercepted them. Read more

July 03, 2022 - BELARUS - On Saturday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that 3 days ago, Ukraine attempted a missile strike on Belarusian military installations, but said that the missiles had been intercepted, through the Belarusian state-run media Belta news. Read more

July 2, 2022 - The Syrian military on Saturday accused Israel of carrying out daytime airstrikes near Tartus, Syria that they say wounded two civilians. Read more

July 01, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that sanctions and political pressure on Russia from the West is pushing Russia and Belarus towards "unification". Read more

July 01, 2022 - Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated on the Thursday that 'under certain circumstances' such 'hostile measures' as the sanctions placed on the country could be seen as an act of international aggression, or even as a casus belli [a provocation that is a justification for war] and said that Russia has a right to defend itself. Read more

July 01, 2022 - The United States, South Korea, and Japan have vowed a response to any North Korean nuclear test and said that the response would be in the form of joint military drills, according to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday. Read more

July 01, 2022 - The United States has failed the flight test of a new US hypersonic missile system in Hawaii, called "Conventional Prompt Strike". The failure was said to be most likely due to a problem that happened after ignition took place, according to a statement by the US Department of Defense. Read more

July 01, 2022 - Australian bank, Volt has collapsed in the midst of rising inflation and the bank has urged their customers to pull their funds from their accounts before it closes them on Tuesday. Inflation in Australia and US on the rise. Read more

July 01, 2022 - U.S. President Joe Biden has announced another $800 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will be including modern air defense systems, HIMARS missile systems and ammunition, and other "offensive weapons". Read more

July 01, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the "special military operation" in Ukraine is going according to plan, and that there is no need to meet any deadlines to end it. Read more

July 01, 2022 - The Japanese defense ministry reported around 10 Russian Chinese navy vessels earlier this month in Waters Near Japan, leaving analysts to believe that the two countries are sending a message to Japan, the United States as well as Taiwan. Read more

July 01, 2022 - Russian state news Izvestia, and TASS have confirmed reports that Russia plans to send Belarus nuclear capable Iskander-M missile systems, capable of carrying "a nuclear warhead" and promised to "retrofit Belarusian Su-25s in order to upgrade them to "carry nuclear charges". Read more

July 01, 2022 - Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday expressed "serious concern" and "resolute protest" on behalf of the CCP regarding the NATO's new 'Strategic Concept', saying that it ignores facts, distorts the truth and vilifies China's foreign policy. Read more

July 01, 2022 - In an address to the 10th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF), Putin stated that a multi polar world order is "evolving globally", and said that the process is "irreversible". He also said that it should be built upon "international law" and the "UN charter". Read more

July 01, 2022 - NATO leaders have declared that the Russian Federation is the most significant "direct threat" to the security of North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. According to the Lithuanian ministry of defense, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders at the NATO summit agreed that "Russia is a direct threat to NATO", on "new strategic concept" being adopted, reinforcement of NATO's eastern flank with Forward Presence Brigades, increased support for Ukraine, as well as other "security enhancement" measures. Read more

June 30, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 21st that the BRICS countries, which include Russia, China, Brazil, and South Africa (Iran and Argentina have applied but not yet accepted) are currently working on setting up a global reserve currency to cut their financial reliance on the West. Read more

June 30, 2022 - Member of the Russian state Duma Leonid Slutsky said that while Sweden and Finland's choice to join NATO is their choice, it will have consequences on their relationship with Russia, and on the general security architecture in Europe which is already in deep crisis. Read more

June 30, 2022 - Due to Syria's recognition of independence of the two separatist regions in Eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that all relations between Ukraine and Syria are now cut off. Read more

June 30, 2022 - Britain, who already has 2,000 soldiers stationed in Estonia has committed to add 1,000 more service members to the country, as well as sending one of its new aircraft carriers to defend NATO's eastern flank. Read more

June 29, 2022 - Washington has shown support toward the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey just one day after Turkey withdrew its objections regarding Sweden and Finland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Read more

June 29, 2022 - In an intelligence update, the British Ministry of Defense has agreed that the strike on the Kremenchuk shopping center may have been an accident, and that the intended target may have been, as Russia says a nearby infrastructure target. Read more

June 29, 2022 - China has claimed that two U.S. military aircraft flew through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Jun 28th, according to the SCS Probing Initiative (SCSPI). Read more

June 29, 2022 - Metal Shark, an American company that developer and builder of aluminum-hull vessels have put out a statement saying that they are providing six maritime combat vessels to Ukraine. Read more

June 29, 2022 - The Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos has Published Satellite Photos and coordinates of Western decision making centers, all publicly known locations in an apparent statement to the West. Read more

June 28, 2022 - South Korea’s unification minister Kwon Young-se says that North Korean nuclear weapons are not just targeting the United States, but also targeting South Korea, pointing to a March test of a multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS). Read more

June 28, 2022 - The North Korean government has accused the United States of creating an "Asia-Style NATO" in order to overthrow the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Sunday pointing to the military cooperation between the US, Japan and South Korea. Read more

June 28, 2022 - Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jens Stoltenberg has announced that Turkey has agreed to support both Finland and Sweden in joining the NATO alliance. Read more

June 27, 2022 - CENTCOM Statement Regarding Strike Carried Out In Syria. "CENTCOM Forces conducted a kinetic strike in Idlib province, Syria, June 27, targeting Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an Al Qaeda-aligned terrorist organization. Read more

June 27, 2022 - The US Military has carried out a strike on a vehicle on the Idlib-Binnish road in the Idlib province in Syria on Monday, targeting a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda aligned militant group, Hurras al-Din. Read more

June 27, 2022 - The United States now has over 100,000 troops stationed in Europe, which has increased from the 70,000 U.S. troops that were stationed in Europe when Russia's invasion on Ukraine began at the end of February. Read more

June 27, 2022 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is increasing the number of its NATO Response Force troops at high readiness from 40,000 to "well over 300,000", according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday. Read more

June 27, 2022 - Russian state media Channel 1 talks about Lithuania, NATO Article 5, military presence being established on the Belarusian border and targeting oil tankers in the Netherlands. Read more

June 27, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko that Russia will be providing Belarus nuclear capable Iskander missile systems in the "next few months". Read more

June 27, 2022 - Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) has announced the second stage of the gas emergency plan, or alert stage, according to the ministry, putting the gas emergency plan 'on alert'. Read more

June 27, 2022 - Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui told Russian state news TASS that they are ready to supply aircraft components to Russia, noting that there are no restrictions from the Chinese side. Read more

June 26, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met at the Constantine Palace and talked about issues such as the economy, the situation with Poland and Lithuania, and NATO training and nuclear weapons in Europe. Read more

June 26, 2022 - Iran Expanding Nuclear Program While Expanding Cooperation With Russia. Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani stated during a meeting with a top diplomat from the European Union that Iran will continue developing its nuclear program until the West changes what it calls "illegal behavior" according to Iranian state news IRNA. Read more

June 26, 2022 - Chinese state media, Global Times claims that the United States sent a destroyer to the South China Sea just one day after sending a P-8A anti-submarine aircraft 'spy plane' over the Taiwan Straits. Read more

June 26, 2022 - Iran has carried out its second test of the Zuljanah satellite launcher, according to an Iranian state TV spokesperson. Read more

June 26, 2022 - (Based on translation) On June 26th, a Japan Coast Guard boat confirmed that the Chinese Coast Guard was navigating in the 'contiguous waters' on the 'overseas side' of the territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands administered by Japan, in the Okinawa Prefecture, according to Japanese The Sankei News. Read more

June 26, 2022 - China says that they "can't leave Taiwan independent" and that they will "retake Taiwan by all means, including military ones" if they can't reunify the island using peaceful methods. They also said that the United States wants two wars, one in Europe and one in Asia. Read more

June 26, 2022 - The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko said that what Russia calls the 'blockade' against Kaliningrad by Lithuania is akin to a declaration of war on Russia. Read more

June 25, 2022 - Russia has fired rockets directly from Belarus into Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence, and the New York Times who says that over 40 missiles were launched from Belarus into Ukraine. Read more

June 25, 2022 - China says that their military went on high alert and they mobilized ground and air forces after a U.S. maritime plane flew through the Taiwan Strait. Furthermore, China says that their forces now remain on high alert. Read more

June 25, 2022 - A Russian state television Channel 1 speakers indicates that conflict in Europe will never end, and that the struggle is against the West, not just Ukraine, saying that there will be other 'special operations' elsewhere, aside from the one in Ukraine. Read more

June 25, 2022 - June 25, 2022 - There have been three rocket attacks on gas complexes in northern Iraq owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the last four days. The last attack was on a gas complex owned by the Dana Gas Energy Company. Read more

June 25, 2022 - Andrey Gurulyov, who is a member of the Russian defense committee spoke on Russian state television Channel 1, and said that if world war 3 breaks out, London will be the first city that Russia Will Bomb, and that all power sites in Western Europe will be destroyed. Read more

June 25, 2022 - U.S. lawmakers from both political parties have been coming out with a flurry of bills and resolutions aimed at expanding America's involvement in the Indo-Pacific region, including strengthening ties with nations in the region and increasing support for Taiwan. Read more

June 25, 2022 - Japan's Ministry of Defense reported that three Chinese PLAAF H-6 strategic bombers were spotted over international waters between the islands of Okinawa and Miyako-Jima on their way to the Pacific Ocean, then returned using the same route to the East China Sea. Read more

June 25, 2022 - Andrey Gurulyov, who is a member of the Russian defense committee spoke on Russian state television Channel 1, and said that if world war 3 breaks out, London will be the first city that Russia will bomb and that all power sites in Western Europe will be destroyed. Read more

June 24, 2022 - Ukraine and Moldova has now formally been recognized as candidates for EU membership, while the EU is ready to grant candidate status to Georgia "once priorities will be addressed". Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has compared the EU and NATO to Hitler, and said they are building a coalition to fight Russia. Read more

June 23, 2022 - Release from the Belarus ministry of defense regarding the pre-planned military mobilization exercises in the Gomel region that will last until July 1st, 2022. Read more

June 23, 2022 - 22 Chinese military aircraft have entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) today, June 23rd, 2022. Read more

June 23, 2022 - Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg says that he "aims" to get both Finland and Sweden into the alliance "soon" regardless of objections by Turkey, but said that he "cannot guarantee" that it will be done swiftly. Read more

June 23, 2022 - Finnish Armed Forces Chief of Defense, General Timo Kivinen says that Finland has been preparing for a Russian attack for decades and says that Finland would be a "tough bite to chew" for Russia if they decided to attack the country. Read more

June 22, 2022 - Six Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone on June 22nd, 2022. The military aircraft included four J-16 fighter jets, one Y-8 antisubmarine-warfare aircraft and one Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft. Read more

June 22, 2022 - Russian state news TASS reported that the Kaliningrad Region Governor Anton Alikhanov stated restrictions put in place on freight transit by Lithuania "looked like a mistake at first" but then said, "it's now clear that it's deliberate policy". Read more

June 22, 2022 - Mexican drug cartels are using online games to recruit teenagers, paying them, often with a monthly income to act as full-time lookouts at the southern border, notifying the cartel of the presence of law enforcement, and promising to teach them how to move drugs and carry out hits for more cash. Read more

June 22, 2022 - An airman, who has not yet been identified has been arrested in connection with the explosives attack that had been carried out on a United States military base in Syria on April 7th, 2022, according to the Air Force. Read more

June 22, 2022 - Denmark's Ministry of Defense says that they have credible information that attributes a cyberattack on satellite equipment operated by the Viasat satellite company to Russia prior to the invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Read more

June 22, 2022 - Estonia, Lithuania, and Denmark which are all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance have reported incursions into their airspace by Russian forces who filed no flight plan and turned off their transponder. Read more

June 21, 2022 - 29 Chinese military aircraft has entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on June 21st, 2022 according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense. Read more

June 21, 2022 - Russian scientist, political writer, and analyst Andrey Andreyevich Piontkovsky said that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko would never dare to give the order for his troops to go to war with Ukraine. Read more

June 21, 2022 - NATO member, Lithuania has banned some goods from traveling to the Kaliningrad, Russia enclave from Lithuania which has angered Russia who said the move was unprecedented and unlawful as well as threatening to respond saying the situation is more than serious. Read more

June 21, 2022 - In the Persian Gulf, three Iranian IRGC warships came within 50 yards of the United States patrol vessel USS Sirocco and fast transport vessel USNS Choctaw County at high speeds and nearly collided, only diverting when the Sirocco gave an audible warning and deployed a warning flare. Read more

June 20, 2022 - 10 Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone in the southwest corner on June 19th, 2022, making it the 8th day of intrusions into Taiwan's ADIZ so far this month. Read more

June 20, 2022 - China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that it said "achieved its expected purpose," according to the Chinese defense ministry who said that the test was purely defensive and not aimed at any country in particular. Read more

June 20, 2022 - Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels intruded and then left Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, leaving the territory on Sunday morning after having intruded the day before, according to Japan Times. Read more

June 20, 2022 - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz stated during an interview with Channel 12 News that Israel is preparing for offensive options against Iran "if and when" they are needed and warned Iran "I suggest that the Iranians not test these capabilities". Read more

June 20, 2022 - Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabs put out a report Sunday saying that there was a mysterious explosion in western Tehran on Saturday night after a drone attack on an Iranian military ballistic development base. Read more

June 19, 2022 - June 19, 2022 - British MOD intelligence update for June 19th, 2022 reports that entire Russian units are refusing orders and having armed standoffs with their own officers and troops. Read more

June 19, 2022 - June 19, 2022 - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that Iran will pay a painful price for hunting down Israeli citizens in Turkey to capture and kill them. Read more

June 19, 2022 - June 19, 2022 - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a German newspaper that Russia's war on Ukraine could take years, but that 'we must not let up in supporting Ukraine' he said. Even if the costs are high. The head of the British army also told troops they must prepare to fight in Europe. Read more

June 19, 2022 - June 19, 2022 - Israel has carried out strikes with aircraft and tanks on Gaza with aircraft and tanks after a two-month calm after a rocket was fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Gazan entry permits have been suspended. Read more

June 19, 2022 - June 19, 2022 - WASHINGTON - A US Senate bill seeks to pave the way for a training program in order to increase armed forces interoperability between the United States and Taiwan, while significantly increasing support for the island, including billions of dollars in security assistance and making Taiwan a 'major non-NATO ally'. China has warned, however, against what they call a 'dangerous' policy overhaul. Read more

June 19, 2022 - So far this year there have been 50 people from the FBI terror watchlist arrested at the U.S. border with Mexico, which amounts to more than the last five years combined. There have also been more than 440,000 known 'gotaways'. Read more

June 19, 2022 - On June 15, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $1 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes an authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $350 million, as well as $650 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds. This authorization is the twelfth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Read more

June 19, 2022 - Ukrainian Pravda has claimed that Russia launched three cruise missiles at an oil depot in the Novomoskovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast which wounded 11 people, one of whom is reported to be in "serious condition" with seven others suffering "minor injuries". Read more

June 19, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he believes the United States sees itself as a "messenger of God on Earth", who has "no interests" but "no responsibility". Read more

June 19, 2022 - The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko says that his country will have to react to Poland's "desire to take Western Ukraine" because it poses a "threat to the security of the republic" on Friday. Read more

June 19, 2022 - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated that it is no longer possible for Ukraine to return to its previous borders, and added that "this is obvious". Read more

June 19, 2022 - Two Russian Project 22160 missile frigates were spotted patrolling off of Romania's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near the country's natural gas platforms around 140 km (87 miles) from Romania's coastline. Read more

June 18, 2022 - After reducing energy output to Germany by over half the previous output, Russian energy giant Gazprom was accused of artificially pushing up energy prices by cutting off supplies. Read more

June 18, 2022 - Iranian terror cells have been activated in Turkey and are roaming the streets of Istanbul "looking for Israelis" after having been given an order to carry out attacks against Israelis located in the country, according to an Israeli official who spoke to Ynet on Friday. Read more

June 18, 2022 - U.S. Satellite images have spotted Russian-flagged vessels carrying grain from Ukraine to Syria, according to the satellite imagery company Maxar. Read more

June 18, 2022 - According to both U.S. and Israeli intelligence, Iran is building a vast underground nuclear facility underneath a mountain located south of the Natanz nuclear complex, a report by the New York Times stated on Friday. Read more

June 18, 2022 - A mourning poster posted on social media has revealed that a lieutenant in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has died in Iran on June 15th, making it the third officer in Iran's IRGC having died in the last week. Read more

June 18, 2022 - Russia carried out airstrikes at the al-Tanf garrison U.S. military base on Wednesday after first notifying the United States of their intentions. The base is located near Syria's border with Jordan in southeast Syria. Read more

June 17, 2022 - China has launched its third aircraft carrier, manufactured by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) shipyard in Shanghai and named it Fujian which is named after a province located directly facing the island of Taiwan in an apparent statement to the island. Read more

June 17, 2022 - The U.S. military captured a senior Islamic State leader during the night raid in northern Syria on Wednesday night who the coalition stated was an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator. Read more

June 17, 2022 - According to the Dutch intelligence service, a Russian spy tried to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC) that was investigating allegations of war crimes carried out in Ukraine by Russia using fake identification and spent over a decade building up his cover story. Read more

June 17, 2022 - Russian State Television Channel 1 Talks Of NATO Sending Weapons To Ukraine And Nuclear Strike. Read more

June 17, 2022 - A fire has started at a 1400mm pipeline in Russia. The Urengoy is the largest gas extraction facility in the country, and the second-largest natural gas field in the world, after South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field in the Persian Gulf which is shared between Iran and Qatar. Read more

June 17, 2022 - A Spokesperson for the Iranian Defense Ministry stated on Wednesday that Iran is preparing to test-launch a Zuljanah solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket just days after satellite photos were revealed showing possible preparations for a launch at Imam Khomeini. Read more

June 17, 2022 - The Mikolavska District Administration of Ukraine has claimed that on June 15th the Russian military burned down a wheat field and destroyed houses and warehouses in Nikolaev, Ukraine. Read more

June 16, 2022 - The Center for Strategic and International Studies has put out a report that says that North Korea appears to be expanding work at its nuclear test site and adding a second tunnel. Meanwhile, U.S. and South Korean officials say that North Korea is ready to conduct a nuclear test any day. Read more

June 16, 2022 - The U.S. government is releasing another 45 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve within the next few months in order to try to alleviate fuel supply shortages and address disruptions in the global supply of oil. Read more

June 16, 2022 - Coalition forces detained a senior Daesh leader during an operation in Syria June 16. The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group’s top leaders in Syria. Read more

June 16, 2022 - The U.S. Apache and Chinook helicopters that were spotted flying over Jarablus, Northern Aleppo, Syria were reportedly a part of a night raid by U.S. Led coalition forces to capture a 'Senior Daesh [ISIS] leader'. Read more

June 16, 2022 - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday that Beijing will keep backing Moscow on "Sovereignty and security", according to Chinese state media. Read more

June 16, 2022 - Two Alabama residents have gone missing within the last few days near Kharkiv, Ukraine which is located near the Russian border, according to their families. U.S. State Department has reported that two Americans have been captured and advised Americans not to travel to Ukraine. Read more

June 16, 2022 - Washington is sending another $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including howitzers, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) ammunition and harpoon coastal defense systems. Germany is also sending MLRS systems. Read more

June 16, 2022 - China has notified the United States that the Taiwan Strait is a part of their maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and not international waters, opposing the U.S. view that the strait is part of international waters. They have also given a warning to the U.S. to stay out of the Strait saying that they have sovereign rights over it. Read more

June 15, 2022 - Former Taiwanese minister of former affairs John Deng said on Tuesday that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would do more damage to the global economy than the Russian invasion on Ukraine has. Read more

June 15, 2022 - South Korea's unification ministry stated on Tuesday that North Korea is ready to carry out a nuclear test at any time, South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted an anonymous official from the ministry as saying. Read more

June 14, 2022 - Mikhail Kasyanov, who served as Russia's Prime Minister from 2000 to 2004 stated during an interview with Agence France-Presse that the war in Ukraine could last two years, and if Ukraine falls, the Baltic states will be next. Read more

June 14, 2022 - According to the Iranian state's shipping company, Iran has commenced its first shipment of Russian goods to India using a new trade route that uses Iran to link Russia to Asian export markets. Read more

June 14, 2022 - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Chinese police have begun training Solomon Islands police officers, with the first batch of exercises taking place at the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Rove, which is a suburb of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. Read more

June 13, 2022 - South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) released a statement on Sunday night saying that they have observed "several trails" that it assumes were created by North Korean multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) on Sunday morning. Read more

June 12, 2022 - Russia and China have finished building and opening up a cross-border bridge that they stated in February will bring the two countries closer together in their "no limits' partnership, before Russian President Vladimir Putin began his invasion of Ukraine. Read more

June 12, 2022 - South Korean defense minister Lee Jong-sup said during a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that South Korea is ready to engage in talks with Japan in order to strengthen their cooperation and three-way alliance with the United States to counter North Korea. Read more

June 11, 2022 - After Russia withdrew a large number of troops from Syria in order to re-focus them on its war in Ukraine, Turkey has announced that it will be carrying out a military operation in northern Syria. Read more

June 11, 2022 - U.S. inflation hit a 40-year high of 8.6 percent in the month of May according to data given by the U.S. government on Friday. This makes it the 12th month in a row that the inflation percentage has been above 5%. Food and fuel prices are also soaring up, while China, India and other countries benefit from Cheap Russian Oil at discounted prices. Read more

June 11, 2022 - Both India and China have drastically increased their imports of Russian oil at greatly discounted prices, with Indian purchases of Russian oil up by 400%, while countries buying from Russia benefit from discounted prices, the price for oil for the rest of the world is surging. Read more

June 11, 2022 - While at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that China is continuing to harden the position along the border it shares with India, and that the United States stands by its mutual defense commitments. Read more

June 11, 2022 - Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus has said that he believes Belarus may have to fight for "Western Ukraine so that it is not cut off [or pulled away] by the West". Read more

June 11, 2022 - Chinese defense minister Wei Fenghe has said that they will "not hesitate to start a war" if Taiwan declares independence during face to face talks with U.S. defense minister Lloyd Austin on Friday in Singapore, according to China’s defense spokesman Wu Qian. Read more

June 10, 2022 - The United States, South Korea and Japan are working together closely in order to prepare 'for all contingencies' ahead of expected seventh nuclear test by North Korea a diplomatic envoy stated in South Korea. Read more

June 10, 2022 - NATO forces conduct live-fire exercises in Poland in order to test their readiness and ability to respond to missile attacks from enemy drones and aircraft. Read more

June 10, 2022 - Russia has begun naval exercises in the Baltic Sea with around 60 warships. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) said that the exercises are "planned operational exercise with groups of the Baltic". Read more

June 9, 2022 - Iran notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it has plans to disconnect 27 IAEA surveillance cameras as well as other equipment used to monitor their nuclear activity according to IAEA chief Rafael Grossi. Read more

June 9, 2022 - The Japanese Joint Staff put out a statement saying "Yesterday, JASDF’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. JSDF continues to responding to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7". Read more

June 9, 2022 - White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the United States is 'watching very closely' for a possible nuclear test by North Korea, which Washington believes is preparing for its seventh nuclear test. Read more

June 9, 2022 - The U.S. military is training one platoon of Ukrainian soldiers at a time how to use the multiple-launch rocket artillery systems, paving the way for possibly more of the systems to be sent to Ukraine. Read more

June 9, 2022 - The U.S. has deployed B-1B bombers to Guam ahead of a nuclear test expected by Washington by North Korea, though one expert says that the deployment appears to just be part of a regular, rotational plan and could be related to the biennial field training exercise Valiant Shield taking place in Guam this month. Read more

June 9, 2022 - A Russian senator has proposed that Russia carry out missile strikes on U.S. military bases located in Europe in response to the decision by the United States to go ahead and send longer ranged rocket systems to Ukraine. Read more

June 8, 2022 - Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar spoke to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a phone call, and said that Turkey would be responding to actions meant to destabilize northern Syria. Read more

June 8, 2022 - June 8, 2022 - Japanese Joint Staff statement (translated from Japanese): "Yesterday, the JASDF Western Air Defense Force’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea. JSDF continues to responding to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7". Read more

June 7, 2022 - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warned North Korea of a forceful response if the country decides to carry out a nuclear test, as both U.S. and South Korean officials say that the North is preparing it's first nuclear test in five years. Read more

June 7, 2022 - China is secretly building a naval base in Cambodia for the use of its military, according to statements from both Western officials and a Chinese official who partially confirmed an exclusive report from the Washington Post regarding the secret facility". Read more

June 7, 2022 - Japanese Joint Staff statement (translated from Japanese): "Yesterday, the JASDF Western Air Defense Force’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea. JSDF continues to responding to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7". Read more

June 7, 2022 - The United States and South Korea have conducted a joint air power demonstration in 'a show of readiness' on Tuesday a day after North Korea had fired off eight short-range missiles (SRBMs) on Sunday according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Read more

June 6, 2022 - Britain is sending Ukraine M270 multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine a week after U.S. President Joe Biden authorized sending M142 High Mobility Artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) after Kyiv gave assurances that they would not be used to strike Russian territory. Read more

June 6, 2022 - The United States and South Korea has test launched 8 surface-to-surface missiles from Army Tactic Missile Systems (ATACMS) toward the East Sea in response to the 8 missiles that North Korea had test fired over the weekend, according to the South Korean military. Read more

June 6, 2022 - Thailand's Royal Thai Police (RTP) issued a 'secret order' to police the country's police force on the lookout for spies from Iran, after an Iranian spy was arrested in Indonesia, according to the country's police force, who spoke to Bangkok Post. Read more

June 5, 2022 - The Australian defense department revealed on Sunday that a Chinese fighter aircraft had intercepted one of its Royal Australian Air Force planes in May, which resulted in a dangerous maneuver where it released a bundle of chaff which posed a threat to both the aircraft and its crew. Read more

June 5, 2022 - *UPDATED* North Korea launches 8 short-ranged ballistic missiles toward the East Sea off of its east coast according to the Japanese Coast Guard and South Korean military. Read more

June 4, 2022 - MOSCOW - Former Russian President and current head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that if Ukraine uses any of the missiles given to them by the United States to strike Russian territory, Russia will have 'no choice' but to strike 'decision making centers' which are 'not even located on the territory of Kyiv'. Read more

June 4, 2022 - A U.S. drone strike carried out on Friday has killed five members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist organization. The drone strike was coordinated with the Somali government according to a press release from the Somali Ministry of Information. Read more

June 3, 2022 - According to a report by the Persian Iran International news agency there has been another death of an Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force unit 840 commander, who has died under 'suspicious circumstances' on Monday, May 30th. Read more

June 3, 2022 - Taiwan has banned all exports of 'modern' microchips to both Russia and Belarus, according to Taiwan News. The ban limits sales of all CPUs to chips with a frequency of less than 25 MHz to the two countries in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more

June 3, 2022 - According to a classified U.S. intelligence report, Russian President Vladimir Putin was treated for advanced cancer in April 2022, Newsweek said that they were privy to the information given by U.S. intelligence leaders reported. Read more

June 2, 2022 - Alexei Zhuravlev, who is a lawmaker and a member of the Russian parliament has threatened the United States with Satan-2 nuclear missiles over U.S. support for Ukraine. Read more

June 2, 2022 - The Biden administration has authorized another $700 million to go to Ukraine, along with MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones. Read more

June 2, 2022 - Around 1,000 servicemen of the Russian nuclear forces began exercises with over 100 vehicles in the Ivanovo province northeast of Moscow, Russia, according to the Russian defense ministry. Read more

June 1, 2022 - Russian state television Channel 1 said that world war 3 has already started, and that the war in Ukraine, which was a rehearsal for a 'bigger conflict' in the future. Read more

May 30, 2022 - China has sent 30 military aircraft into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Monday, which is the largest incursion on the island's ADIZ since January and caused Taiwan to scramble their fighter own fighter jets. Read more

May 28, 2022 - Two Russian lawmakers who acted as regional officials have been branded as traitors and ordered out of a legislation meeting after they called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion on Ukraine. Read more

May 28, 2022 - Israel has said no to a request by the United States to allow Germany to supply Ukraine with anti-tank missiles manufactured in Germany using Israeli technology, according to an Israeli official, and two U.S. officials. Read more

May 28, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that abolishes the age limit of those allowed to join its military. The age limit to serve in the Russian military has now been extended to up to 65 years of age for men and 60 years of age for women, which is the age of retirement. Read more

May 28, 2022 - Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic nuclear capable Zircon cruise missile which was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense on Saturday. Read more

May 28, 2022 - Russia loaded two of their six Varshavyanka submarines anchored in the South Bay of Sevastopol with Kaliber class cruise missiles. Ukraine says they will be used to strike targets within Ukrainian territory. Read more

May 26, 2022 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a statement Thursday saying that the Chinese threat will 'test U.S. diplomacy like nothing we've ever seen before' but said that the United States does not want another Cold War, and made it very clear that America does not support an independent Taiwan. Read more

May 26, 2022 - Israel has informed the United States that it was in fact responsible for the killing of the Iranian IRGC Colonel Sayad Khodayee, who was involved in the abduction and killing of Israelis, as well as other foreigners globally. Read more

May 26, 2022 - According to a South Korean official, North Korea has been testing a 'nuclear detonation device' for weeks, likely in preparation for a nuclear test, but that it is unlikely to conduct a nuclear test in the next couple of days, according to Kim Tae-hyo, who is the deputy director of the National Security Office (NSO), according to NK News. Read more

May 25, 2022 - DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros said on Tuesday that the Russian invasion on Ukraine may have been the beginning of World War Three, and that the best way to preserve free civilization was for the West to defeat Russia. Read more

May 25, 2022 - On Monday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia must cease being dependent upon the West, and that the 'dictator's position' of the West will lead economic ties with China to grow 'even faster'. Read more

May 24, 2022 - Japan scrambled fighter jets after warplanes from both Russia and China approached its airspace on Tuesday. Japan called the action a "provocation" that was likely planned while it hosted an informal gathering of Quad nations. Read more

May 24, 2022 - South Korea has scrambled fighter jets after at least four Russian warplanes and four Chinese warplanes entered the country's Air Defense Identification Zone without giving notice. Read more

May 24, 2022 - Russia and China have held the first joint exercise since Russia's war on Ukraine began as a part of the two countries "annual military cooperation plan" over the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and Western Pacific, according to the Chinese Defense Ministry. Read more

May 24, 2022 - General Mark Milley, who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stated on Monday that although there is low-level planning currently underway, the United States is still "a ways away" from re-introducing U.S. troops back into Ukraine. Read more

May 23, 2022 - U.S. President Joe Biden has announced on Monday 13 countries that will be 'initial partners' of a US led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in order to pushback on Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. Read more

May 23, 2022 - The Pentagon has said that the claim by a Ukrainian official that the United States has plans to attack the Russian naval fleet in the Black Sea is not true and said that there has been no change in maritime posture in the Black Sea. Read more

May 22, 2022 - Taiwan is moving its Indigenous Defense Fighters and Mirage 2000 jets to Penghu in the Taiwan Strait, and Taitung on the east coast in response to the constant incursions by Chinese military aircraft. Read more

May 21, 2022 - WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $40 billion dollar aid package to Ukraine during his visit to Seoul, the capital of South Korea after the Senate passed the package with an 86-11 vote, while inflation in the United States sits at a 40-year high. Read more

May 20, 2022 - According to The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, North Korea has been weighing out the timing to conduct its seventh nuclear test and has completed its preparations for such a test. Read more

May 19, 2022 - U.S. National security advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Wednesday that U.S. intelligence indicates that North Korea may carry out a nuclear test, a missile test or both either before, during or after U.S. President Joe Biden takes his trip to South Korea and Japan this week. Read more

May 18, 2022 - The United States Air Force reported on Monday that it had successfully tested an Air-Launched Hypersonic Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), which reached speeds up to five times the speed of sound. Read more

May 17, 2022 - Four NATO warships that had departed from Hamburg, Germany were spotted traveling through the English Channel just off the Kent coast on May 17th. Read more

May 15, 2022 - MOSCOW - Top member of Russia's Kremlin party "United Russia's Superior Council" and Duma deputy Oleg Morozov stated that "Poland should be the next in the line for denazification process after Ukraine". Read more

May 14, 2022 - White House says North Korea may be ready to conduct a nuclear test by the end of the month, just a week after a state department spokesman said that North Korea is set to possibly resume nuclear tests in the near future. Read more

May 14, 2022 - SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Chinese Liaoning aircraft carrier was spotted by satellite images off Taiwan, while Japan stated that they had to scramble fighter jets after a suspected intrusion into its own airspace in the East China Sea. Read more

May 4, 2022 - The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile that was launched from Sunan, Pyongyang at 12:03 pm on May 4th and landed into the East Sea. Read more

May 4, 2022 - North Korea has reportedly fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to bolster its nuclear arsenal "at the fastest possible pace" and threatened to use them against rivals. Read more

May 1, 2022 - U.S. Congressman Adam Kinzinger has announced the introduction of a joint resolution that would authorize the United States Armed Forces to defend Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates the war on Ukraine by using chemical, biological or nuclear weapons against the country. Read more

April 29, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened "lightning-fast" retaliatory strikes on any country that intervenes in what Russia calls their "special military operation' in Ukraine. Read more

April 29, 2022 - North Korea said Monday that not only is the country going to be boosting its nuclear weapons program, but said that its nuclear weapons could be used "in any situations of warfare". Read more

April 27, 2022 - In a major policy shift, Germany has reportedly now allowed the transfer of Gepard anti-aircraft cannon tanks to Ukraine to aid in their efforts to fight the Russian invasion of the country. Read more

April 27, 2022 - US officials say they have given coordinates to Russian targets to the Ukrainian military which has aided Ukraine not only in moving their forces out of the way from Russian strikes but also allegedly led to Ukraine shooting down a transport plane. Read more

April 27, 2022 - The United States Navy destroyed a drone with an electric laser for the first time in February of this year. The laser can carry out both lethal and non-lethal attacks to either disable or destroy targets. Read more

April 26, 2022 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the West Monday not to underestimate the risk of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine and also stated that he views the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as currently being 'in essence' engaged in a proxy war with Russia because it is supplying Ukraine with weapons. Read more

April 24, 2022 - Russian military official has claimed that the United States is preparing 'provocations' so that it can accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction.Russian state news TASS said that Igor Kirlov alleged that the U.S. plan was in response to the "successes" that Russian troops have had during their 'special operation' in Ukraine. Read more

April 12, 2022 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed on Monday that the 'Special Military Operation' by Russia was meant to put an end to the United States quest for world domination and the expansion of NATO. Read more

April 11, 2022 - Spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov spoke to reporters and said that the NATO "alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation" as US officials have stated that they expect both Finland and Sweden will apply for membership of the alliance as early as June. Read more

April 11, 2022 - Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov has warned that the West giving Ukraine weapons and ammunition may lead to direct military confrontation between Russia and the United States and claimed that the invasion was a result of Ukraine carrying out genocide of Russians. Read more

April 6, 2022 - Expert says he believes China is preparing for a war with the United States, as well as its neighboring Asian countries. NATO to expand cooperation with partners in Indo-Pacific. Read more

March 28, 2022 - China has accused the United States of increasing spy activity in the South China Sea after the US deployed three surveillance vessels and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the region ahead of joint exercises with the Philippines. Read more

March 24, 2022 - Shortly after North Korea launched its ICBM, South Korea launched multiple missiles in response to the launch with some of its 'key missiles' including a ground to ground missile, an Army Tactical Missile, a ship to ground missile and two air to surface missiles. *Note* the South Korean Launches were not aimed at North Korea*, which is clearly stated in the article. Read more

March 24, 2022 - South Korea says that North Korea has tested what is suspected to be an ICBM. There had been reports yesterday that they were planning to test the Hwasong 17 which is reportedly North Korea's largest ICBM and can reach any U.S. city. Read more

March 23, 2022 - The following is a report put out by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine about the current situation regarding the current situation at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine Read more

March 15, 2022 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance has sent 35,000 troops, 50 ships, including a nuclear attack submarine and 200 aircraft to Norway, which borders Russia for military drills. Read more

March 13, 2022 - A Soviet-era Tu-141 military drone carrying a 265-pound bomb flew across three NATO member states before finally crashing down in Croatia, in an urban area according to the Croatian defense minister on Sunday. Read more

March 13, 2022 - According to the Financial Times, US officials stated that Russia has requested military aid from China since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in the form of military equipment and other assistance, but declined to give any further details. Read more

March 10, 2022 - The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that the United States has been carrying out experimentation on bat coronavirus samples in U.S. established and U.S. funded bio-labs in Ukraine and that it was first revealed during Russia's 'special operation' in Ukraine. According to Turkish news, China has 'demanded answers' from the United States regarding the '26 bio-labs in Ukraine'. Read more

February 13, 2022 - Senior U.S. officials stated on Sunday that they can't confirm reports by mainstream sources that Russia is planning on invading Ukraine on Wednesday. They did however say that they will attempt to prevent any 'surprise attack' that might happen by sharing what they know about Russia's plans. Read more

February 13, 2022 - *Based On Translated Ukrainian News* Ukraine has reportedly classified the airspace over the Black Sea as dangerous and has put out a warning telling airlines not to fly over airspace above the Black Sea. Read more

February 13, 2022 - U.S. National Security Advisor has reiterated Washington's stance that the United States won't be sending any forces to battle the Russians in the event that Russia invades Ukraine. Read more

February 13, 2022 - Ukraine has reportedly stated that they see no point in closing airspace amid Russian tensions. But, "If particular air carriers decide to reconfigure the flight schedule, this certainly has nothing to do with the decisions or policies of our state". Read more

February 13, 2022 - Russia has reportedly begun the process of evacuating diplomats from Ukraine according to RIA Novosti which stated (translation): "Russian Diplomats begin to leave Ukraine, a source said". Read more

February 12, 2022 - *NEW INFORMATION* Russia claimed that the U.S. submarine refused orders to leave their territorial waters, but then left back into international waters after the Russian Navy used 'appropriate means'. The US has rejected Russia's claims that Russia warned off the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine. Read more

February 12, 2022 - Russia is looking to attack on Wednesday as a target date a U.S. official reportedly told AP. Why Wednesday? We don't know. The mainstream media has been in a state of confusion, and it only seems to be getting worse the closer the world gets to a possible war. Read more

February 12, 2022 - More than 30 ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet moved out for exercises From from Novorossiysk and Sevastopol with subdivisions of the coastal troops of the fleet 'also entering combat training grounds' according to Russian state news Zvezda by Russia's Ministry of Defense. Read more

February 11, 2022 - The United States has deployed B-52 Stratofortress nuclear bombers belonging to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota to the United Kingdom. Read more

February 11, 2022 - The Central Intelligence Agency (#CIA) has a secret, hidden and undisclosed massive data center that is currently storing information collected from U.S. citizens according to two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee who revealed the information on Thursday. Read more

February 9, 2022 - A new video in Russian that was posted on Telegram show what looks to be a Russian MiG-31K Foxhound (MiG-31I) carrying what appears to be a Kinzhal hypersonic missile to the Chkalovsk air base near Kaliningrad, which is a Russian territory that closely borders both Poland and Lithuania, both which are members of NATO. Read more

February 8, 2022 - A new report by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations released an exhaustive report in February, 2022 about the evacuation from Afghanistan on August 31st, 2021 indicates that 9,000 of Americans were left behind in Afghanistan, as opposed to the estimate of 100 to 150 that had been released to the public. Read more

February 8, 2022 - Air Force Major General Ferdinand B. Stoss, STRATCOM director of plans and policy issued a warning at the 2022 virtual Nuclear Deterrence Summit saying that the US and allies have not 'faced this type of threat in over 30 years' and that 'we have no history of this' regarding a nuclear China and Russia and a 'three-party nuclear peer dynamic'. Read more

February 6, 2022 - Around 80 members of the Main National Guard is set to be deployed to Eastern Europe in the Spring for a one year deployment to Poland. 120th Regional Support Group will be one of two brigade units in Maine that will be carrying out base support operations for American allies in Europe for 'Operation Atlantic Resolve' under the United States European Command. Read more

February 5, 2022 - Number Of Russian Battalion Tactical Groups Near Ukraine Increased From 60 To 83 In Two Weeks. National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin has reported that Putin has in place 70% of necessary forces needed for a Ukraine invasion, and battalion tactical groups have increased from 60 to 83 in two weeks with 14 more in transit. Read more

February 5, 2022 - United States and NATO fighter jets, which included British and Norwegian aircraft intercepted Russian planes over the North Atlantic on Thursday according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Read more

February 5, 2022 - Russian state propaganda machine and Kremlin mouthpiece Provda news claims that Russian nuclear submarines are currently on duty off the U.S. coasts, citing two 'unconfirmed' reports which included one submarine located near the east coast of the United States and one off the west coast, and also another 'presumably' in the Arctic. Read more

February 5, 2022 - Unclassified report on U.S. Forces at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan showing the events that occurred at the airport between August 10th, 2021 to August 31st, 2021. Read more

February 3, 2022 - Full report from the U.S. Department of Defense regarding the US raid on Northern Syria and elimination of ISIS leader. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today that the United States and its citizens are safer after the death of the leader of ISIS in northwest Syria. Read more

February 3, 2022 - More details have been given about the mission in northern Syria. The Pentagon has put out a statement saying that the operation that was carried out in Northwest Syria to eliminate or capture Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi who the Pentagon says is the leader of ISIS was a complete success, but stated that the terrorist blew up a bomb that killed civilians, including his family. Read more

February 3, 2022 - The Pentagon has said that the U.S. Military has carried out a 'successful' counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria, but did not provide much in the way of details, though earlier reports of the raid piece together what happened. Read more

February 3, 2022 - Reports earlier of U.S. gunship helicopters firing on targets in Idlib Syria have been confirmed. There has been a U.S. led raid in northern Syria in the town of Atmeh, Idlib that resulted in several civilian casualties and leaving at least 12 dead. Read more

January 18, 2022 - WarshipCam is showing a significant movement of Navy warships around the globe. Read more

January 18, 2022 - North Korea is using Russian made navigation systems instead of American made GPS system for its ballistic missiles according to a South China Morning Post news source allegedly close to the Chinese military. Read more

January 14, 2022 - China says they have developed heat seeking hypersonic missiles. Technology that the United States might not have until around 2025. Read more

January 14, 2022 - Attention USSTRATCOM HQ Personnel: Delayed Report: "Due to forecasted severe weather, only designated/mission essential personnel will report for duty at their scheduled time (flying operations at Lincoln will continue as scheduled)". Read more

December 29, 2021 - A new report that has been released by an Israeli based Alma Research Center says that the Hezbollah which is a terrorist group based in Lebanon now has around 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs which it has amassed over the last 15 years. Read more

December 18, 2021 - The US Air Force conducted another hypersonic missile test for the rocket booster, but like the two other hypersonic tests this one failed as well. The prototype missile never even left the wing of the B-52H bomber that was carrying it. Read more

December 15, 2021 - The US Navy's USS Portland (LPD 27) carried out a high energy laser weapon system demonstration on December 14th in the Gulf of Aden. Read more

December 11, 2021 - The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is doing an overhaul on its training and management of its spy network and shifting focus on adversaries such as Russia and China after 20 years of focusing on counterterrorism. Read more

December 7, 2021 - The Missile Defense AGency (MDA) has announced that it has built a new radar that detects both ballistic and hypersonic missiles in the Indo-Pacific region called LRDR, or Long Range Discrimination Radar. Read more

December 1, 2021 - Vice Admiral Karl Thomas is calling for more aircraft carriers in the Pacific to deter and intimidate China and Russia so that they understand that 'today is not the day' to initiate a conflict in the region. Read more

November 29, 2021 - The US Defense Department says that they will be expanding deployments and bases in the Indo-Pacific to deal with Russian and Chinese threats while maintaining enough forces in the middle east to deal with Iran and Jihadist groups. Read more

November 21, 2021 - US Space Force General David Thompson spoke at a security forum and said that the United States is not as advanced as the Chinese or Russians when it comes to Hypersonic missiles. Read more

October 21, 2021 - Another US test of a hypersonic rocket which took place on Thursday has ended in failure when the booster stack, which is used to accelerate the rocket to hypersonic speeds failed, preventing the glide body from being tested further. Read more

October 21, 2021 - The United States Army and Navy has tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes. Read more

October 9, 2021 - The CIA has sent a top secret cable to all of its stations and bases reminding agents to be more careful as adversaries counterintelligence have become more successful which has lead to an increased number of operatives killed in the field. Read more

September 21, 2021 - The U.S. Navy has conducted a successful two missile flight test of the unarmed life extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from aboard the Ohio class submarine, USS Wyoming (SSBN-742). Read more

September 18, 2021 - CENTCOM has announced that no ISIS-K terrorists were likely killed in the U.S. drone strike on August 29th, but that 10 civilians, including 7 children were killed in the strike on the aid worker's vehicle. Read more

September 13, 2021 - An investigation carried out by the New York Times says that there was no ISIS-K bomb being loaded into a vehicle that was targeted and blown up by a US drone based on 'evidence' that it was loaded with explosives. The report also shows that the US drone strike killed 10 civilians, 7 of which were children. Read more

August 31, 2021 - Chris Miller, Trump's final Defense Secretary says that Trump's talk of a full withdrawal was a ruse, a play to convince the Taliban-led government to keep U.S. counterterrorism forces. Read more

July 28, 2021 - The US Air Force is currently developing the AGM-183A, or hypersonic Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon capable of going mach 7 speeds which is seven times the speed of sound, or over 5,370 miles per hour. Read more

July 20, 2021 - The Pentagon has estimated that the total cost to develop and maintain nuclear cruise missiles will cost $29 billion Read more

July 20, 2021 - The US Navy set off a magnitude 3.9 earthquake during shock trial tests of its newest aircraft carrier 100 miles off Flagler Beach, Florida. Read more

June 26, 2021 - Declassified Preliminary assessment of unidentified aerial phenomena from the Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence. Read more

June 18, 2021 - The Pentagon is currently devising a plan to establish a permanent naval task force in the Pacific near China, in light of China's expanding military and 'assertive' behavior as NATO declares China a security threat for the first time. Read more

June 12, 2021 - The United States Navy is adding Mach-5 hypersonic missiles that have been in development to three of its warships boosting their ability to attack land targets considerably, as well as their range. Full story

June 12, 2021 - Declassified copy of the MK-Ultra mind control experiments between 1953 and 1964. Read more

May 28, 2021 - The United States Air Force is working towards putting lasers on their aircraft by 2025. The laser system would be called 'SHiELD', or Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator. Full story

May 23, 2021 - Declassified top secret documents that were posted on the internet by Daniel Ellsberg from the "Pentagon Papers" show reveal that the United States considered a nuclear strike on China in 1958 to prevent an invasion of Taiwan. Full story

May 10, 2021 - According to the U.S. State Department, a paper written by Chinese scientists six years ago that has recently been uncovered indicate that China has been preparing for a third world war using Coronavirus and other biological and genetic weapons. Read more

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system to be created by Northrop Grumman - US ARMED FORCES long-range missile support specialists have selected Northrop Grumman Corporation to attend to the next Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Weapons system process to shield the Continental US from nuclear long-range missile assaults. Read Full Article

China Responds To G7 Joint Statement Regarding The Taiwan Strait - The Group of Seven (G7) Foreign ministers released a joint statement regarding Taiwan calling an end to China's provocative exercises around the island of Taiwan, after which the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) condemned the statement and called it scrap paper. Read Full Article

935 Rockets Fired Into Israel From Gaza, No Ceasefire In Effect - According to multiple Israeli sources around 935 rockets have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Rockets were also fired into Israel just minutes after the ceasefire deadline had been reached.

Sky News Arabia says that the ceasefire agreement "did not obtain Palestinian approval in the Gaza Strip". Rockets continue to be fired into Israel.

66 Chinese Military Aircraft And 14 Vessels Around Taiwan August 7th, 2022 - 66 Chinese military aircraft and 14 vessels were detected around Taiwan on August 7th, 2022. 22 of the aircraft had flown on the east part of the median line of the Taiwan Strait and the southwest ADIZ according to Taiwan's MOD. Read Full Article

20 Chinese Aircraft, 14 Vessels Conduct Operations Around Taiwan, China Says Drills Will Now Be Regular Occurrence - 20 Chinese military aircraft and 14 Chinese vessels conducted an air-sea operation on the surrounding area of Taiwan. Chinese state-run television also says that China will be carrying out regular drills from now on. Read Full Article

Another Day Of Aistrikes In Gaza Kills 2nd PIJ Top Commander - GAZA - Another airstrike has claimed the life of another PIJ Top Commander, Khaled Mansour, targeted at an apartment building in the crowded Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza, as the Israeli Defense Force continues their offensive against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read Full Article

Putin and Erdogan Meet In Sochi, Russia For Negotiations On Food Crisis And Other Topics - SOCHI, RUSSIA - Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, met today to secure an end to the global food crisis and resume exporting Ukrainian grain. Read Full Article

Taiwanese Official Ouyang Lixing Found Dead At Hotel - TAIWAN - (From Taiwanese Translation) Taiwanese official Ou Yang Li-hsing, who was the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and led missile production has died of a "sudden heart attack" at 57 years old in the hotel that he was saying in. Read Full Article

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Announces Countermeasures in Response to Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan - The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs have announced a list of "countermeasures" in response to Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island of Taiwan.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, ""In disregard of China’s strong opposition and serious representations, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited China’s Taiwan region. On 5 August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the following countermeasures in response:

1.Canceling China-U.S. Theater Commanders Talk.
2.Canceling China-U.S. Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCT).
3.Canceling China-U.S. Military Maritime Consultative Agreement (MMCA) meetings.
4.Suspending China-U.S. cooperation on the repatriation of illegal immigrants.
5.Suspending China-U.S. cooperation on legal assistance in criminal matters.
6.Suspending China-U.S. cooperation against transnational crimes.
7.Suspending China-U.S. counternarcotics cooperation.
8.Suspending China-U.S. talks on climate change."

Taiwan MOD: 49 Chinese Military Aircraft Flew Into Median Line Of Taiwan Straight August 5th, 2022 - Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has reported that 49 Chinese aircraft flew into the east part of the median line of the Taiwan Strait on August 5th, 2022. The Chinese aircraft included 24 SU-30 multi-role fighter aircraft, 10 J-16 fighter jets, 7 J-10 fighter jets, 6 J-11 fighter jets, 1 Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft and one Y-8 antisubmarine warfare (ASW) plane.

CAP aircraft tasked, radio warnings issued and air defense missile systems deployed to monitor the activities.

Israel Currently Carrying Out Strikes On Gaza Strip, Approves Calling On 25,000 Reservists - Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced that they are currently carrying out strikes on the Gaza Strip after "direct threats" posed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza.

In what is called "Operation "Dawn", Israel has also called on the recruitment of up to 25,000 military reservists. Israeli television Reshet 13 reported (translation) that after the assassination of the commander of the northern region of the Gaza Strip Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Taysir al-Jabari, the Israeli Defense Forces are continuing to attack targets of the terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, along with a large-scale mobilization of reserves.

Reshet 13 also said that several other attacks were carried out against other targets of the "terrorist organization" and that an IDF spokesperson said that there were at least 15 other deaths as a result of the attacks. It said that the IDF is prepared for rocket fire into Gush Dan and that air traffic in the Gaza Strip has been diverted to the north.

The news channel reported that an IDF aircraft destroyed a rocket launch site of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization in Khan Yunis and that a short while ago a failed launch attempt was detected from the site. It also said that the IDF is continuing to attack terrorist targets of the Palestinian Authority throughout the Gaza Strip and that there are also reports of an IDF attack in Shejajia, in the northeast of the Gaza Strip.

A statement posted by the IDF said, "Following the direct threats posed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, the IDF is currently striking in the Gaza Strip. A special situation has been declared on the Israeli home front. Details to follow."

The IDF later posted another statement saying, "We just targeted a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group in Gaza. Tayseer Jabari was responsible for multiple terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. The IDF will continue to defend Israel against the threat of terrorism."

In a later statement, they said, "The IDF continues to strike terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip, including 6 Islamic Jihad military posts. A number of Islamic Jihad operatives were neutralized during the strikes. LTG Aviv Kohavi has instructed the IDF to enter emergency mode, opening the High Command Post."

Rockets are now firing at Israel from Gaza. The IDF stated, "More sirens are now sounding in cities across central Israel.

14 Bulgarian Diplomats Kicked From Russia - Russia has kicked 14 Bulgarian diplomats from the country and declared them persona non grata, in what looks to be a response to Bulgaria expelling 70 Russian diplomats over the summer.

Bulgaria had expelled the Russian diplomats due to espionage concerns and set a limit on the amount of Russian diplomats are allowed to represent Russia in Bulgaria.

Pelosi To Visit Koreas Demilitarized Zone, Vows To Support South In Denuclearizing The North - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after having visited the island of Taiwan visiting the heavily fortified Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) that sits between the North and South Korean border on her way to Seoul, the Capital of South Korea. Read Full Article

China Shoots Missiles Over Taiwan And Into Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone - Chinese state-affiliated media announced live fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait. The Japanese Ministry of Defense reported that five Chinese missiles are 'presumed' to have landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Read Full Article

U.S. Department Of State: Worldwide Travel Alert - The U.S. Department of State has put out a worldwide travel alert, advising against traveling abroad after Sunday's drone strike where two R9X Hellfire missiles killed al-Qaeda leader, and Osama bin Laden successor, Ayman al-Zawahri.

R9X Hellfire are "kinetic kill" missiles, meaning rather than cause an explosion that kills the target, these missiles deploy six metal blades that do the job.

"Following al-Zawahri's death, supporters of al- Qa'ida, or its affiliated terrorist organizations, may seek to attack U.S. facilities, personnel, or citizens," the State Department said.

A second worldwide travel alert was also put out for a "Global Level 3 Health Advisory" that said that citizens should "reconsider travel" abroad due to COVID-19.

The statement put out by the State Department was as follows:

Caution: August 2nd, 2022 - Worldwide Caution: Worldwide Cautions provide U.S. citizens with general information regarding terrorist activities, political violence, and criminal activity that occur abroad, as well as specific recommendations on how to prepare for possible contingencies, receive information on breaking security events and ensure that travelers can be contacted in an emergency. This version replaces the Worldwide Caution dated January 15, 2019.

The Department of State remains concerned about the continued threat of terrorist attacks, demonstrations, and other violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas. The Department of State believes there is a higher potential for anti-American violence given the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri on July 31, 2022. Current information suggests that terrorist organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions across the globe. These attacks may employ a wide variety of tactics including suicide operations, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings, and bombings.

As terrorist attacks, political violence (including demonstrations), criminal activities, and other security incidents often take place without any warning, U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance and practice good situational awareness when traveling abroad. U.S. government facilities worldwide actively monitor potential security threats and may temporarily close or periodically suspend public services to assess their security posture. In those instances, U.S. embassies and consulates will make every effort to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens. U.S. citizens abroad are urged to monitor the local news and maintain contact with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

When planning a trip and prior to departing the United States, U.S. citizens should consult country specific Travel Advisories and information pages on travel.state.gov. Travelers are also urged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security messages and to make it easier to locate them in an emergency. The Department uses these security messages to convey information about terrorist threats, security incidents, planned demonstrations, natural disasters, etc. In an emergency, please contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or consulate or call the following numbers: 1 (888) 407-4747 (toll-free in the United States and Canada) or 1 (202) 501-4444 from other countries.

Private U.S. citizens should not travel to any country to participate in armed conflict. U.S. citizens are reminded that fighting on behalf of, or providing other forms of support to, designated terrorist organizations can constitute the provision of material support for terrorism, which is a serious crime that can result in penalties, including prison time and large fines.

White House Statement On Senate Ratification of the NATO Accession Protocols for Sweden and Finland - White House: "Today, the Senate overwhelmingly endorsed our close partners Finland and Sweden joining NATO. This historic vote sends an important signal of the sustained, bipartisan U.S. commitment to NATO, and to ensuring our Alliance is prepared to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

I thank the members of the Senate – especially Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Senator Menendez and Senator Risch — for their leadership and for quickly advancing the ratification process, the fastest Senate process for a NATO protocol since 1981. Finland and Sweden joining the Alliance will further strengthen NATO’s collective security and deepen the transatlantic partnership.

As I told Prime Minister Andersson and President Niinistö when I hosted them at the White House in May, the United States remains committed to the security of Sweden and Finland. We will continue working to remain vigilant against any threats to our shared security, and to deter and confront aggression or the threat of aggression.

I look forward to signing the accession protocols and welcoming Sweden and Finland, two strong democracies with highly capable militaries, into the greatest defensive alliance in history."

Russia: US Directly Involved In Ukraine Conflict, Could Trigger Nuclear Response - At the United Nations, Russia said that although the conflict in Ukraine does not require the use of nuclear weapons, Moscow might decide to resort to a nuclear response as a result of what it says is direct involvement in its conflict with Ukraine by the United States. Read Full Article

China Sends Military Aircraft Into Surrounding Area Of Taiwan, Closes Airspace - 27 Chinese military aircraft entered into the surrounding area of Taiwan on August 3rd, 2022, and 21 Chinese military aircraft violated Taiwan's ADIZ just one day before that, after Pelosi's visit to the island according to the country's MOD. Read Full Article

21 Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ On August 2nd, 2022 - 21 Chinese military aircraft entered into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on August 2nd, 2022 after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touched down in Taiwan.

The Chinese military aircraft included 10 J-16 fighter jets, 8 J-11 fighter jets, one KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, one Y-9 Electronic Warfare (EW) aircraft and one Y-8 ELINT plane.

CAP aircraft were tasked, radio warnings were issued and air defense missile systems were deployed by the Taiwanese military in order to monitor the activities of the Chinese aircraft.

Speaker Pelosi's Plane Touches Down In Taiwan - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was confirmed to have been on the aircraft heading toward the Island of Taiwan and has now landed safely. The U.S. air force had been authorized to open fire in case there was any interference from the Chinese on the plane that carried Pelosi.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has strongly protested and condemned Pelosis visit to the island of Taiwan.

Pelosi stated over Twitter upon landing: "Our delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant Democracy. Our discussions with Taiwan leadership reaffirm our support for our partner & promote our shared interests, including advancing a free & open Indo-Pacific region."

The hours before Pelosi landed in Taiwan, a cyber attack had hit the country. Taiwan said that an "overseas cyberattack" targeted the Office of the President's website. The website was reportedly down for 20 minutes.

The flight monitoring software, Flightradar 24 was also reported by many users to have been taken down during the cycberattacks.

Pelosi is the highest level official to visit the island in 25 years.

China Pools Amphibious Tanks And Military Equipment Adjacent To Taiwan - There have been many reports, and sightings of Chinese military vehicles, equipment and tanks in the Chinese city of Xiamen and the province of Fujian, which sits straight across from the island of Taiwan.

The Chinese military vehicles and equipment have not only been spotted within the city, but also gathering on the Fujian beaches adjacent to Taiwan. China says that the vehicles and equipment is for military exercises that will be held from August 2nd, to August 6th.

Of the vehicles present on the beaches, are Chinese Type 63A amphibious tanks which are used to carry out beachhead assaults and navigate across rivers and lakes.

Large amounts of military equipment continue to be moved by China to Fujian as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to make a visit to Taiwan, in the midst of Chinese threats of a response.

Chinese Airline In Xiamen Announces Large Number Of Flights Canceled - According to Taiwan's official state news The Central News Agency (CNA) and the Xiamen Airlines website, China's Fujian region has announced August 2nd that airspace flow control will be implemented, and a "large number of flights have been canceled".

CNA reported (translated from Mandarin) "Since the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan tonight, there is speculation that the control should be related to this incident."

Taiwan's state news also said, "Xiamen Airlines issued an announcement this morning stating that due to the impact of traffic control in Fujian, some flights will be adjusted today. Although Xiamen Airlines did not further explain the reasons for traffic control, public opinion generally believed that it was related to Pelosi Will arrive in Taiwan tonight to visit."

The news agency added, "After checking the public flight information, there are still a few flights taking off smoothly at Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport and Xiamen Gaoqi Airport this morning, but almost all the flights that have not yet taken off have been canceled."

The Central News Agency also reported that locals in Xiamen who spoke to them said that flights have been adjusted since August 1st, and told CNA that he had never seen such a thing in over 10 years that he's been in Xiamen. He told the news agency, "What is the reason, everyone is tacit".

The person told CNA that Xiamen is said to be "the front line against Taiwan" geographically, and the fact that Pelosi might be taking a delegation to visit Taiwan had caused "a bad atmosphere" and mentioned that it has been very tense.

Pelosi Set To Travel To Taiwan Tuesday, Despite Warnings From Beijing - US Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to travel to Taipei on Tuesday. Chinese military vessels and aircraft have been spotted carrying out tactical moves by touching the median line in the Taiwan Strait. Read Full Article

CIA Carries Out Successful Drone Strike Against al Qaeda Leader - The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has carried out a successful drone strike in Afghanistan against al Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri. Read Full Article

First Shipment of Grain Leaves Odessa, Ukraine Monday 5:30 GMT - The first shipment of grain left Odessa, Ukraine on Monday, August 1st, at 5:30 GMT, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry. Read Full Article

Satellite Photos Indicate China May Be Resuming Nuclear Tests - Satellite photos obtained from Planet Labs from the location of Lop Nur nuclear test site in China show what looks to be upgraded and expanded facilities, indicating that China may be preparing for nuclear tests for the first time in 26 years. Read Full Article

IRGC Posts Video Saying It will Build Nuclear Warheads And Turn NY Into Ruins - An Iranian IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel has posted a video openly declaring that Iran can move its peaceful nuclear program to a nuclear weapons program very quickly, and said that Iran's ballistic missiles are capable of turning New York into ruins. Read Full Article

International Support For China's One-China Policy Amid Escalation With US Over Taiwan - As Pelosi is expected to arrive in the Asia Pacific, growing concerns come from other countries who are in support of China instead of the United States and an independent Taiwan. Read Full Article

Pelosi's Press Release Does Not Mention The Delegation Visiting Taiwan - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put out a statement outlining her trip to the Indo-Pacific region. The outline indicates that the Speaker will be visiting Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, but does not mention visiting Taiwan. Read Full Article

Former State Department Spokesperson Says China Will Be Getting Even More Aggressive - Morgan Ortagus, who is a former State Department spokesperson said that she believes that China is going to be getting more aggressive in both rhetoric and action in the foreseeable future as it is incredibly important for them to have control. Read Full Article

Neutral Zurich No Longer Neutral, Sanctions Possible If China Invades Taiwan - In the event China invades Taiwan, the director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs expects Switzerland to adopt any measures that are implemented by the European Union against China. Read Full Article

China: Preparing For War, Says Taiwan Will Be Where US Shows Its True Paper Tiger Face - A message posted by China's official People's Liberation Army (PLA) 80th Group over Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan stated on the Chinese social media website Weibo said: Get ready for war, over Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Read Full Article

Japanese Officials Meet with Taiwan President to Discuss Conflict Preparation - High-level officials, who previously held defense ministry positions in Japan, have visited Taiwan to discuss possible ways to prepare for possible conflict with Beijing and shore up Asia-Pacific defenses in the region. Read Full Article

China To Hold Live Fire Military Exercises In Waters West Of QiongZhou Strait - The Chinese Navy will be holding live fire military exercises "in waters west of the Qiongzhou Strait" in the South China Sea on Friday and Saturday.

During the military exercises, entry will be prohibited, according to the Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration.

Three navigation warnings were issued by the Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration (MSA): GD70/22, GD71/22, GD73/22, which have advised vessels against entering three 'designated' areas of the South China Sea during the times set apart for the exercises.

North Korea Warns South Korea Will Be Wiped Out If Preemptive Strike Carried Out - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned South Korea's leader Yoon Suk-yeol and his government of military gangsters will be wiped out if it makes any dangerous attempt, such as a preemptive strike. Read Full Article

USS Ronald Reagan Battle Group In The South China Sea Amidst Biden Call With Xi - In response to the latest blasts from the east regarding Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the United States military has decided to send the largest ship in the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, along with its battle group to the South China Sea. Read Full Article

Xi Jinping Warns Biden Against Playing With Fire Over Taiwan - Chinese President Xi Jinping alerted US President Joe Biden against playing with fire over Taiwan, as Beijing's disputes are accelerating over a conceivable visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Read Full Article

Turkish Consulate In Mosul, Iraq Targeted By Missiles - The Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq was targeted by missiles on Wednesday, after the Iraqi government claimed that Turkey had carried out artillery strikes in the Zakho District, in the Duhok Governorate that killed eight people, which Turkey has denied involvement in.

Four mortar missiles were reported to have been used in the attack. There were no casualties reported from the missile attack on the Turkish consulate, but damages to cars that were parked on the street near the consulate were reported by lawmaker Shirwan Dobardani, who spoke to AFP.

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that a group who calls itself "Ababil Brigades" claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said, "We condemn this attack, in which no casualties were reported, in the strongest terms. We firmly request from the Iraqi authorities to fulfill their responsibilities in protecting diplomatic and consular missions."

It was a "grave and noteworthy development that this attack was carried out during the UN Security Council meeting, which was held upon the call of the Iraqi authorities," the ministry added.

- Alert Put Out By Donald Standeford

USTRANSCOM Moves 2,700 Pieces Of Army Equipment In Europe - The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has announced that they have offloaded 2,700 pieces of U.S. Army equipment at the port Antwep-Bruges, Belgium, for onward movement by rail, commercial line-haul and barge in "response to Russia's aggression" in Ukraine.

Russian Gas Giant Gazprom To Cut Gas Flows To Europe Down To 20% - Russian state owned energy corporation Gazprom had stated that it will reduce gas flows through the Nord Stream to 20% of its normal capacity on July 27th, 2022, taking injection down to 33 mln cubic meters of gas per day. Read Full Article

Three Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ July 26th, 2022 - Three Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 26th, 2022.

The Chinese aircraft included: Two JH-7 fighter bombers and one Y-8 Antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. CAP aircraft were tasked, radio warnings were issued and missile defense systems were deployed to monitor the activities of the Chinese aircraft.

China Has Verified Its Warnings To The US Over Pelosi's Taiwan Visit - China has dispatched stricter admonishments to U.S. Functionaries about Speaker Nancy Pelosi's probable visit to Taiwan a foreign ministry representative said on Monday. Read Full Article

92 Ukrainian Armed Forces Personnel Charged With Crimes Against Humanity by the Kremlin - MOSCOW - Alexander Bastrykin, Russian investigative committee head, has told the government news site Rossiiskaya Gazeta, that over 1,300 criminal investigations have begun, regarding war crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine also said it was examining more than 21,000 war crimes which it alleges were carried out by Russian forces. Read Full Article

Science Lab Module Added To the Chinese Tiangong Space Station - The Tiangong space station has received a new module, the Wentian science laboratory, which was docked with the Tianhe living module at around 3:13 AM local time on Monday. Read Full Article

The Ongoing Turkish Operation: Claw-Lock, In Syria & Iraq - SYRIA/IRAQ - IRAQ - An ongoing military operation by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq, against the Kurdistan Workers' Party ( PKK ) in the Duhok Governorate, is the next phase of many operations utilizing the code word 'claw' aimed at the PKK. Other operations, beginning in 2019, prior to Claw-Lock include the following: Claw-Eagle, Claw-Tiger, Claw-Lightening, & Claw-Thunderbolt. Read Full Article

US Intelligence: Bio-Weapons Being Made That Target People's Unique DNA - A U.S. House Intelligence Committee member has put out a warning to Americans not to so easily share their genetic information to websites like the Biotechnology company 23andMe, as there are bio-weapons being developed that can target an individual's DNA and potentially kill them. Read Full Article

Two Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ - Two Chinese military aircraft entered into Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone on July 25th, 2022. The Chinese aircraft included a Y-8 RECCE reconnaissance aircraft and J-11 fighter jet.

Four Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ - Four Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 24th, 2022. The aircraft included a reconnaissance plane and flew through the Taiwan Strait, as well as the northwestern part of the Philippine Sea.

The Chinese planes that entered Taiwan's ADIZ included: Two J-16 fighter jets, one Y-8 Anti-submarine warfare aircraft and one Y-8 RECCE (reconnaissance) plane.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Off To Africa Seeking Non-Western Allies - Sergei Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister is setting out on a trip to Egypt where he will meet with officials and solidify their relationship with Russia. Rosatom, a Russian state-owned energy corporation began construction on Egypt's first nuclear power plant. Read Full Article

White House Announces $270 Million In Defense Aid To Ukraine - White House Spokesperson John Kirby has announced $270 million in defense aid to Ukraine, including rocket systems, which will bring the total of US military assistance to Ukraine to $8.2 billion USD. Read Full Article

DOD: $270 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine - DOD: $270 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine. Immediate release from the Department of Defense. Included: 20 Soviet designed Mi-17 helicopters originally purchased by the US military to aid the Afghan military. Read Full Article

Department Of State: On Resuming Ukrainian Exports Through Black Sea - U.S. Depeartment of State - Quadrilateral Deal for Safe Passage of Agricultural Goods on the Black Sea. The United Nations, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia have committed to a plan for resuming Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea.

The United Nations, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia have committed to a plan for resuming Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea and getting millions of tons of Ukrainian grain to those who need it around the world. The United States welcomes this deal and commends UN Secretary-General Guterres and Turkish President Erdoğan for their committed diplomatic efforts to mediate these discussions.

Today's UN-brokered deal is a positive step towards addressing the far-reaching impacts of Russia's war. The international community must now hold Russia accountable for this deal, ending its effective blockade of Ukraine's ports and ensuring Ukrainian agricultural goods -- including grain, oilseeds, and sunflower oil -- reach world markets. Russia has weaponized food since the beginning of this crisis.

An end to Russia's blockade of Ukraine's agricultural exports through the Black Sea is, therefore, only one of the many steps Russia needs to take to ensure that food from Ukraine makes it to global markets. Global food security will remain at risk for as long as Russia continues its unjustified and brutal aggression against Ukraine. The world's hungry cannot wait, and we expect the implementation of today's deal to commence swiftly and proceed without interruption or interference.

Pelosi Says Chinese Military Might Shoot Down Her Plane Over Taiwan - Pelosi would not confirm whether or not she will be following through with her plans to travel to the island of Taiwan in August, but did say that she believes that the military may be afraid her plane would be shot down by Chinese forces as they neared Taiwanese airspace. Read Full Article

China May Declare No-Fly Zone Over Taiwan And Fly Over The Island If Pelosi Visits - Chinese state media says that China might try to impose a no-fly zone over the island of Taiwan ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit in order to prevent the U.S. speaker of the House from being successful. Read Full Article

CIA Director Asserts That China Intends To Take Control Of Taiwan - CIA Director William Burns stated that Xi Jinping has the intention to take control of the Island of Taiwan, but has been studying the Russian invasion of Ukraine Read Full Article

Former US National Security Advisor Admits Plotting Coups, China, Venezuela Respond - Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton publicly admitted that he has helped plan coups abroad. China took note of the interview and reported about it on their military website. Read Full Article

China: We Will Act Strongly If US Official Insists On Visiting Taiwan - Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin repeated on Thursday that China will act strongly to respond to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan and take countermeasures if the United States insists on making the visit. Read Full Article

CIA Estimates 15,000 Russians Killed So Far In Ukraine - CIA Director William Burns stated on Wednesday that the United States intelligence community estimates that around 15,000 Russian forces have been killed in Ukraine during the Russian invasion on the country since the war began.

The latest estimates from the U.S. intelligence community would be something in the vicinity of 15,000 [Russian soldiers] killed and maybe three times that wounded. So a quite significant set of losses," he said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

He also added that the "Ukrainians have suffered as well -- probably a little less than that. But, you know, significant casualties."

Biden: Pentagon Does Not Support Pelosi Visiting Taiwan, After China Warning - Biden is now urging Pelosi to cancel her visit to the Island of Taiwan after China put out a warning about forceful measures being taken if Pelosi made the trip to the region. Read Full Article

China Warns Of Forceful Measures If Nancy Pelosi Visits Taiwan - TAIWAN STRAIT - A US guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed through the Taiwan Strait on July 19th, 2022 with the Chinese military following and monitoring its transit; after which China claims the United States 'hyped' the transit up publicly and slammed the US as a 'maker of security risks'. Read Full Article

Presidents Putin, Erdogan, & Supreme Leader Khamenei, Meeting in Iran - TEHRAN - Today there was a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayhip Erdogan, and the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The topics of discussion were Ukrainian grain exports as well as peace in Syria. Read Full Article

China Warns Of Forceful Measures If Nancy Pelosi Visits Taiwan - China: if U.S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visits the Taiwan Region, there will be consequences. The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated on Tuesday that if U.S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visits the "Taiwan Region", there will be consequences. Read Full Article

US Carries Out Airstrike In Somalia Killing Two Al-Shabab Fighters - The United States military has put out a statement saying that it carried out an airstrike in Somalia on Sunday, killing two Al-Shabab fighters. The airstrike was carried out in southern Jubaland, near Libikus in the Lower Juba region, according to AFRICOM on Monday.

"The command’s initial assessment is that two Al-Shabab terrorists were killed in action,” AFRICOM said. “No civilians were injured or killed given the remote nature of where this engagement occurred."

The release put out by AFRICOM said, "In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists after they attacked partner forces in a remote location near Libikus, Somalia July 17, 2022.

The statement went on to say, "U.S. forces are authorized to conduct strikes in defense of designated partner forces.

The command’s initial assessment is that two al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in action and that no civilians were injured or killed given the remote nature of where this engagement occurred.

The Federal Government of Somalia and U.S. Africa Command take great measures to prevent civilian casualties. These efforts contrast with the indiscriminate attacks that al-Shabaab regularly conducts against the civilian population.

The Federal Government of Somalia and the U.S. remain committed to fighting al-Shabaab to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians.

Violent extremist organizations like al-Shabaab present long-term threats to Somali, regional, and U.S. interests."

New York National Guard Deploying To Train Ukrainian Soldiers - The New York National Guard are deploying to train Ukrainian soldiers. 140 troops Syracuse-situated 27th Infantry Brigade Combat squad deployed to Germany on Friday to assist Ukrainian military members.

The service members will reconstitute 160 Army National Guard from Florida from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Task Force Gator; who are included in the Joint Multinational Training Group mission in Ukraine.

These soldiers have been instructing Ukrainian personnel at the Combat Training Center Yavoriv near Lviv in westernmost Ukraine since November of 2021.

The troops from team Gator were ordered to exit Ukraine for Germany in February of 2022 before Russia's invasion. The Gator team is the primary instructor for Ukrainian forces in Germany and other locations.

The New York team will prepare at Fort Bliss in Texas before situating in Germany. It is anticipated they will relieve the Gator team in September, according to American Military News.

New York's National Guard delivered 220 soldiers to Ukraine in 2017 for a 10-month training cycle involving Ukrainian forces in Yavoriv. That squad was accompanied by the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry based at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station; but included service personnel from all over New York.

The Joint Multinational Training Group has continually provided instruction and consultation to Ukrainian armed forces since 2015. The Army National Guard unit conflict affiliates supply direct support to the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine operation in 9-month revolutions as a factor for the army’s rotational guideline.

Some of the other countries that have participated in the JMTG-U missions while at Yavoriv are the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, and Poland.

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Capital Police In Islamabad, Pakistan Put Security On High Alert - Capital police in Islamabad, Pakistan have put security on high alert for the next 48 hours across the district, with "no unnecessary movement" allowed.

The Islamabad Police put out the following statements: "Islamabad Capital Police has put security on high alert for the next 48 hours across the district. IG Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan has issued security high alert orders. Checking has been increased on all entry and exit routes".

"Security has been tightened at all police stations, important buildings and important installations. Additional police personnel have been deployed in the red zone. Strict checking is going on at the entry and exit points of the red zone. No unnecessary movement will be allowed. Citizens are requested to cooperate with the police during checking".

Ukrainian Antonov-12 Aircraft Crashes In Greece, Suspected Of Carrying Dangerous Material - A Ukrainian owned, soviet made Antonov-12 (An-12Bk) plane carrying 8 crew members is reported to have crashed in Kavala, Northern Greece while flying from Serbia to Jordan, carrying 12 tons of dangerous material. Read Full Article

Russian Offensive Intensifying Overnight Striking Odesa and Others - ODESA - The Russian offensive in Ukraine intensified overnight following instruction from Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu announcing an intensified effort on all fronts in Ukraine to shore up military groups in the south and center. Read Full Article

Saudi Arabia Allows Israeli Aircraft To Fly Over Territory For First Time In Decades - Saudi Arabia on Friday made an announcement that it is lifting restrictions on all [Israeli] carriers, allowing them to use airspace over the country after a decades-long ban. Read Full Article

Former US Defense Secretary Believes South Korea Would Get Involved In Taiwan/China Conflict - SOUTH KOREA - Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that South Korea will have no choice but to intervene with the United States in the Taiwan Strait if conflict breaks out between China and Taiwan. Read Full Article

Russia Says It Can't Guarantee Nord Stream Will Go Back Online After Repairs - (Based on translation) The Russian state gas giant Gazprom says that it can't guarantee that the Nord Stream pipeline will go back online after the major maintenance that is currently being done on it, according to Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.

Gazprom says that they have not seen any documents that allow the gas turbine that had been maintained by Siemens industrial manufacturing company in Canada to be returned to Russia.

Russia's gas company says that the turbine is required for the safe operation of the pipeline. Germany, however says that Gazprom still has a spare turbine that it could use, and blamed Russia for playing political games.

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza After Rockets Fired From Gaza Strip Into Israel - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes in Gaza after rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday. The IDF reported four rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza, two of which fell in "open areas" according to the IDF. Read Full Article

Ukraine Cuts Diplomatic Ties With North Korea - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says that they have cut ties with North Korea as a result of North Korea recognizing the "independence" of Ukrainian territories under the occupation of Russia.

The statement put out by Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said that they strongly condemn the decision by North Korea to recognize the "so-called "independence" of the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine".

"We consider this decision as an attempt by Pyongyang to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, a gross violation of the Constitution of Ukraine, the UN Charter and the fundamental norms and principles of the international law," it added.

The DPR, or Donetsk People's Republic pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, Ukraine had stated that it was in discussions with Pyongyang regarding North Korea's recognition of its independence.

After the North Korean embassy in Moscow reportedly confirmed their recognition of the DPR and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry had announced that they were cutting diplomatic relations with North Korea.

"In response to such an unfriendly act, Ukraine announces the severance of diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [North Korea's official name]".

EU Lifts Restrictions On Sanctions For Russian Goods Being Transported Through Lithuania - The European Commission has released new guidelines that state sanctions against Russia do not apply to rail transit through Lithuania to Kaliningrad, Russia and that rail transit can only be used for essential goods. Read Full Article

European Commission: Guidance to EU Member States - The European Commission has today published further guidance to Member States on the transit of goods from Russia. This is part of regular technical exchanges on the practical implementation of EU restrictive measures. Read Full Article

Air Force Successfully Completes Another Hypersonic Test - Aerospace company Lockheed Martin has put out a statement saying that they have successfully conducted the "second consecutive" hypersonic boosted test of the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) with the United States Air Force. Read Full Article

China Claims It Chased U.S. Destroyer Away From Disputed Paracel Islands - SOUTH CHINA SEA - Chinese military is claiming that it drove a U.S. destroyer, the USS Benfold, away from the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, after claiming the ship had entered its territorial waters illegally, according to Reuters

US Drone Strike Kills ISIS Leader In Syria, Wounds Another - U.S. Central Command has put out a release saying that they carried out a "UAS strike" outside of Jindayris, in northwest Syria that targeted "two senior ISIS officials" on July 12th, 2022.

The strike killed Maher al-Agal, who was one of the top five ISIS leaders and leader of ISIS in Syria, and 'seriously injured' a senior ISIS official who was "closely associated" with Maher according to the statement.

The CENTCOM statement said that "extensive planning" went into the operation in order to ensure its "successful execution" and that a review of the strike indicated that there had been no civilian casualties.

The statement also said that Al-Agal was responsible for "aggressively pursuing the development of ISIS networks outside of Iraq and Syria".

U.S. Central Command spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino said, "This strike reaffirms CENTCOM's steadfast commitment to the region and the enduring defeat of ISIS. The removal of these ISIS leaders will disrupt the terrorist organization's ability to further plot and carry out global attacks."

"ISIS continues to represent a threat to the U.S. and partners in the region," he added. "CENTCOM maintains a sufficient and sustainable presence in the region and will continue to counter threats against regional security."

White House: Iran Providing Russia With "Hundreds" Of Drones - The White House has said that the U.S. has "information" that indicates Iran is preparing, or already has given Russia "hundreds" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and said that Iran plans to train Russian forces on using the drones as early as this month.

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, "Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred UAVs, including weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline".

He added that this is proof that Russia's attack on Ukraine is "coming at a cost to the sustainment of its own weapons".

Sullivan also said that Iran has likewise given similar UAVs to the Houthi rebels in Yemen so that they could be used against Saudi Arabia, before the ceasefire was reached earlier this year.

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Russian Parliament to hold an uncommon session - LONDON - The lower tier of the Russian parliament will assemble on July 15 for an unaccustomed meeting, its convention decided on Monday, just days after President Vladimir Putin warned that he had not even started to get serious about the conflict in Ukraine. Read Full Article

Germany And Europe Worry Russian Gas Might Be Cut Off For Good - Russian gas to Germany from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has been completely stopped for the next 10 days, and shipments from the pipeline to .Europe are due to stop today. The West fears the gas flow may never come back. Read Full Article

North Korea Fires Possible Artillery Shots From Multiple Rocket Launchers - The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) put out a statement that it detected "trajectories" that were believed to be artillery shots off North Korea's coast between 6:21 p.m. to 6:37 p.m.

South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that an "informed source" stated that the South Korean military had detected two "trajectories".

The JCS statement said, "While bolstering our military's surveillance and vigilance, South Korea and the United States are working closely and maintaining a thorough readiness posture".

Not long after the shots were fired, Yonhap reported that the The presidential National Security Office (NSO) held a meeting headed by National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han in order to review the South Korean military's readiness.

The South Korean presidential office said that they are keeping close tabs on the possibility that North Korea might carry out more launches.

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Pentagon Looking To Send Weapons Inspectors Into Ukraine - The Pentagon is considering sending weapons inspectors to Ukraine in order to monitor the U.S. weaponry being sent to the country, according to Jed Royal, deputy director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Read Full Article

Young Russian Men Are Avoiding Military Service - Increased number of young Russian men are looking to avoid nations' obligatory military service since the conflict began in February. Read Full Article

Chinese Fighter Jets Cross Taiwan Strait, Taiwan Calls The Move Provocative - China sent military aircraft into the Taiwan Strait on Friday, a move that Taiwan is calling "provocative", as U.S. senator Rick Scott visited the island in order to meet with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, which China has openly criticized.

China claims that the island of Taiwan is part of mainland China, and Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that there is "no such thing as international waters" in the Taiwan Strait and said that China has sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over the entire Taiwan Strait, and claims that vessels passing through the strait are violating China's own territorial sovereignty.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said that the Chinese military aircraft "intentionally crossed the median line of the strait in a provocative move, which has seriously damaged regional peace and stability".

Their Defense Ministry also said that their own aircraft "forcefully expelled" the Chinese aircraft and that they deployed ground-to-air missiles in order to "monitor" the situation.

The incident took place after China carried out a number of military exercises, patrols, and drills in both the sea and air around the island of Taiwan. Chinese defense spokesperson Wu Qian had said that they were in response to "collusion and provocations" by both the United States and Taiwan.

Tsai put out a Tweet saying, "Unprecedented threats from authoritarian actors will not deter us in Taiwan from working with our partners around the world to uphold liberal values [and] strengthen democratic institutions".

While China regularly flies aircraft into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, crossing over into the median line, also called the Davis Line does not happen as often.

The Chinese military aircraft also entered the Davis Line from the northwest, flying across the Davis Line and then circled the location until the Taiwanese aircraft "repelled" the aircraft.

Belarus Gives Russia Full Control Of Zyabrovka Air Field Near Ukrainian Border - Belarus has given Russia full control of the Zyabrovka air field located about 19 miles from the Belarusian border with Ukraine in the Gomel region, according to Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operative Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Just recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin had stated that "unprecedented sanctions" and "political pressure from the collective West" had pushed both Russia and Belarus toward unification.

Nexta reported that Gromov said there are currently "activities to equip [a] Russian military base" at the location.

Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzianyk had said on June 21st that there were up to seven battalions from Belarus on the Belarusian and Ukrainian border in both the Brest and Gomel regions, according to Ukrainian Interfax.

(Translation) of what Motuzianyk had stated, "This is up to 4,000 personnel. But you must understand that there are also Russian troops there. Considering that today the Belarusian side provides Russia with all the logistics, it is quite possible that the Russians will be able to quickly transfer some additional reserves to the territory of Belarus and, possibly, prepare an offensive, but they need to prepare for this. As of this day, we do not see it yet".

Putin: "War In Ukraine Just Beginning", Hints That Peace talks Will Become More Difficult with Time - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the "special military operation" in Ukraine "has not started anything in earnest," and said that the "war in Ukraine just beginning; hints that peace talks will become more difficult with time."

Any chances for peace arrangements will grow darker the longer the war continues on, the Russian leader said in a disturbing speech to parliamentary leaders. Putin states, "Today we hear that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. What can you say, let them try. We have heard many times that the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian.

"This is a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but it seems that everything is heading towards this," he said, and added "Everyone should know that, by and large, we haven’t started anything yet in earnest. At the same time, we don’t reject peace talks. But those who reject them should know that the further it goes, the harder it will be for them to negotiate with us."

It should be noted that this is the first reference to statecraft negotiations in several weeks after statements from Moscow saying that arbitration had completely collapsed.

A Further Complicated Syria in 2022 - TURKEY - After a cabinet meeting on Monday, the President of Turkey announced that a new military operation would be underway in Syria, to stabilize logistics between 2 already Turkish-controlled areas. The operation will target Turkish efforts at resuming a 20-mile (30km) safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. Read Full Article

Flight Test Of US Reentry Vehicle For New ICBM Has Failed - A U.S. flight test of the reentry vehicle for the new Minotaur II+ Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) rocket failed when it exploded 11 seconds after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The explosion occurred at 11:01 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6. There were no injuries as a result of the explosion, but the Minotaur II rocket was carrying the new Mk21A reentry vehicle and the failure sets the program back.

The LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM is meant to replace the Minuteman-III in 2029 and the development began in 2019 by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center jointly with Lockheed Martin.

A press release said that the Minotaur II+ launch was meant to be "“demonstrating preliminary design concepts and relevant payload technologies in operationally realistic environments".

Colonel Kris Barcomb, Space Launch Delta 30 vice commander said, "We always have emergency response teams on standby prior to every launch. Safety is our priority at all times".

Russia Starts Constant Nuclear Explosion Detection At Its New Facility - RUSSIA - A newly constructed nuclear facility in Russia, which opened on the 1st of June, 2022, has begun constant nuclear explosion detection, says The 12th Chief Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry as of the 1st of July 2022. Read Full Article

UK Warship Seized Iranian Missiles Headed To Gulf Of Oman - A British Royal Navy vessel had seized a shipment of Iranian missiles in the Gulf of Oman earlier this year. British officials also said that the seizure is proof that Iran is supporting Yemen's Houthi rebels.

The British embassy to the United Arab Emirates said that the seizure of surface-to-air missiles, as well as cruise missile engines is "the first time a British naval warship has interdicted a vessel carrying such sophisticated weapons from Iran".

James Heappey, who is the minister for the British Armed Forces released a statement saying, "The UK will continue to work in support of an enduring peace in Yemen and is committed to international maritime security so that commercial shipping can transit safely without threat of disruption".

Ukraine Disappointed In Turkey's Decision To Release Russian Vessel - Ukraine cited an "unacceptable situation" as they summoned the ambassador of Turkey, after Turkish authorities released the Zhibek Zholy, a Russian vessel which Ukraine has accused of smuggling stolen Ukrainian grain.

After Turkey released the vessel, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry put out a statement saying that, "The Ukrainian side has received this information with deep disappointment" and called for an investigation and a "comprehensive answer" as to what transpired.

Syrian Militant Affiliated With Hezbollah Reportedly Killed In Drone Strike - A militant, who was reportedly affiliated with both the Syrian military and the Hezbollah terrorist organization has been killed by an alleged Israeli drone strike in Quneitra.

The drone strike was reported to have been carried out in southwestern Syria on Wednesday, according to Syrian state news agency SANA and targeted a region west of Hader located near Syria's border with Israel.

Syrian media reported that the person killed was named Farid Fouad Mustafa, and SANA reported that he was not far from his home when a guided missile was fired at him from the Golan Heights, in Israel.

Halab Today TV, which is affiliated with the opposition reported that Mustafa was "one of the most prominent figures of the [Assad] regime in the city of Hader," and said that he had carried out military operations with both Syrian soldiers, as well as the National Defense Forces militia. It also said that he was tied to Hezbollah.

The report said that he played a large role in the suppression of Syrians who had rebelled against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in southern Syria.

While most reports say that Mustafa died in the drone strike, there was a report by a Syrian journalist Nour Abo Hasan however, that said that Mustafa was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper.

The journalist wrote on Twitter (translated), "An Israeli targeting by a sniper shot killed the so-called Farid Fouad Mustafa, who is active with Hezbollah and the Southern Command under the leadership of the so-called Hajj Hashem, in the west of the town of Hader, north of Quneitra governorate, southwest of Syria In conjunction with the flight of the Israeli reconnaissance aircraft in Quneitra".

UK: Iranian Report Of Detained British Citizen 'Completely False' - The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that they arrested several foreigners, including the British deputy ambassador to Iran Giles Whitaker for spying. The UK says that the reports are "completely false".

Iranian state television said, "These spies were taking earth samples in Iran's central desert where the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace missile exercises were conducted" and said that "Whitaker was expelled from the city after apologizing".

Representative of the British Foreign Office, Samuel Heath said that "Reports of the arrest of a British diplomat in Iran are completely false. He is not even posted in Iran any more".

One of those that the IRGC says that they detained was claimed by Iranian state TV as being the huhsband of Austraia's cultural attache in Iran.

A third foreigner which was allegedly shown by Iranian state television was Maciej Walczak, who is a university professor in Poland, who the state TV said was visiting Iran as a tourist.

Iran's state TV allegedly showed Walczak and three of his colleagues collecting earth samples after they visited Iran during a scientific exchange program.

Iranian state television said that the collection of the earth samples coincided with a missile test that was carried out in the Kerman province in Iran.

Russia Starts Constant Nuclear Explosion Detection At Its New Facility - RUSSIA - A newly constructed nuclear facility in Russia, which opened on the 1st of June, 2022, has begun constant nuclear explosion detection, says The 12th Chief Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry as of the 1st of July 2022. Read Full Article

Russia Says It Could Destroy Half Of Lithuania's Economy - Kaliningrad's Region Governor said that Russia could take out "half of the Lithuanian economy" if Russia implements counter-sanctions on goods coming in and out of the Baltic states.

Anton Alikhanov, the regional Governor told Russian newspaper Vedomosti Monday that, "The transport sector of the Baltic states could be destroyed if Russia implements counter-sanctions on the goods coming in and out of the Baltic states".

"Russia could make half of the Lithuanian economy disappear. There’s an impression that Lithuania doesn’t understand that Kaliningrad Region is part of Russia, and that we have someone to come to the rescue. We’re not alone in the face of the problem." He stated.

Last month, Lithuania banned certain goods from transiting through its territory in order to comply with sanctions against Russia levied by the European Union, but the ban did not include food items.

Alikhanov, who called the ban a "blockade" said that although food items weren't banned, it still hurts the region which relies heavily on building materials and other non-food items.

"Yes, the ban doesn’t include food, but without concrete we can’t build schools or hospitals. So it’s an issue for the normal existence of more than a million people and for the economy of our region.” he said.

Russian state news RT says that Russia has re-routed the sanctioned goods to the Baltic Sea rather than transiting the goods via rail or road, but Alikhanov said that the dispute must be "resolved as quickly as possible".

Russia Announces Large Discovery Of Oil In Arctic - Russia's oil company, Rosneft has announced that they have discovered a 'huge oil deposit' in the Pechora sea, containing around 82 million tons of oil.

The Russian news agency attributed the discovery to a drilling campaign in the Medynsko-Varandeysky region. Rosneft announced, "During the tests, a free flow of oil was obtained with a maximum flow rate of 220 cubic meters a day," and said that the oil is "oil is light, low-sulfur, low viscosity".

Rosneft also said that their exploration in the Pechora Sea proved that there are "significant oil potential of the Timan-Pechora province on the shelf and became the basis for continuing the study and development of the region.”

Erbil International Airport Prevents Unauthorized Iranian Aircraft From Landing - Kurdistan 24 news has reported that the Erbil International Airport (EIA) in Iraq has "prevented an unauthorized Iranian Pouya Air Cargo plane from landing, citing the EIA Director Ahmed Hoshyar.

Jason Brodsky, who is a UANI Policy Director and Middle East analyst commented on this, saying that Pouya Air is "under U.S. terrorism sanctions for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF for transporting illegal cargo, including weapons, to Iran's clients in the Levant".

Explosions Reported At U.S. Base On Syrian-Iraqi Border - Multiple explosions have been reported at a U.S. base on the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Al-Omar oil field in Deir Ez-Zur in Eastern Syria.

Sabereen News reported that at least two blasts were heard in the US base in the al-Omar oil field in the Dayr al-Zawr province near the Syrian-Iraqi border early Monday.

Russia had Carried Out Airstrikes on the al-Tanf garrison U.S. military base located near Syria's border with Jordan in southeast Syria on June 15th after it had first notified the United States of their intentions.

Russia Claims Full Control of Luhansk Region in Eastern Ukraine - MOSCOW - After fully capturing the city of Lysychansk, which was Ukraine's last stronghold, Russia is claiming full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, after intense fighting and resistance from Ukrainian forces. Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu has informed Russian President Vladimir Putin, that the Luhansk region has now been "liberated." Read Full Article

Western Stocks Of Soviet Era Military Equipment For Ukraine Depleting - EUROPE - The United States and Western allies have been giving Ukraine Soviet-era military equipment due to the fact that Ukraine's military was once part of the Soviet Union and Soviet-era weapons are not interchangeable with those of the West. Western stocks of Soviet-era weapons however are running out. Read Full Article

US: China Not Giving Material Support To Russia For Ukraine War - The United States commerce department says that China has not been seen evading sanctions, or providing military equipment to Russia and said that enforcement measures that were taken earlier in the week were targeting Chinese companies, not the government.

The statement comes after five companies in China were added to a trade blacklist for allegedly supporting Russia's military.

A senior Biden administration official spoke to Reuters and said "“China is not providing material support. This is normal course-of-business enforcement action against entities that have been backfilling for Russia".

"We have not seen the PRC (People’s Republic of China) engage in systematic evasion or provide military equipment to Russia" they added, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Although the Biden administration has not found that China has been helping Russia's military with material support, or evading sanctions to help Russia, and Beijing has stated the same, China has been refusing to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine and criticized the United States for the sweeping sanctions that have been placed upon Russia.

Russian State Media Talks Of WW3, Says Other Countries Will Be Invaded After Ukraine - Russian state media Channel 1 talks of world war 3 which it calls Russia's Second Great Patriotic War and said that countries that decided to play with Westernness neutrality are next, once the special military operation in Ukraine concludes. Read Full Article

Russia Responds To Explosions Heard In Belgorod, Russia - Russian state news Gazeta and the Russian Ministry of Defense have put out a statement regarding explosions captured on video from Belgorod saying that three people died and four were injured in the explosions.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has also put out a statement claiming that Ukraine had launched Tochka-U missiles with cluster munitions on residential areas of Belgorod and Kursk.

The Russian MOD however, claimed that all three Tochka-U missiles launched by Ukraine were intercepted and destroyed while they were still in the air and that the 'wreckage' of one of the missiles fell on a residential building in Belgorod.

The MOD also said that two Ukrainian Tu-143 flight drones were flying to Kursk and were packed with explosives and that they were shot down by air defense as they were approaching the city.

Russian state news TASS reported that "Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that three people were killed and four injured overnight. He added that 11 apartment buildings and at least 39 smaller houses were damaged".

"Gladkov later said that the death toll had grown to four. Three of the victims are Ukrainian nationals and one is a Russian citizen, he added".

TASS also reiterated that, "The Russian authorities have repeatedly accused Ukraine of shelling cities and villages close to the border. Moscow previously warned that it would hit Ukrainian “decision-making centers, including Kiev” if attacks on Russian territory did not stop".

Russian Vessels Turning Off Their Transponder Trackers - Russian and Syrian vessels have been turning off their transponders and have been accused of deceptive shipping practices in order to sell crude oil and stolen Ukrainian grain while evading the heavy sanctions placed on Russia due to its war on Ukraine. Read Full Article

Iranian Sponsored Hezbollah Flies Drone Around Israeli Gas Rig In Disputed Waters - The Iranian Sponsored, Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah stated that it had flown 3 drones, which were unarmed, towards a natural gas rig operated by Israel in the Mediterranean, and the Israeli military has intercepted them. Read Full Article

Belarus Accuses Ukraine of Attempted Missile Strike After Claims of Missile Intercept - BELARUS - On Saturday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that 3 days ago, Ukraine attempted a missile strike on Belarusian military installations, but said that the missiles had been intercepted, through the Belarusian state-run media Belta news. Read Full Article

Syrian Military Accuses Israel Of Daytime Airstrikes Wounding Civilians - The Syrian military on Saturday accused Israel of carrying out daytime airstrikes near Tartus, Syria that they say wounded two civilians.

Syrian state news SANA quoted a military source saying that several missiles were fired from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea at around 6:30 a.m. and that the missiles targeted "several poultry farms in the vicinity of Hamadiyah, south of Tartus".

The missiles were alleged by the Syrian defense ministry to have injured two civilians, including one woman and causing material damage.

It is important to note that the coastal city of Tartus, and Hmeimim air base in Latakia nearby are the two main Russian bases located in Syria.

Putin: Western Response To War Pushing Russia And Belarus Towards "Unification" - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that sanctions and political pressure on Russia from the West is pushing Russia and Belarus towards "unification".

Putin told a bilateral forum in Grodno, Belarus on Friday, "Unprecedented political and sanctions pressure from the collective West is pushing Russia and Belarus to speed up the unification process".

"After all, it is easier to minimize the damage from illegal sanctions, it is easier to master the production of demanded products, develop new competencies and expand cooperation with friendly countries," he added.

On March 14th, after a meeting with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said, "We are taking coordinated measures to protect our economic security and the technological sovereignty of Russia and Belarus. Above all, we consider it necessary to strengthen integration in the union state".

The day before, Put had spoke to Lukashenko and told him that Russia would be providing Belarus with Iskander missiles systems that "can use both ballistic and cruise missiles, both in conventional and nuclear versions".

Putin had also promised Lukashenko that Russia would retrofit Belarusian Su-25s in order to upgrade them to "carry nuclear charges".

Russia: Sanctions Could Be Justification For War - Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated on the Thursday that 'under certain circumstances' such 'hostile measures' as the sanctions placed on the country could be seen as an act of international aggression, or even as a casus belli [a provocation that is a justification for war] and said that Russia has a right to defend itself.

Medvedev said that Western restrictions were "boorish and cynical" and said they could border on "economic war". "I would like to point out once again that under certain circumstances such hostile measures can also qualify as an act of international aggression. And even as a casus belli (justification for war)," Medvedev stated.

"In response to them, a state receives the right for individual and collective defense," he added, and said that Western sanctions due to Russia's military actions in Ukraine "have a clear goal — to inflict as much pain as possible to as many citizens of our country as they can… to ordinary citizens, not the country’s leadership or business elites".

"The main aim is to punish the Russian people by trying to reduce economic activity and to provoke hyperinflation," he said.

US, South Korea and Japan Vow Joint Response If North Tests Nuclear Weapon - The United States, South Korea, and Japan have vowed a response to any North Korean nuclear test and said that the response would be in the form of joint military drills, according to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday.

Kishida spoke to reporters and said, "The possibility of further provocations by North Korea is increasingly concerning," and said that it's important for the United States, Japan, and North Korean alliances to bolster deterrence.

"In the event of a nuclear test [by North Korea], South Korea, the U.S., and Japan will respond together, including joint training," he said.

U.S. President Joe Biden had also said that the three countries "remain deeply concerned about DPRK’s continued escalatory ballistic missiles tests and potential to conduct a nuclear test".

"Our trilateral cooperation, in my view, is essential to achieving our shared objectives, including a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a free and open Indo-Pacific," Biden had added.

At the same time, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has also adopted a new strategic concept which was revealed at the NATO Summit that states, "the erosion of the arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation architecture has negatively impacted strategic stability" that addresses North Korea's nuclear and missile programs as well as the use of nuclear weapons.

The new NATO strategic concept outline also states that "the Indo-Pacific is important for NATO, given that developments in the region can directly affect Euro-Atlantic security," and seeks to strengthen both dialogue and cooperation with partners in the region.

US Fails Another Hypersonic Missile Test Due To "Anomaly" - The United States has failed the flight test of a new US hypersonic missile system in Hawaii, called "Conventional Prompt Strike". The failure was said to be most likely due to a problem that happened after ignition took place, according to a statement by the US Department of Defense.

Pentagon spokesman Navy Lieutenant Commander Tim Gorman said that "An anomaly occurred following ignition of the test asset. the Department remains confident that it is on track to field offensive and defensive hypersonic capabilities on target dates beginning in the early 2020s".

"Program officials have initiated a review to determine the cause to inform future tests. While the Department was unable to collect data on the entirety of the planned flight profile, the information gathered from this event will provide vital insights," he added.

In October, 2022 another flight test of the missile failed due to a malfunction with the booster. The malfunction had kept the missile from leaving the launch pad.

Australian Bank Collapses, Urging Customers To Pull Their Funds - Australian bank, Volt has collapsed in the midst of rising inflation and the bank has urged their customers to pull their funds from their accounts before it closes them on Tuesday. Inflation in Australia and US on the rise. Read Full Article

Biden Announces Another $800 Million In Aid To Ukraine - U.S. President Joe Biden has announced another $800 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will be including modern air defense systems, HIMARS missile systems and ammunition, and other "offensive weapons".

"We plan to announce new advanced Western air defense systems for Ukraine, more artillery & ammunition, anti-battery radars, ammunition to HIMARS" Biden stated at the NATO summit in Madrid.

At the Summit, Biden said, "This summit was about strengthening our alliance, meeting the challenges of our world as it is today and the threats we’re going to face in the future".

"Putin thought he could break the transatlantic alliance. He tried to weaken us. He expected our resolve to fracture. But he’s getting exactly what he did not want," Biden stated.

He also pointed out the decision by Finland and Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and said, "He [Putin] wanted the Finland-ization of NATO. He got the NATO-ization of Finland".

When Biden was asked whether American citizens should be prepared for the United States to support Ukraine indefinitely, Biden replied, "We are going to support Ukraine as it takes" and added "As long as it takes to in fact make sure that they are not defeated by … Russia".

Putin: Operation In Ukraine Going As Planned, No Need For Deadlines - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the "special military operation" in Ukraine is going according to plan, and that there is no need to meet any deadlines to end it.

Meanwhile, Ukraine is claiming to have killed 35,450 Russian military personnel, destroyed 1,572 tanks, 3,720 armored personnel vehicles, 781 artillery systems, 246 MLRS, 103 anti-aircraft warfare systems, 217 aircraft, 185 helicopters, 640 UAVs, 142 cruise missiles, 14 warships/boats and 2,598 vehicles and fuel tanks.

Putin claimed that the goal of the special military operation is to "liberate Donbas" to "defend the people living there" and to "create conditions that will guarantee the security of Russia itself".

"The work is proceeding in a calm and rhythmic way. The troops are advancing and reaching those endpoints that are assigned as a task at a certain stage of this combat work. Everything is going according to plan", he said.

Russian state news agency TASS reported that when asked about a deadline for the "operation", Putin said, "There is no need to talk about any deadlines. I never talk about it, since this is life and these are real things. It is not right to squeeze that into any deadlines".

"It is linked to the intensity of combat operations, which is directly linked to potential casualties, and we must think above all things about protecting our guys’ lives," he said.

Russian And Chinese Vessels Working Together In Waters Near Japan - The Japanese defense ministry reported around 10 Russian Chinese navy vessels earlier this month in Waters Near Japan, leaving analysts to believe that the two countries are sending a message to Japan, the United States as well as Taiwan.

A high-ranking Defense Ministry official said that "It was a clear demonstration of cooperation between China and Russia".

What confused officials and analysts, however, is how both China and Russia staggered their voyages so that each country's voyages were slightly separated from one another. "China may have wanted to avoid openly working with Russia, especially at a time when it is facing international criticism for its invasion of Ukraine" the official stated.

The Defense Ministry official said that Japan must "view the situation calmly and not go beyond the limits of provocation," as there hasn't been any confirmation that their vessels or aircraft ever entered Japanese waters or airspace.

Russia Confirms Transfer Of Nuclear Capable Missile Systems To Belarus - Russian state news Izvestia, and TASS have confirmed reports that Russia plans to send Belarus nuclear capable Iskander-M missile systems, capable of carrying "a nuclear warhead" and promised to "retrofit Belarusian Su-25s in order to upgrade them to "carry nuclear charges". Read Full Article

China Expresses "Serious Concern" And "Resolute Protest" Regarding NATO's New Strategic Concept - Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday expressed "serious concern" and "resolute protest" on behalf of the CCP regarding the NATO's new 'Strategic Concept', saying that it ignores facts, distorts the truth and vilifies China's foreign policy.

"The so-called NATO’s new Strategic Concept ignores facts, distorts the truth, vilifies China's foreign policy, makes irresponsible statements about China’s natural military development and its national defense policy, promotes confrontation and conflict, it is filled with the Cold War mentality and ideological prejudices", he stated.

"China expresses serious concern and resolute protest over this", claiming that China has always strived for global peace, defended the international order and facilitated global development.

He also claimed that China has never invaded another country, or joined or formed any military blocs, always following the path of a peaceful development.

Wednesday, during the Madrid summit, NATO alliance leaders had approved the new Strategic Concept which declares that the Russian Federation is the most Significant Threat to the security of NATO Allies, and also gave China a mention for the first time in the history of the Alliance.

Putin: Multipolar World Order Evolving Globally, Process Irreversible - In an address to the 10th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF), Putin stated that a multi polar world order is "evolving globally", and said that the process is "irreversible". He also said that it should be built upon "international law" and the "UN charter".

"A multipolar system of international relations has been actively evolving. The process is irreversible, it has been unfolding in front of our eyes and it is objective in its nature", Putin said.

"The position of Russia and many other countries is that this democratic, more just world order should be built on the basis of mutual respect and trust, and, of course, on the generally accepted principles of international law and the UN Charter" he added.

NATO Says Russian Federation Significant Direct Threat To Allies - EUROPE - NATO leaders have declared that the Russian Federation is the most significant "direct threat" to the security of North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. According to the Lithuanian ministry of defense, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders at the NATO summit agreed that "Russia is a direct threat to NATO", on "new strategic concept" being adopted, reinforcement of NATO's eastern flank with Forward Presence Brigades, increased support for Ukraine, as well as other "security enhancement" measures. Read Full Article

Putin: BRICS Countries Setting Up Global Reserve Currency To Cut Financial Reliance On West - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 21st that the BRICS countries, which include Russia, China, Brazil, and South Africa (Iran and Argentina have applied but not yet accepted) are currently working on setting up a global reserve currency to cut their financial reliance on the West.

Putin stated at the BRICS business forum, "The issue of creating an international reserve currency based on a basket of currencies of our countries is being worked out". The Russian President also said that the BRICS member states are in the process of developing reliable alternative mechanisms for making international payments.

The BRICS group had previously stated that it was working on setting up a payment network that would cut financial reliance on the West, and have been increasing using local currencies in mutual trade with one another, according to the Economic Times.

Russia Warns Of Consequences From Finland And Sweden Joining NATO Alliance - Member of the Russian state Duma Leonid Slutsky said that while Sweden and Finland's choice to join NATO is their choice, it will have consequences on their relationship with Russia, and on the general security architecture in Europe which is already in deep crisis. Read Full Article

Ukraine Cuts All Diplomatic Ties With Syria After It Recognizes The Two Separatist Regions - Due to Syria's recognition of independence of the two separatist regions in Eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that all relations between Ukraine and Syria are now cut off.

After Syria publicly recognized the regions, Zelensky put out a video on Telegram saying, "There will no longer be relations between Ukraine and Syria" and stated that there will now be stronger sanctions put upon Syria.

Syria's foreign ministry had told the Syrian state news agency SANA, "The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to recognize the independence and sovereignty of both the Lugansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's Republic".

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad also claimed the United States is under the charge of terrorists and neo-Nazis, and said that Syria and its ally Russia are "fighting the same enemy" and said "both terrorists and neo-Nazis are controlled by the same country: the US".

Assad continued to claim that, "the main and the biggest battle is being fought against the policy of [imposing its] hegemony, which is being implemented by the West, which considers itself the center and seeks to rule the world in accordance with its interests".

In addition, he called on "countries defending their sovereignty" to build "strong relations with each other in order to help to strengthen their own positions and realize the interests of their peoples".

Britain Adding 1,000 More Soldiers, Aircraft Carrier To NATO's Eastern Flank - Britain, who already has 2,000 soldiers stationed in Estonia has committed to add 1,000 more service members to the country, as well as sending one of its new aircraft carriers to defend NATO's eastern flank.

Britain has also announced another 1 billion British pounds ($1.2 billion USD) in additional aid to Ukraine, on top of the already 1.3 billion pounds in military aid that it pledged in May equaling to 3.8 billion in total support to Ukraine thus far since the start of Russia's invasion.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said "UK weapons, equipment and training are transforming Ukraine's defenses against this onslaught. And we will continue to stand squarely behind the Ukrainian people to ensure Putin fails in Ukraine".

NATO's defense secretary Jens Stoltenberg said, "we are going to allocate a brigade" and "dedicate one of the carrier groups to it".

While speaking at a the NATO summit in Madrid, Ben Wallace said that Britain would "allocate a brigade" to Estonia, bringing the number of British troops 'available' to around 3,000.

He said that it would be more efficient to base some of the troops at home with their equipment being in Germany. Of the British commitment to the defense force that had been announced at the NATO summit, Wallace said "We will put in a huge amount of the Navy. I think we’ll dedicate one of the carrier groups to it".

Washington Supports Sale Of F-16 Jets To Turkey - Washington has shown support toward the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey just one day after Turkey withdrew its objections regarding Sweden and Finland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Read Full Article

British Intelligence Confirms Russian Strike On Ukrainian Shopping Center Possibly Accidental - In an intelligence update, the British Ministry of Defense has agreed that the strike on the Kremenchuk shopping center may have been an accident, and that the intended target may have been, as Russia says a nearby infrastructure target. Read Full Article

China Claims Two US Military Aircraft Flew Through Taiwan Strait On June 28th - China has claimed that two U.S. military aircraft flew through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Jun 28th, according to the SCS Probing Initiative (SCSPI).

The SCSPI claimed that a U.S. Navy (USN) EP-3E Aries II electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft were "diving into the Taiwan Strait" and claimed that they were supporting the operation of a United States Navy (USN) surface ship.

The statement from the SCS Probing Initiative said "USN EP-3E #AE1D94 is diving into Taiwan Strait this morning on June 28, which is likely to support the operation of USN surface ship".

Another statement by the SCSPI on their Weibo account said that a U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint electronic surveillance aircraft on that day had also flown through the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea as well as the Yellow Sea.

They theorized that the American aircraft had been collecting electromagnetic spectrum signals from Chinese air and sea platforms.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has said that there is "no such thing as international waters" in the Taiwan Straits and said that China has sovereignty , sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the entire Taiwan Straits, and claims that vessels and aircraft passing through the straits are violating China's territorial sovereignty.

US Giving Metal Shark Patrol Boats To Ukraine - Metal Shark, an American company that developer and builder of aluminum-hull vessels have put out a statement saying that they are providing six maritime combat vessels to Ukraine.

The patrol boats will be part of the $450 million military aid package that the White House had announced last week which included 18 patrol boats. The type of patrol boats were not previously announced, however.

Metal Shark's Vice President of of International Business Development Henry Irizarry said in the statement, "Metal Shark has been working closely with the US Embassy in Kiev since 2019 to develop the strategy now being implemented to support Ukraine’s maritime capabilities, so it is fulfilling to see that the vessels will arrive when they are most needed".

"Metal Shark provides next-generation, proven platforms to partner nations, but most importantly, we create long term partnerships with end users to train boat crews and provide seamless technical support to assure 24/7 operational readiness" he added.

The manufacturer, and type of the other 12 patrol bothers have still not yet been revealed, however. A senior defense official said that the 18 patrol boats the U.S. is sending will be used for patrolling rivers, and for protection.

Russian Space Agency Publishes Satellite Photos And Coordinates Of Western Decision Making Centers - The Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos has Published Satellite Photos and coordinates of Western decision making centers, all publicly known locations in an apparent statement to the West.

"Today, the NATO summit opens in Madrid, at which Western countries will declare Russia their worst enemy. Roscosmos publishes satellite photographs of the summit venue and the very 'decision centers' that support Ukrainian nationalists".

The satellite photos included the location of the U.S. Pentagon, White House, British government buildings, German Chancellery, Reichstag parliament building in Berlin, and location of NATO's summit, as well as the place of residence of Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, along with French government buildings.

Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, told the Russian RIA Novosti news agency: that Western satellite operators are working for Ukraine, Russia's enemy, "The entire conglomerate of private and state orbital groupings is now working exclusively for our enemy".

Rogozin said "At the same time, we are giving the coordinates of the objects, just in case".

South Korea Says North Korea Increasingly Targeting South - South Korea’s unification minister Kwon Young-se says that North Korean nuclear weapons are not just targeting the United States, but also targeting South Korea, pointing to a March test of a multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS). Read Full Article

North Korea Accuses US Of Creating Asia-Style NATO To Overthrow Its Leader - The North Korean government has accused the United States of creating an "Asia-Style NATO" in order to overthrow the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Sunday pointing to the military cooperation between the US, Japan and South Korea. Read Full Article

Turkey Agrees To Support Finland And Sweden In Joining NATO Alliance - Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jens Stoltenberg has announced that Turkey has agreed to support both Finland and Sweden in joining the NATO alliance.

A joint memorandum was reportedly signed on Tuesday regarding the matter by Turkey, Finland and Sweden.

Stoltenberg told reporters at the NATO summit in Madrid, "I am pleased to announce that we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO"."Turkey, Finland and Sweden have signed a memorandum that addresses Turkey's concerns, including around arms exports and the fight against terrorism," he added.

Iran Applies To Become A Member Of BRICS - Iran has applied to become a member of the BRICS, a group of emerging world economies that include: Russia, China, South Africa, Brazil and India.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said that the move "would result in added values for both sides".

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Argentina has also applied to join the BRICS group. Zakharova stated in Telegram "While the White House was thinking about what else to turn off in the world, ban or spoil, Argentina and Iran applied to join the BRICS".

At the moment the BRICS group has a combined population of about 3.2 Billion. Iran has a population of around 85 to 86 million people, while Argentina has a population of around 45 million people.

If both Iran and Argentina join BRICS , it would bring the total combined population of the group to around 3.3 billion.

CENTCOM Statement Regarding Strike Carried Out In Syria - "CENTCOM Forces conducted a kinetic strike in Idlib province, Syria, June 27, targeting Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an Al Qaeda-aligned terrorist organization. Abu Hamzah al Yemeni was traveling alone on a motorcycle at the time of the strike. Initial review indicates no civilian casualties".

"Violent extremist organizations, including Al Qaeda-aligned organizations such as Hurras al-Din, continue to present a threat to America and our allies. Al Qaeda-aligned militants use Syria as a safe haven to coordinate with their external affiliates and plan operations outside of Syria. The removal of this senior leader will disrupt Al Qaeda's ability to carry out attacks against U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians around the world".

US Carries Out Strike In Syria Against Senior Leader Of Al-Qaeda Aligned Group - The US Military has carried out a strike on a vehicle on the Idlib-Binnish road in the Idlib province in Syria on Monday, targeting a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda aligned militant group, Hurras al-Din.

The strikes targeted Abu Hamzah al Yemeni as he was driving on a motorcycle on the Idlib-Binnish. There was no one else with him at the time, according to a statement released by the United States military.

The statement also said that an initial review of the strikes indicate that there were no civilian casualties as a result of the strikes. The strike killed its target, with the statement from U.S. Central Command saying "The removal of this senior leader will disrupt al-Qaeda’s ability to carry out attacks against US citizens, our partners and innocent civilians around the world".

A statement by the Syrian Civil Defense said that the man was killed shortly after midnight after the motorcycle he was riding on was targeted with two rockets. It also said that his body was transferred to the forensic department in Idlib city.

A few hours prior to the strikes there had been reports of multiple US MQ-9 reaper drones flying over Idlib. Some reports said that there were three drones spotted.

US Now Has Over 100,000 Troops Stationed In Europe - The United States now has over 100,000 troops stationed in Europe, which has increased from the 70,000 U.S. troops that were stationed in Europe when Russia's invasion on Ukraine began at the end of February.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the United States "increased the number of U.S. troops in Europe from roughly 70,000 to more than 100,000 over these last months".

In May, during a press briefing, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price had said that the US was planning to have an ongoing presence of around 100,000 troops in Europe. "Before that invasion, we were clear that we would do a few things if [Russian President Vladimir Putin’s] aggression went ahead," Price had stated.

"We made clear that we would provide unprecedented levels of security assistance to support our Ukrainian partners so that they could effectively defend their freedom, defend their democracy, defend their country from what was then the potential of Russian aggression. We made clear that we would impose severe consequences on the Russian economy, on the Russian financial system".

"We also said that we would reinforce and take steps to reassure the Alliance, the member states of the Alliance, and particularly those on the eastern flank of the NATO Alliance, and that’s what we’ve done."

"We have – there are now some 100,000 U.S. service members on the European continent. That number has risen in recent weeks precisely because we are fulfilling the pledge that we made prior to Russian – prior to Russia’s invasion".

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is also increasing the number of its NATO Response Force troops at high readiness from 40,000 to "well over 300,000", according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday.

NATO Increases Number Of Rapid Response Forces On High Readiness To Over 300,000 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is increasing the number of its NATO Response Force troops at high readiness from 40,000 to "well over 300,000", according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday.

NATO now says that Russia has walked away from dialogue, and has now become a direct threat, choosing "confrontation instead of dialogue". "Russia has walked away from the partnership and the dialogue that NATO has tried to establish with Russia for many years," he stated. "They have chosen confrontation instead of dialogue. We regret that - but of course, then we need to respond to that reality".

"I expect the allies will state clearly that Russia poses a direct threat to our security, to our values, to the rules-based international order" Stoltenberg said. "Together, this constitutes the biggest overhaul of our collective deterrence and defense since the Cold War".

Russian State Media Talks About Lithuania, NATO Article 5 - Russian state media Channel 1 talks about Lithuania, NATO Article 5, military presence being established on the Belarusian border and targeting oil tankers in the Netherlands.

Russian state media Channel 1 talks about Lithuania, NATO Article 5, military presence being established on the Belarusian border and targeting oil tankers in the Netherlands. Article 5 is the cornerstone of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed in 1949 that states that if one member of the alliance is attacked, it is seen as an attack on all members of the NATO alliance.

Transcript from the Russian state media video: ""We understand perfectly well that when the Armed Forces achieve the goals set by the president, and reach the western borders of Ukraine, the rest will certainly not be about Ukraine.

And now about Europe and its survival. A military presence has to be established on the border with Belarus, in Kaliningrad, it already exists and is combat ready. It can potentially create a safe corridor for our supply chain to Kaliningrad. It has to be created, without a doubt.

Those who are waving their Article 5 in the air [NATO] should roll it up and shove it you-know-where. It's our territory and we'll decide what to bring in, regarding Europe, and appropriate measures that could be taken.

Yes, the taming of Lithuania is being considered, but it's really not about Lithuania. No one asks them, they are given commands. The issue is with their owners. No less than 40% of crude oil is imported and processed by Netherlands in its coastal areas. It's such a small spot that it would be hard to miss.

When we say that nuclear weapons might be used, maybe, maybe not from another side. I assure you that when a spigot closes from here, and crashes over there, the main supply chain is via oil tankers. We don't even need a Kalibr, a torpedo would do it. Especially if it's docked at a port. It will burn along with all of the port's infrastructure.

Europe will not only freeze, but totally croak. Go ahead and send an F-35 to Ukraine. We'll show you what our S-300, S-400 are capable of. Then, Lockheed Martin will be carried out feet first. We're ready to take you all down".

Russia Supplying Nuclear Capable Missile Systems To Belarus - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko that Russia will be providing Belarus nuclear capable Iskander missile systems in the "next few months".

The Iskander missile system is able to launch both cruise missiles, as well as short-range ballistic missiles with either conventional or nuclear warheads. According to the readout on the Russian presidential website, this is a response to concerns of "training flights of aircraft of the United States of America and NATO, which are trained to carry nuclear warheads".

Germany's BMWK Announced The Gas Emergency Plan On Alert - Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) has announced the second stage of the gas emergency plan, or alert stage, according to the ministry, putting the gas emergency plan 'on alert'. Read Full Article

China Ready To Supply Aircraft Components To Russia - Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui told Russian state news TASS that they are ready to supply aircraft components to Russia, noting that there are no restrictions from the Chinese side.

"We are ready to supply components to Russia, we are organizing such cooperation. [Airlines] are currently addressing [it], they have certain channels, there are no restrictions from the Chinese side".

TASS noted that the European Union had prohibited the sale and supply, including leasing of aircraft, as well as components for Russian air carriers over the situation in Ukraine, but said that Russian authorities responded by 'taking a number of actions' including allowing local carriers "to continue exploiting aircraft leased or rented from foreign companies".

Key Takeaways From Meeting Between Putin And Lukashenko - RUSSIA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met at the Constantine Palace and talked about issues such as the economy, the situation with Poland and Lithuania, and NATO training and nuclear weapons in Europe. Read Full Article

China: US Sent Destroyer To South China Sea After US Spy Plane Flew Over Taiwan Strait - Chinese state media, Global Times claims that the United States sent a destroyer to the South China Sea just one day after sending a P-8A anti-submarine aircraft 'spy plane' over the Taiwan Straits. Read Full Article

Iran Expanding Nuclear Program While Expanding Cooperation With Russia - Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani stated during a meeting with a top diplomat from the European Union that Iran will continue developing its nuclear program until the West changes what it calls "illegal behavior" according to Iranian state news IRNA.

"Iran’s retaliatory actions in the nuclear sector are merely legal and rational responses to US unilateralism and European inaction and will continue as long as the West’s illegal practices are not changed" Shamkhani stated. Shamkhani did not however divulge what those "illegal practices" were.

Meanwhile, on June 22nd Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traveled to Iran in order to discuss a nuclear deal and cooperation between Iran and Russia.

Russia's Foreign Ministry had posted a clip of the meeting where he said "In all the countries experiencing the negative influence of the selfish line taken by the United States and its satellites, there arises the objective need to reconfigure their economic relations so they can avoid relying on the whims and vagaries of our Western partners".

The month before, Russia and Iran had spoken of exchanging supplies for oil and gas, as well as creating a logistics hub in the region. Regarding the visit, Iranian state media said "During Lavrov's visit, Iran's 2015 nuclear deal, boosting bilateral and energy cooperation, as well as international and regional issues will be discussed".

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Lavrov's visit was aimed at "expanding cooperation with the Eurasian region and the Caucasus".

Iran Carries Out Second Test Of Zuljanah Satellite Launcher - Iran has carried out its second test of the Zuljanah satellite launcher, according to an Iranian state TV spokesperson.

"The third development phase of the Zuljanah satellite launcher will be based on a combination of information gained during today’s launch" the spokesperson stated. It is not yet known whether the suborbital launch was successful or not. Iran had carried out the first test of the Zuljanah launcher last year.

Chinese Ships Spotted Around Japanese Islands 72 Consecutive Days - (Based on translation) On June 26th, a Japan Coast Guard boat confirmed that the Chinese Coast Guard was navigating in the 'contiguous waters' on the 'overseas side' of the territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands administered by Japan, in the Okinawa Prefecture, according to Japanese The Sankei News.

The Sankei News reports that this is the 72nd day in a row that Chinese Authorities have confirmed vessels around the Senkaku Islands. The Japanese 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters (Naha) reported that Japanese patrol boats warned the Chinese vessels against approaching the "territorial waters".

China Says "We'll Take Taiwan By All Means", Says US Is Starting Wars - China says that they "can't leave Taiwan independent" and that they will "retake Taiwan by all means, including military ones" if they can't reunify the island using peaceful methods. They also said that the United States wants two wars, one in Europe and one in Asia.

Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye said "We can’t leave Taiwan independent. We’ll retake Taiwan by all means, including military ones. If we can’t reunify the country by peaceful means, what else are we left to do?"

"The Americans want to start two wars in the world: one in Europe, the other in Asia" he also said. "Taiwan is not a sovereign state. It has been an integral part of China since ancient times".

Meanwhile, Taiwan has been spotted by Alert 5 on Flight Radar flying a UAV around the island for 10 hours straight, likely on the lookout for activity around the island by Chinese forces.

Lukashenko Says Lithuania's "Blockade" Against Kaliningrad Declaration Of War On Russia - The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko said that what Russia calls the 'blockade' against Kaliningrad by Lithuania is akin to a declaration of war on Russia.

Lukashenko said, "We are very concerned by the situation and the policy being pursued by our neighbours. You know in general terms: this is the leadership of Poland and the leadership of Lithuania. The policy [is aimed - UP] at confrontation… And there is enough of that, especially in Ukraine.

These days most of the mercenaries are from Poland. I don’t understand why they need this confrontation. But it’s clear that they are behind this and pushing it, and so on. But the policy is abhorrent and the behaviour is aggressive.

It’s the same with Lithuania. There is a growing flow of information about their plan to suspend transit from Russia through Belarus to Kaliningrad, to isolate Kaliningrad. Well, listen, that’s akin to a declaration of war! That sort of thing is unacceptable in the current conditions."

Lithuania however, says that the restrictions that they placed against transporting certain goods through their country into Russian controlled Kaliningrad is not a blockade, but that they are simply complying with sanctions put upon Russia by the European Union.

Lukashenko Says Lithuania's "Blockade" Against Kaliningrad Declaration Of War On Russia - The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko said that what Russia calls the 'blockade' against Kaliningrad by Lithuania is akin to a declaration of war on Russia.

Lukashenko said, "We are very concerned by the situation and the policy being pursued by our neighbours. You know in general terms: this is the leadership of Poland and the leadership of Lithuania. The policy [is aimed - UP] at confrontation… And there is enough of that, especially in Ukraine.

These days most of the mercenaries are from Poland. I don’t understand why they need this confrontation. But it’s clear that they are behind this and pushing it, and so on. But the policy is abhorrent and the behaviour is aggressive.

It’s the same with Lithuania. There is a growing flow of information about their plan to suspend transit from Russia through Belarus to Kaliningrad, to isolate Kaliningrad. Well, listen, that’s akin to a declaration of war! That sort of thing is unacceptable in the current conditions."

Lithuania however, says that the restrictions that they placed against transporting certain goods through their country into Russian controlled Kaliningrad is not a blockade, but that they are simply complying with sanctions put upon Russia by the European Union.

Russia Fires Rockets Directly From Belarus Into Ukraine - Russia has fired rockets directly from Belarus into Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence, and the New York Times who says that over 40 missiles were launched from Belarus into Ukraine.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted on their Facebook page, "Rocket strikes from the territory of Belarus - a large-scale provocation of Russia for the purpose of further dragging Belarus into the war against Ukraine".

"On the night of June 25, a mass rocket-bomb strike was launched across Ukraine. In particular, Russian bombers "worked" directly from the territory of Belarus. For this, six tu-22m3 aircraft were involved, which performed the launches of 12 winged missiles x-22. Rim of launch - area of the city of petrikov, which nearby mozyrâ, probably for 50-60 kilometers from the state border of Ukraine. Bombarduvalʹniki took off from the airport "Shaikkovka" of the Kaluz region of Russia. Further through the territory of Kaluz and Smolensʹkoí сі regions entered the airspace of Belarus. After the launch of the rockets returned to the airport "Shajkova" in the territory of Russia. The blow was carried out in Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

This is the first case of an air strike across Ukraine directly from the territory of Belarus. Today's shelling is directly related to the efforts of the Kremlin authorities to drag Belarus into the war in Ukraine as a direct participant.

We remind you that yesterday it became known about the arrival of the Belarusian Mozyr of Russian sabotage groups planning to undermine the city of residential buildings, schools and hospitals. Possible provocations can be presented as Ukraine's response to the air strikes".

The Chief Directorate of Intelligence says that this is the first time Russia has launched airstrikes on Ukraine from Belarus, and said "Today’s attack is linked to the Kremlin’s attempts to drag Belarus into the war with Ukraine as a direct participant".

The New York Times has reported that Russia launched over 40 missiles from Belarusian airspace into Ukraine, hitting 'mostly military targets' just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to meet with Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus.

Chinese Forces On High Alert After US Plane Flies Through Taiwan Strait - China says that their military went on high alert and they mobilized ground and air forces after a U.S. maritime plane flew through the Taiwan Strait. Furthermore, China says that their forces now remain on high alert. Read Full Article

Russian State Television Says There Will Be Other 'Special Operations' Elsewhere - A Russian state television Channel 1 speakers indicates that conflict in Europe will never end, and that the struggle is against the West, not just Ukraine, saying that there will be other 'special operations' elsewhere, aside from the one in Ukraine.

"Let's have a serious discussion. Not everyone amongst our people feels secure. Every day I hear the same phrase: 'When will all of this end?". And then I ask, "When will what end?", they say "All of this".

This will never end, the old live will never return. This is a long struggle that will determine the place of Russian civilization, the Russian world, among the new humanity. To the contrary, this is a long struggle that will answer the question as to how much of the West we'll allow to remain.

There is a special operation in Ukraine, and there will be other operations elsewhere, because the situation at our borders is worrisome. This is a confrontation between different systems; most importantly, against the united West".

Three Attacks On UAE Owned Gas Fields In Iraq In Four Days - There have been three rocket attacks on gas complexes in northern Iraq owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the last four days. The last attack was on a gas complex owned by the Dana Gas Energy Company.

Sediq Mohammed, who is an official from the Qadr Qaram district said that "The rocket hit around 500 metres outside the complex". The Counter-Terrorism Group, which is a security body located in Iraq put out a statement saying that a total of six rockets had hit the Khor Mor gas field, operated by the UAE.

There have been no reports of any deaths related to the latest rocket attack on the Khor Mor gas field.

U.S. Lawmakers Push For Increased Involvement In The Indo-Pacific Region - U.S. lawmakers from both political parties have been coming out with a flurry of bills and resolutions aimed at expanding America's involvement in the Indo-Pacific region, including strengthening ties with nations in the region and increasing support for Taiwan. Read Full Article

Russia: London Will Be Bombed First If World War 3 Breaks Out - Andrey Gurulyov, who is a member of the Russian defense committee spoke on Russian state television Channel 1, and said that if world war 3 breaks out, London will be the first city that Russia Will Bomb, and that all power sites in Western Europe will be destroyed.

China Flies Three H-6 Strategic Bombers Near Japan - Japan's Ministry of Defense reported that three Chinese PLAAF H-6 strategic bombers were spotted over international waters between the islands of Okinawa and Miyako-Jima on their way to the Pacific Ocean, then returned using the same route to the East China Sea.

Japan scrambled their fighter jets in order to both identify and track the bombers.

First, he said "We'll destroy the entire group of enemy's space satellites during the first air operation. No one will care if they are American or British, we would see them all as NATO. Second we'll mitigate the entire system of anti-missile defense, everywhere and 100%. Third, we certainly won't start from Warsaw, Paris or Berlin. The first hit will be London.

It's crystal clear that the threat to the world comes from the Anglo-Saxons. As part of the operation to destroy critically important sites, Western Europe will be cut off power supply and immobilized. All power supply sites will be destroyed. And on the third stage I shall see what the USA will tell Western Europe on continuing their fight in the cold, without food and electricity.

I wonder how they [the United States] will manage to stay aside. This is the rough plan, and I deliberately leave out certain moments because they are not to be discussed on TV".

Ukraine And Moldova Recognized As Candidates For EU Membership, Russia Compares With Hitler - EUROPE - Ukraine and Moldova has now formally been recognized as candidates for EU membership, while the EU is ready to grant candidate status to Georgia "once priorities will be addressed". Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has compared the EU and NATO to Hitler, and said they are building a coalition to fight Russia. Read Full Article

Belarus Conducts Military Mobilization Exercises In The Gomel Region - Release from the Belarus ministry of defense regarding the pre-planned military mobilization exercises in the Gomel region that will last until July 1st, 2022.

"From June 22 to July 1, 2022, in accordance with the Training Plan of the Armed Forces in the 2021/2022 academic year, under the leadership of the Chief of the main organizational and mobilization department - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, a mobilization exercise with the military commissariats of the Gomel region is held.

The exercise is held annually. Last year, a similar exercise was held with military commissariats of Mogilev region. The aim was to test the readiness of the military commissariats to carry out tasks.

During the exercise, the issues of recruitment of reserve conscripts to the military commissariats will be worked through. During their stay at the military training camp the military personnel will be trained.

In the course of the exercise, the military commissariats will carry out measures to notify and submit persons liable for military duty to the points of dispatch to military units. After the formation of appropriate teams, the draftees will be sent to their place of residence, thus the issue will be checked - controlling notification.

In order to carry out the notification and collection of persons liable for military service, appropriate points of notification and collection will be deployed at the points of dispatch.

In order to create a situation close to the real one, during the exercise the participation of units of special operations forces of the Armed Forces is planned.

The main feature of the upcoming mobilization exercise, in contrast to past mobilization exercises in the military commissariats of other regions, is that the supply of mobilization resources to military units is not planned, and the persons called up to military commissariats for training will participate in the mobilization exercise in the military commissariats

22 Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ June 23rd, 2022 - 22 Chinese military aircraft have entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) today, June 23rd, 2022.

The Chinese military aircraft included 10 J-16 fighter jets, 5 JH-7 fighter bombers, two KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, two Y-8 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, two H-6 nuclear capable bombers, and one Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft.

CAP aircraft were tasked, radio warnings were issued and air defense missile systems were deployed in order to monitor the activity of the Chinese military aircraft.

NATO Aims To Get Finland And Sweden Into Alliance But Cannot Guarantee It Will Be Swift - Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg says that he "aims" to get both Finland and Sweden into the alliance "soon" regardless of objections by Turkey, but said that he "cannot guarantee" that it will be done swiftly.

"My aim is still to make sure that they [Sweden and Finland] can join soon. I cannot guarantee, but I’m saying that’s still my aim".

While the vast majority of the alliance has supported the two countries joining the NATO organization, Turkey has objected on grounds that both countries support Kurdish groups that Turkey sees as terrorists.

"This is not the first time we see one or just a few allies is not agreeing with the rest," Stoltenberg said and added that NATO allies have the ability to continue providing Ukraine with weapons "as long as it takes," as NATO allies, Stoltenberg stated have a "political and moral obligation" to keep supplying Ukraine with arms.

"We should maintain support deliverables of modern weapons, heavy weapons, as NATO allies have now done for a long time, and also that NATO has a role to play in providing support", he stated.

He said that the ongoing war in Ukraine will be a "long-haul" effort, and said that the war was actually started in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea.

Finland: If Russia Attacks, We Are Ready To Fight - Finnish Armed Forces Chief of Defense, General Timo Kivinen says that Finland has been preparing for a Russian attack for decades and says that Finland would be a "tough bite to chew" for Russia if they decided to attack the country.

During an interview, Kivinen said "The most important line of defense is between one's ears, as the war in Ukraine proves at the moment. We have systematically developed our military defense precisely for this type of warfare that is being waged there (in Ukraine), with a massive use of firepower, armored forces and also air forces".

"Ukraine has been a tough bite to chew (for Russia) and so would be Finland" he declared. (Quoted as "Ukraine has proved to be a strong nut, so it will be the same with Finland", from the Ukrainian ministry of defense).

The General said that since the Second World War, Finland has developed a military sphere in order to resist the enemy using massive firepower, armored vehicles and aircraft.

The commander also approved of the decision for Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Finnish Defense Forces have 280,000 active troops and 870,000 people in the reserves.

In the end of June NATO will be holding a summit with member states in Madrid where they will be considering the application of both Finland and Sweden to join the alliance.

Six Chinese Military Aircraft Enters Taiwan's ADIZ June 22nd, 2022 - Six Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone on June 22nd, 2022. The military aircraft included four J-16 fighter jets, one Y-8 antisubmarine-warfare aircraft and one Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft.

CAP aircraft were tasked, radio warnings issued and air defense missile systems deployed in order to monitor the activities of the Chinese planes.

Governor Of Kaliningrad Says Retaliatory Steps For Transit Restrictions Down The Road - Russian state news TASS reported that the Kaliningrad Region Governor Anton Alikhanov stated restrictions put in place on freight transit by Lithuania "looked like a mistake at first" but then said, "it's now clear that it's deliberate policy".

TASS reported that during an interview the Governor said "Honestly, I was hoping they would say: ‘We made a mistake, let’s clarify.’ But no. In any case, the rhetoric that’s seen in the media suggests that this is a deliberate policy. ‘Sanctions are sanctions’ - that’s what it is".

He said that 'in this situation' Kaliningrad will be organizing a sea corridor and "offer tit-for-tat measures".

"I believe that this should be met with a response. Our country has not yet taken any retaliatory steps that are quite serious, in my opinion. But that’s down the road".

Mexican Drug Cartels Using Online Games To Recruit Teens - Mexican drug cartels are using online games to recruit teenagers, paying them, often with a monthly income to act as full-time lookouts at the southern border, notifying the cartel of the presence of law enforcement, and promising to teach them how to move drugs and carry out hits for more cash. Read Full Article

Airman Arrested In Connection With Explosive Attack On US Base In Syria April 7th - An airman, who has not yet been identified has been arrested in connection with the explosives attack that had been carried out on a United States military base in Syria on April 7th, 2022, according to the Air Force.

A statement by the Air Force said "As part of an ongoing investigation, on June 16, an airman was taken into custody stateside in conjunction with the attack in Green Village, Syria. After reviewing the information in the investigation, the airman's commander made the decision to place him in pretrial confinement".

The Air Force has said that they will not be revealing the name of the service member until formal charges are brought against the man by prosecutors and said that "It is too early in the process for a charge sheet,” she said. “It will be available if charges are preferred".

The explosives attack happened on April 7th, at the Green Village base located east of the Euphrates River. The attack injured four US troops, who received 'minor' injuries, but officials said that the injuries included "possible traumatic brain injuries".

The investigation is being conducted by the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, as well as the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and is reported to be ongoing.

Denmark MOD: Russia Behind Cyberattack On Satellite Equipment Leading Up To Ukrainian Invasion - Denmark's Ministry of Defense says that they have credible information that attributes a cyberattack on satellite equipment operated by the Viasat satellite company to Russia prior to the invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Read Full Article

Three NATO Members Report Incursions By Russian Aircraft Into Territory - Estonia, Lithuania, and Denmark which are all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance have reported incursions into their airspace by Russian forces who filed no flight plan and turned off their transponder. Read Full Article

29 Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ - 29 Chinese military aircraft has entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on June 21st, 2022 according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense.

The Chinese military aircraft included Eight J-16 fighter jets, six H-6 nuclear capable bombers, five J-11 fighter jets, four SU-30 multi-role fighter jets, two KJ-1500 Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft, one Y-9 Electronic Warfare (EW) plane, one Y-8 Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) aircraft, one Y-20 Aerial Refueling aircraft and one Y-8 Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) plane.

Taiwan's Ministry of Defense said (translated) "The Air Force should act as Reactions: Dispatch air patrol forces to respond, broadcast expulsion, and monitor anti-aircraft missiles. CAP aircraft tasked, radio warnings issued and air defense missile systems deployed to monitor the activities".

Russian Analyst: Lukashenko Will Never Give Order To Attack Ukraine - Russian scientist, political writer, and analyst Andrey Andreyevich Piontkovsky said that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko would never dare to give the order for his troops to go to war with Ukraine.

Piontkovsky said that "Lukashenka will never order the Belarusians to attack Ukraine. And he gathers the so-called militia just in case so that sometimes Russian troops do not enter Belarus and drive it out".

Lukashenko would only worry about staying in power, he said. Though, he added that the Belarusian president is even now in a very difficult situation.

24tv.ua newspaper has said that Lukashenko 'could not dare to order his troops to go to war against Ukraine" because he understands that it would be a catastrophe for him.

"Under the threat of execution, Lukashenko refuses to bring troops into Ukraine not because he is a 'friend of the Ukrainian people, but because he understands that this army will immediately turn into the Belarusian National Legion and will drop it" the paper quoted Piontkovsky as saying.

Lithuania Bans Goods From Transiting To Kaliningrad, Russia - NATO member, Lithuania has banned some goods from traveling to the Kaliningrad, Russia enclave from Lithuania which has angered Russia who said the move was unprecedented and unlawful as well as threatening to respond saying the situation is more than serious. Read Full Article

Iranian Warships Almost Collide With US Vessels - In the Persian Gulf, three Iranian IRGC warships came within 50 yards of the United States patrol vessel USS Sirocco and fast transport vessel USNS Choctaw County at high speeds and nearly collided, only diverting when the Sirocco gave an audible warning and deployed a warning flare.

“(The Iranian Navy) did not meet the international standards of professional or safe maritime behavior, increasing the risk of miscalculation and collision,” said Colonel Joseph Buccino, who is a spokesperson for US Central Command.

10 Chinese Military Aircraft Enter Taiwan's ADIZ - June 19th, 2022 - 10 Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone in the southwest corner on June 19th, 2022, making it the 8th day of intrusions into Taiwan's ADIZ so far this month.

The military aircraft that entered the ADIZ included 4 Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, two Chengdu J-10 fighter planes, two Shenyang J-11 jet fighters, and one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control plane according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND). One Xian H-6 bomber also entered the southwest and southeast corners of Taiwan's ADIZ.

Taiwan responded to the incursion by sending out aircraft to intercept the Chinese planes, broadcasting radio warnings and deploying air defense missile systems in order to monitor the activity of the aircraft.

China Carries Out Land-Based Missile-Interception Test - China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that it said "achieved its expected purpose," according to the Chinese defense ministry who said that the test was purely defensive and not aimed at any country in particular.

China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that it said "achieved its expected purpose," according to the Chinese defense ministry who said that the test was purely defensive and not aimed at any country in particular.

The Chinese defense ministry statement said that "The test reached its expected goals. This test was defensive and not aimed at any country."

Full statement by the Chinese Ministry of Defense: "China successfully implements ground-based mid-course anti-missile interception technology test. On the evening of June 19, 2022, China conducted a land-based mid-course anti-missile interception technology test within its territory, and the test achieved the expected purpose. This test is defensive and not directed against any country".

Chinese Coast Guard Ships Intrude And Leave Japanese Waters - Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels intruded and then left Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, leaving the territory on Sunday morning after having intruded the day before, according to Japan Times.

The two Chinese Haijing high speed patrol vessels left Japanese waters at around 11:25 a.m. on Sunday after 'repeatedly moving in and out' of the areas 'in line' with the movements of a Japanese fishing boat, according to officials from the Japanese regional Coast Guard headquarters.

Japan Times says that the 'Japanese-administered islands' in the East China Sea are claimed by China, and that China calls the islands Diaoyu.

Israel Preparing For Offensive Options Against Iran 'If And When' Needed - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz stated during an interview with Channel 12 News that Israel is preparing for offensive options against Iran "if and when" they are needed and warned Iran "I suggest that the Iranians not test these capabilities".

Tensions between Israel and Iran escalated further after a top Iranian officer was assassinated in Tehran last month, an assassination which Iran blames Israel for.

"We are in contact with the relevant Turkish authorities, and we are of course mainly preparing offensive capabilities, if and when they are needed," Ganz said. "I suggest that the Iranians not test these capabilities" Gantz said.

He also added "We are currently witnessing Iranian attempts to attack Israelis in various overseas locations. Our new rule: Whoever sends, pays. We will continue to strike those who send the terrorists, and those who send those who send them".

Drone Attack On Iranian Missile Development Base - Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabs put out a report Sunday saying that there was a mysterious explosion in western Tehran on Saturday night after a drone attack on an Iranian military ballistic development base.

Iranian sources who reportedly spoke to the newspaper said that the base that was attacked belonged to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was one of Iran's most important military facilities.

Sources believed that the drone attack on the base targeted research centers that specialized in the development and production of short-range rockets and ballistic missiles.

There has been no confirmation from other sources, but the attack was said to have been carried out by drones that took off from within Iran around 10km from the base that that was attacked.

The newspaper also reported that the drones were allegedly smuggled into Iran and assembled within the country before being used to carry out the attack on the base.

It also reported that Iran's defense minister visited the base on Saturday morning, possibly in order to assess the damages from the attack on the base and that Iranian Air Force bases were on high alert.

British MOD Defense Intelligence Update On Ukraine - June 19th, 2022 - British MOD intelligence update for June 19th, 2022 reports that entire Russian units are refusing orders and having armed standoffs with their own officers and troops.

"In recent days, both Russia and Ukraine have continued to conduct heavy artillery bombardments on axes to the north, east and south of the Sieverodonetsk pocket, but with little change in the front line.

Combat units from both sides are committed to intense combat in the Donbas and are likely experiencing variable morale.

Ukrainian forces have likely suffered desertions in recent weeks, however, Russian morale highly likely remains especially troubled. Cases of whole Russian units refusing orders and armed stand-offs between officers and their troops continue to occur.

The Russian authorities likely struggle to bring legal pressure to bear on military dissenters, hampered by the invasion’s official status as a ‘special military operation’ rather than as a war.

Drivers for low Russian morale include perceived poor leadership, limited opportunity for rotation of units out of combat, very heavy casualties, combat stress, continued poor logistics, and problems with pay.

Many Russian personnel of all ranks also likely remain confused about the war’s objectives. Morale problems in the Russian force are likely so significant that they are limiting Russia’s ability to achieve operational objectives".

Israel: Iran Will Pay Painful Price For Hunting Down Israelis In Turkey - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that Iran will pay a painful price for hunting down Israeli citizens in Turkey to capture and kill them.

"The prices the enemy will pay for every action against our citizens will be painful. We are witnessing the Iranian attempts … we'll continue to harm those who send the terrorists, and the those who send the ones who sent them" Bennett said.

"Our new rule - that who sends, pays."

NATO: War In Ukraine Could Last Years, British Army Prepares Troops To Fight - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a German newspaper that Russia's war on Ukraine could take years, but that 'we must not let up in supporting Ukraine' he said. Even if the costs are high. The head of the British army also told troops they must prepare to fight in Europe. Read Full Article

Israel Carries Out Strikes On Gaza With Aircraft And Tanks, Suspends Entry Permits Of Gazans - Israel has carried out Strikes with aircraft and tanks on Gaza with aircraft and tanks after a two-month calm after a rocket was fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Gazan entry permits have been suspended.

The Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) put out a statement saying that "The suspension is in response to the firing of a rocket toward the State of Israel" and added that "the Hamas terror organization carries responsibility for all activities directed against Israel in and from the Gaza Strip, and it will bear the consequences".

Rocket sirens had sounded at 3:10 a.m. in the city of Ashkelon, as well as surrounding communities. The rocket that had been fired at Israel was reportedly intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.

A few hours after the missile had been shot down by the defense system, Israel carried out strikes into the Gaza Strip using aircraft and tanks targeting a weapons manufacturing facility and three outposts within the Gaza Strip. One of the outposts overlooked the Kibbutz Netiv Ha’asara on Gaza’s northern border according to a military statement.

The Jerusalem Post reports that machine-gun fire was directed toward the kibbutz from Gaza later on Saturday, where one bullet entered a home and caused material damage.

US Bill To Make Taiwan 'Major Non-NATO Ally', China Warns Against 'Dangerous Policy' - WASHINGTON - A US Senate bill seeks to pave the way for a training program in order to increase armed forces interoperability between the United States and Taiwan, while significantly increasing support for the island, including billions of dollars in security assistance and making Taiwan a 'major non-NATO ally'. China has warned, however, against what they call a 'dangerous' policy overhaul. Read Full Article

50 Migrants On FBI Terror Watch List Arrested This Year At Mexican Border - So far this year there have been 50 people from the FBI terror watchlist arrested at the U.S. border with Mexico, which amounts to more than the last five years combined. There have also been more than 440,000 known 'gotaways'.

Terror Watchlist Apprehensions: Fiscal Year 2022 - 50; Fiscal Year 2021 - 15; Fiscal Year 2020 - 3; Fiscal Year 2019 - 0; Fiscal Year 2018 - 6; Fiscal Year 2017 - 2

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported that CBP sources tell him that since the month of October alone there have been about 440,000 known 'gotaways'. A gotaway is "an unlawful border crosser who is directly or indirectly observed making an unlawful entry into the United States" but who has not been apprehended and is known not to have returned to Mexico.

DOD: Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine - Department Of Defense: "The United States has committed approximately $6.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $5.6 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked invasion on February 24".

"On June 15, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $1 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes an authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $350 million, as well as $650 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds. This authorization is the twelfth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021". List Of Items Included

Russia Launches 3 Cruise Missiles At Oil Depot In Novomoskovsk, Ukraine - Ukrainian Pravda has claimed that Russia launched three cruise missiles at an oil depot in the Novomoskovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast which wounded 11 people, one of whom is reported to be in "serious condition" with seven others suffering "minor injuries".

The Ukrainian paper quoted Olena Lukash, Former Minister of Justice of Ukraine saying "In the evening we have several ‘arrivals’ [strikes] in the Novomoskovsk district. According to preliminary data, there are victims and large-scale destruction. All information is currently being clarified".

Pravda said that "around 20:45 Reznichenko said that three Russian missiles hit an oil depot in the Novomoskovsk region. Three people were hospitalized with burns".

The newspaper reported that Reznichenko said the oil depot was destroyed 'as a result of the attack' and that rescuers are putting out the flames.

Putin Says He Believes The US Sees Itself As A Messenger Of God On Earth - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he believes the United States sees itself as a "messenger of God on Earth", who has "no interests" but "no responsibility".

He went on to say "After claiming victory in the Cold War, the United States declared it was the messenger of God on Earth, who has no obligations, but only interests - and these interests are sacrosanct," he said during a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

"The United States is ostensibly unaware that over the past decades new powerful centers have emerged around the globe and their voice is heard ever louder. Each of them is developing its own political system and public institutions and implements its own model of economic growth and, of course, has the right to protect them and to ensure national sovereignty," he added.

"we are witnessing objective processes and truly revolutionary tectonic changes," he added.

Belarus: We Will Have To React To Poland's Desire To Take Western Ukraine - The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko says that his country will have to react to Poland's "desire to take Western Ukraine" because it poses a "threat to the security of the republic" on Friday.

"We will have to react here. Because we cannot allow the Poles to surround us completely. It is a dangerous option. I said it back in the day: the Ukrainians and the Russians will ask us to help preserve the integrity. So that nobody would chop something off" Lukashenko stated at a meeting with workers in Bobruysk, according to TASS and BelTA.

TASS reports that Lukashenko sees a 'danger of escalation' of the situation due to the fact that he says 'Poland is being pushed to take action by the US'

"We see it. This is why I have to keep armed forces ready in the west and in the south. I deployed ten units along the border behind the border guard so that [enemies] could not infiltrate Belarus. And they had such ideas," he stated.

Russia: It Is No Longer Possible For Ukraine To Return To Previous Borders - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated that it is no longer possible for Ukraine to return to its previous borders, and added that "this is obvious".

"The Ukraine that you and I had known, within the borders that used to be, no longer exists, and will never exist again. This is evident" she stated.

Ivanovich Pasechnik, the leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic said that the country may hold a referendum on accession to Russia, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

TASS also stated that "The head of another Donbass republic, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), said the issue on joining Russia will "become the number one issue" once the republic restores its constitutional borders".

Two Russian Missile Frigates Patrolling Off Romania's EEZ - Two Russian Project 22160 missile frigates were spotted patrolling off of Romania's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) near the country's natural gas platforms around 140 km (87 miles) from Romania's coastline.

The frigates were loaded with an ASW helicopter and ground-based Tor-M2KM air defense system and around 11 kilometers (7 miles) from the Uranus and Ana platforms.

Gazprom Reduces Energy Supplies, Says 'Our Product, Our Rules' - After reducing energy output to Germany by over half the previous output, Russian energy giant Gazprom was accused of artificially pushing up energy prices by cutting off supplies.

Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller then stated "our product, our rules", but said that the reduced supply was a result of the delayed return of equipment serviced by Siemens Energy in Canada.

Germany isn't the only country reporting that Russia has cut gas supply, however. Italy and Australia have also reported large decreases in energy supply from Russia, though Russia says that the limited energy output was not premeditated.

Miller said "Our product, our rules. We don't play by rules we didn't create" but said that does not see a solution to the equipment issue at the Portovaya compressor station and blamed the equipment that had not been returned on the sanctions that have been placed on Russia by the West, but Germany has called this claim "unfounded".

The Eni energy corporation in Italy said that it would only be receiving 65% of the gas that it had requested from Gazprom on Thursday due to the issues at Portovaya. Italy says, however, that they have counter-measures in place if the supply of gas from Russia continues to be cut. "The gas situation is under control, we are monitoring flows day and night, damages are so far limited, Roberto Cingolani stated.

Germany on the other hand has had its energy supply from Russia cut down to 40% of its normal capacity.

Both Italy and Germany rely heavily on Russian energy. Poland, Finland, Bulgaria, Denmark and the Netherlands on the other hand refused Russia's demand for "unfriendly countries" to pay for their energy in Russian rubles and have already been completely cut off by the Kremlin.

Iranian Terror Cells Activated In Turkey "Looking For Israelis" - Iranian terror cells have been activated in Turkey and are roaming the streets of Istanbul "looking for Israelis" after having been given an order to carry out attacks against Israelis located in the country, according to an Israeli official who spoke to Ynet on Friday.

The official has put out an advisory to all Israelis vacationing in Turkey to leave the country immediately and return home from their vacations. They were also advised to lock their hotel rooms and not allow any strangers into their rooms, not even housekeeping.

The threat to Israelis in Turkey has been flagged as an 'ongoing incident' and Israeli security officials are concerned that Iranian cells in Turkey will carry out an immediate attack.

Earlier in the week Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid had called on Israelis to avoid traveling to Istanbul after the Israeli National Security Council had raised the threat level for trips to Turkey after reports had come out that both Israel and Turkey had botched an attempted terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in the city last month.

The Islamic Republic has vowed to retaliate against Israel after the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodayari in Tehran last month.

Russian Ships Spotted Transporting Grain From Ukraine To Syria - U.S. Satellite images have spotted Russian-flagged vessels Carrying Grain from Ukraine to Syria, according to the satellite imagery company Maxar, reported by Reuters.

The images by Maxar showed two vessels flying the Russian flag docked in the Russian-controlled port of Sevastopol in May loaded with grain, and then the same ships days later docked in Syria with the vessel's hatches open and semi-trucks waiting to haul the grain away, according to Maxar.

Another satellite image taken in June showed another vessel being loaded with grain in Sevastopol, corroborating reports by Ukraine that Russia had been transporting grain from occupied portions of the country out of the country.

Being one of the world's breadbaskets, the Russian war in Ukraine is contributing to the grain shortage being Reported worldwide.

Iran Building Underground Nuclear Facility Near Natanz - According to both U.S. and Israeli intelligence, Iran is building a vast underground nuclear facility underneath a mountain located south of the Natanz nuclear complex, a report by the New York Times stated on Friday.

Satellites used by the intelligence agencies have captured the progress of the underground facility, which is being monitored by Israel and the United States. The report claims that the underground facility currently being constructed in the mountains is being built deep into a mountain so as to withstand bunker-busting bombs. It is also being built to withstand cyberattacks.

The report also said that the construction of the new facility is a response to an alleged joint operation by the United States and Israel that targeted the power systems at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz gave a statement to the media on March 30th, 2022, and said that Iran is producing around 1,000 advanced IR6 centrifuges at the facility. "Iran is working to complete the production of the centrifuges in her nuclear facilities, including a new underground complex near Natanz" he stated.

Three IRGC Aerospace Division Members Have Died In The Last Week - A mourning poster posted on social media has revealed that a lieutenant in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has died in Iran on June 15th, making it the third officer in Iran's IRGC having died in the last week.

Wahab Premarzian, an officer in the guard’s aerospace division died in the city of Maragheh, but the IRGC has put out no announcements or comments about the death.

The other two IRGC member who died were also in the Iranian aerospace division, and were reported by Iranian media as having died as 'martyrs' in the country, though the Iran International news outlet reported that a source that wasn't identified stated that Ali Kamani and Mohammad Abdous were both 'developing arms' for Iranian-backed Hezbollah and that both men "were not killed in accidents" as the Iranian media had reported.

Russia carries Out Airstrikes On U.S. Base Near Syria's Border With Jordan - Russia carried out airstrikes at the al-Tanf garrison U.S. military base on Wednesday after first notifying the United States of their intentions. The base is located near Syria's border with Jordan in southeast Syria. Read Full Article

China Launches 3rd Aircraft Carrier: The Fujian - China has launched its third aircraft carrier, manufactured by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) shipyard in Shanghai and named it Fujian which is named after a province located directly facing the island of Taiwan in an apparent statement to the island.

The Type-003 aircraft carrier is the largest aircraft carrier of any country in the world except for the United States. It has a full-length flight deck and a catapult launch system, according to Chinese state media.

The Fujian is the most advanced carrier that the Chinese Navy has and is equipped with the latest weaponry, having capabilities far better than even British, Indian or French aircraft carriers.

Satellite images taken of the new Chinese aircraft carrier show that it has similarities to the capabilities of the Ford-class carriers operated by the United States. However, unlike the Ford-class carrier it is not nuclear powered, though some analysts believe that China will be putting out a nuclear-powered carrier next.

A senior Taiwan official spoke to Reuters and said that the new carrier is sending a message about China's intentions about projecting power in the Pacific.

"In the future, they want to directly penetrate to the east of the first island chain, which includes Japan's Ryukyu Islands and the Pacific waters off Taiwan's east" the official reportedly stated.

"Any regional cooperation is seen by Beijing as an intervention in the Taiwan issue or a challenge to China. The launch of the new carrier is a defiant statement".

U.S. Captured senior ISIS Leader During Raid In Syria Wednesday - The U.S. military captured a senior Islamic State leader during the night raid in northern Syria on Wednesday night who the coalition stated was an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator. Read Full Article

Netherlands Accuses Russian Spy Of Infiltrating ICC Investigating War Crimes In Ukraine - According to the Dutch intelligence service, a Russian spy tried to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC) that was investigating allegations of war crimes carried out in Ukraine by Russia using fake identification and spent over a decade building up his cover story.

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, who is linked to the Russian military secret service was accused by the agency of creating an elaborate cover story that dated back years in an attempt to enter the Netherlands posing as a man with Brazilian nationality, the intelligence service told Reuters.

Dutch intelligence chief Erik Akerboom stated, "It clearly shows us what the Russians are up to - trying to gain illegal access to the information within the ICC. We classify this as a high-level threat".

Dutch intelligence agency chief Erik Akerboom said that "This was a long-term, multi-year GRU operation that cost a lot of time, energy, and money", using the acronym for the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (formerly known as the Main Intelligence Directorate).

The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) put out a statement that said the man, whose alias was Viktor Muller Ferreira was picked up at a dutch airport and was declared an undesirable alien. He was then put on a flight back to Brazil where he will be facing court proceedings.

Akerboom said that "It clearly shows us what the Russians are up to - trying to gain illegal access to the information within the ICC. We classify this as a high-level threat".

ICC spokesperson Sonia Robla said that "The ICC takes these threats very seriously and will continue to work and cooperate with The Netherlands".

The Dutch intelligence agency gave out a four-page document detailing Cherkasov's cover story, including details about their troubled family history and a club where he listened to trance music. It even included his favorite restaurant in Brasilia where it stated he would eat cheap brown bean stew.

"Cherkasov used a well-constructed cover identity by which he concealed all his ties with Russia in general, and the GRU in particular" according to the statement.

If Cherkasov had been able to succeed in infiltrating the ICC, he may have been able to access and even destroy or tamper with documents and emails related to the investigations of the alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Russian State Television Talks Of NATO Sending Weapons To Ukraine And Nuclear Strike - Russian state television Channel 1 spoke of NATO sending weapons to Ukraine and a nuclear strike. Translation of the conversation: "If everything keeps progressing the way it is, only a couple of mutants in Lake Baikal will survive. The rest will be destroyed in a massive nuclear strike. [laughing]. Everything is moving in that direction, regardless of what either side wants. Because if NATO decides they can place whatever they want at our borders, they'll be sending more and more of American weapons to Ukraine. Everything is moving in that direction, regardless of what either side wants. Because if NATO decides they can place whatever they want at our borders, they'll be sending more and more of American weapons to Ukraine. Ukraine will fire and end up hitting one of our nuclear power plants, and here we go".

Urengoy, Russia's Largest And Main Gas Pipeline On Fire, Germany Accuses Russia Of Pushing Up Energy Prices - A fire has started at a 1400mm pipeline in Russia. The Urengoy is the largest gas extraction facility in the country, and the second-largest natural gas field in the world, after South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field in the Persian Gulf which is shared between Iran and Qatar.

A fire has started at a 1400mm pipeline in Russia. The Urengoy is the largest gas extraction facility in the country, and the second-largest natural gas field in the world, after South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field in the Persian Gulf which is shared between Iran and Qatar.

Germany has accused Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom of attempting to push up energy prices by cutting its gas supplies in half.

While Russia claims that the reason is due to service equipment in the Nord Stream pipeline, German economy minister Robert Habeck said that it's 'a political decision' not a technical decision. "It is obviously a strategy to unsettle and drive up prices," he said.

Gazprom had previously said it would be cutting the Nord Stream 1 gas flow from 167 cubic meters a day to 100 cubic meters. Then on Wednesday, it said that it would be cutting it again to 67 cubic meters.

Gazprom limited its gas to Italy by about 15% on Wednesday according to the ENI energy firm. About 40% of Italy's imports are from Russia.

Iran Prepares To Carry Out Test Launch Of Solid-Fuel Satellite Rocket - A Spokesperson for the Iranian Defense Ministry stated on Wednesday that Iran is preparing to test-launch a Zuljanah solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket just days after satellite photos were revealed showing possible preparations for a launch at Imam Khomeini.

Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, who is the spokesman for the ministry spoke to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) and said that three test launches were planned, with one test launch having been carried out last year which they say was 'successful' and two more planned in the future.

Hosseini said that the Zuljanah three-stage rocket is capable of using both solid and liquid fuel and is able to carry up to around 485 pounds (220kg) and reach an altitude of about 310 miles (500km).

Days before the announcement, images posted from Maxar Technologies showed showing the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in the Semnan province, in Iran showed a rocket sitting on a transporter that looked to be readying to lift onto a launch tower by a crane, and another image showed the rocket on the launch tower.

Recently, the spaceport has been used in five failed attempts to launch a satellite into orbit. If Iran is able to get a satellite into orbit, it would "improve its ability to shoot ballistic missiles" according to Israel National News.

Ukraine Reports Wheat Field Burned Down, Along With Houses And Warehouses - The Mikolavska District Administration of Ukraine has claimed that on June 15th the Russian military burned down a wheat field and destroyed houses and warehouses in Nikolaev, Ukraine.

The statement said "On June 15 the Russian occupiers fired at the residential quarter of Nikolaev from jet systems of volley fire, preliminary, the Hurricane system. Aimed at a four-story apartment building. The roof, floors from the fourth to the second floor were destroyed, the load-bearing wall was damaged and the windows were broken, 6 apartments were destroyed. According to preliminary information, five people were injured".

North Korea Expanding Nuclear Test Site And Adding Second Tunnel - The Center for Strategic and International Studies has put out a report that says that North Korea appears to be expanding work at its nuclear test site and adding a second tunnel. Meanwhile, U.S. and South Korean officials say that North Korea is ready to conduct a nuclear test any day.

The think tank said that preparations at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility's Tunnel Number 3 have been completed and the site is ready for a nuclear test, and said that their analysts have spotted new construction at tunnel number 4 at the facility, which they said is "strongly suggesting an effort to re-enable it for potential future testing".

U.S. Government Releasing 45 Million More Barrels Of Oil From Reserve - The U.S. government is releasing another 45 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve within the next few months in order to try to alleviate fuel supply shortages and address disruptions in the global supply of oil.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on June 14th a fourth notice of sale of 45 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

The notice says "This Notice of Sale is part of President Biden’s announcement on March 31, 2022, to release one million barrels of crude oil a day for six months to address the global supply disruption caused by Putin’s war on Ukraine and help stabilize volatile energy costs for American families".

The Department of Energy also stated "The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the fourth Notice of Sale of 45 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This Notice of Sale is part of President Biden’s announcement on March 31, 2022, to release one million barrels of crude oil a day for six months to address the global supply disruption caused by Putin’s war on Ukraine and help stabilize volatile energy costs for American families".

"DOE also announced that contracts have been awarded for the purchase of crude oil from the SPR announced in a Notice of Sale on May 24, 2022. These barrels will be released between June 15 and July 31, 2022. Combined with 3.3 million barrels of SPR crude oil scheduled for delivery this month from emergency exchanges authorized earlier this year, a total of 17 companies responded to the notice, submitting 124 bids for evaluation".

Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve: Coalition Forces Detain Senior Daesh Leader - Coalition forces detained a senior Daesh leader during an operation in Syria June 16. The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group’s top leaders in Syria.

The mission was meticulously planned to minimize the risk of collateral damage, particularly any potential harm to civilians. There were no civilians harmed during the operation nor any damage to Coalition aircraft or assets.

Coalition forces will continue to hunt the remnants of Daesh wherever they hide to ensure their enduring defeat".

Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve: Coalition Forces Detain Senior Daesh Leader - Coalition forces detained a senior Daesh leader during an operation in Syria June 16. The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group’s top leaders in Syria.

The mission was meticulously planned to minimize the risk of collateral damage, particularly any potential harm to civilians. There were no civilians harmed during the operation nor any damage to Coalition aircraft or assets.

Coalition forces will continue to hunt the remnants of Daesh wherever they hide to ensure their enduring defeat".

US Helicopter Night Raid In Syria Captures Senior Daesh Leader - The U.S. Apache and Chinook helicopters that were spotted flying over Jarablus, Northern Aleppo, Syria were reportedly a part of a night raid by U.S. Led coalition forces to capture a 'Senior Daesh [ISIS] leader'.

The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) put out a statement saying "The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the group’s top leaders in Syria".

Coalition forces said that "The mission was meticulously planned to minimize the risk of collateral damage, particularly any potential harm to civilians," and said "CTFT-OIR “will continue to hunt the remnants of Daesh wherever they hide to ensure their enduring defeat".

The media release also said that the mission "was meticulously planned to minimize the risk of collateral damage, particularly any potential harm to civilians. There were no civilians harmed during the operation nor any damage to Coalition aircraft or assets".

Based on the video footage of the spotted helicopters, there has been speculation on social media that the helicopters belonged to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), or 'Night Stalkers' which were flying without any lights on in the dark at a low altitude over Northwest Syria.

A senior coalition leader told The War Zone that U.S. forces were involved in both planning and carrying out the raid and that U.S. aircraft were involved in the nighttime operation. The coalition leader would not say, however, if the 160th SOAR was involved in the raid, saying that "for operational security reasons, we do not go into specifics of our missions".

The captured ISIS leader has not yet been named.

China To Russia: Beijing To Keep Backing Russia On Sovereignty And Security - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday that Beijing will keep backing Moscow on "Sovereignty and security", according to Chinese state media.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported Xi Jinping ans saying that China is "willing to continue to offer mutual support (to Russia) on issues concerning core interests and major concerns such as sovereignty and security".

China has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine since Putin began his war on the country and has continued to criticize sanctions placed on Russia by the West, as well as weapons and arms sales to Ukraine from Western countries.

According to CCTV, the Chinese President applauded the "good momentum of development" in bilateral relations between the two countries since the beginning of the year "in the face of global turmoil and changes".

He also reportedly said that China is ready to "strengthen communication and coordination", as well as "push the international order and global governance towards more just and reasonable development".

He added that Bejing is willing to "intensify strategic coordination between the two countries" according to the report.

Two U.S. Veterans Suspected Captured In Ukraine, White House Urges Americans Not To Travel To Ukraine - Alexander Drueke, 39 years of age, and Andy Tai Huynh, 27 years of age, both Alabama residents have gone missing within the last few days near Kharkiv, Ukraine which is located near the Russian border, according to their families. U.S. State Department has reported that two Americans have been captured in Ukraine but did not identify who they were.

After reports of the soldiers being captured by Russian soldiers, the White House put out a statement advising Americans not to travel to Ukraine.

Drueke’s mother, whose name is Lois said that she received a phone call from another American citizen who had told her that intercepted communications suggested that the two Americans had been taken prisoner by Russian forces.

Before his disappearance, Drueke had told his family that he was in Ukraine teaching troops how to use American made weapons, according to his mother, who said "Alex felt very strongly that he had been trained in ways that he could help the Ukrainians be strong and push Putin back. He went over there not to fight but to train".

Huynh’s fiance, Joy Black said that Huynh had volunteered to fight along with Ukrainian forces and also received a phone call saying that Huynh had gone missing. She said "The response that we’ve gotten from our government has been very helpful. They have been taking it very seriously. We got the call on Monday morning, and this has just gone up so high, so quickly".

The U.S. State Department said "We are closely monitoring the situation and are in contact with Ukrainian authorities. ... We also once again reiterate U.S. citizens should not travel to Ukraine due to the active armed conflict and the singling out of U.S. citizens in Ukraine by Russian government security official".

US Sending Another $1 Billion In Military Aid To Ukraine - Washington is sending another $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including howitzers, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) ammunition and harpoon coastal defense systems. Germany is also sending MLRS systems.

This will be the 12th shipment of military equipment from the United States Department of Defense to Ukraine since August 2021. The shipment will include 18 155mm Howitzers, 36,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition, 18 tactics vehicles capable of towing the 155mm Howitzers, more ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Four Tactical Vehicles that will be used to recover equipment, and spare parts.

Under the USAI, the Department of Defense will be providing Ukraine with near-term priority capabilities in order to defend against Russian attacks. The package includes two Harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of secure radios, thousands of night vision devices, thermal sights and other optics, and funding for training, maintenance, sustainment, transportation, and administrative costs.

Germany will also be sending three Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) and Slovaks will be sending Mi-17s.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated during a press conference in Brussels that "General Milley and I have been in a number of fights. And when you’re in a fight, you can never get enough. I certainly understand where the Ukrainians are coming from, and we’re gonna fight hard to give them everything they need".

China Says Taiwan Strait Part Of Their EEZ, Warns US To Stay Out - CHINA - China has notified the United States that the Taiwan Strait is a part of their maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and not international waters, opposing the U.S. view that the strait is part of international waters. They have also given a warning to the U.S. to stay out of the Strait saying that they have sovereign rights over it. Read Full Article

Taiwan: Chinese Invasion Would Do More Damage To Global Economy Than Ukrainian Invasion - Former Taiwanese minister of former affairs John Deng said on Tuesday that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would do more damage to the global economy than the Russian invasion on Ukraine has.

Deng said that the world relies on Taiwan for computer chips used in electric vehicles and smartphones. An invasion on Taiwan would have vast consequences on the technology industry.

"The disruption to international supply chains; disruption on the international economic order; and the chance to grow would be much, much (more) significant than this one" he stated, comparing the Russian invasion of Ukraine to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

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North Korea Ready To Carry Out Nuclear Test At Any Time - South Korea's unification ministry stated on Tuesday that North Korea is ready to carry out a nuclear test at any time, South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted an anonymous official from the ministry as saying.

"North Korea is currently prepared to conduct a nuclear test at any time in case Chairman Kim Jong-un decides to do so" the official reportedly stated on the condition of anonymity.

The official also reportedly said that South Korea and Washington are both 'discussing various countermeasures', including measures through the United Nations Security Council.

Ex Russian Prime Minister Says War In Ukraine Could Last Years, Baltic States Will Be Next - Mikhail Kasyanov, who served as Russia's Prime Minister from 2000 to 2004 stated during an interview with Agence France-Presse that the war in Ukraine could last two years, and if Ukraine falls, the Baltic states will be next. Read Full Article

Iran Tests New Trade Route Linking Russia To Asian Export Markets - According to the Iranian state's shipping company, Iran has commenced its first shipment of Russian goods to India using a new trade route that uses Iran to link Russia to Asian export markets.

The first shipment, which consists of wood laminate sheets weighing about 41 tons which began its departure at Saint Petersburg, Russia to the port city of Astrakhan. From there, the shipment will cross the Caspian Sea to the Iranian port of Anzali, where it will be transported by road to the port of Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf. After this it will be loaded back onto a ship and transported to the Indian port of Nhava Sheva, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA.

Dariush Jamali, director of a joint-owned Iranian-Russian terminal in Astrakhan said that the initial shipment is a 'pilot' transfer in order to test the corridor.

Jamali said that the transfer is being coordinated and managed by the Iranian state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Group along with its regional offices in Russia and India, and expects that it will take 25 days.

After heavy sanctions were placed on Russia, Iran has been Iran has been wanting to revive the North-South Transit Corridor that had previously been stalled. The Times of India reports that eventually the plan will be to build a railroad that transfers goods "arriving at Iranian Caspian Sea ports to the southeastern port of Chabahar".

Chinese Police Train Solomon Islands Police Due To Security Challenges - SOLOMON ISLANDS - Chinese police have begun training Solomon Islands police officers, with the first batch of exercises taking place at the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Rove, which is a suburb of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. Read Full Article

South Korea Detects "Trails" It Assumes Were Made By North Korean MRLs Launchers - South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) released a statement on Sunday night saying that they have observed "several trails" that it assumes were created by North Korean multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) on Sunday morning.

The released statement was in response to a report by local South Korean news agency Newsis which had reported that the North had conducted an MRL launch and cited an anonymous source in their report.

The South Korean military said that they had detected "trails" between 8:07 a.m. and 11:03 a.m but did not give any information about a launch site or flight information for the suspected rocket launch.

They said that they had detected 'several trajectories' they believed to be shots from artillery, presumably from multiple rocket launchers.

After the JCS confirmed the trails, the presidential office for South Korea spoke to reporters and said that "usually, relevant facts on conventional MRLs with shorter ranges and lower altitudes — like of those today — have often not been publicized".

The presidential office also said that first vice director of the National Security Office (NSO) Kim Tae-hyo held a meeting with security officials at 10:30 a.m. in order to discuss the launches, but that South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol did not attend the meeting.

A release by the office said that the meeting "reaffirmed the government’s position that it is concerned about how North Korea is consistently improving various weapons systems that cause direct threat to our national security".

The JCS put out a statement saying "While bolstering our military's surveillance and vigilance, South Korea and the United States are working closely and maintaining a thorough readiness posture".

Russia And China Build First Bridge Between The Two Countries As Ties Grow - Russia and China have finished building and opening up a cross-border bridge that they stated in February will bring the two countries closer together in their "no limits' partnership, before Russian President Vladimir Putin began his invasion of Ukraine.

The bridge, which is a little over half a mile in length and costs about $342 million has two lanes and links Russia's Blagoveshchensk city to the Chinese city of Heihe together across the Amur river (also called Heilongjiang river in China) according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.

In February, Russia said that the bridge, which had been started in 2016 and completed in May of 2020 would bring both China and Russia closer together by increasing trade. The construction had been delayed by COVID-19 restrictions, however, according to BTS-MOST, which is the construction firm that participated in building the bridge on the Russian side.

Deputy prime minister of Russia Yuri Trutnev said "In today's divided world, the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe bridge between Russia and China carries a special symbolic meaning".

During the opening ceremony for the bridge, Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua said that China seeks to deepen practical cooperation with Russia in all areas, while Russia's Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev said that the bridge will boost bilateral annual trade to over 1 million tons of goods.

According to BTS-MOST, the bridge should shorten the distance that Chinese goods have to travel to get to Russia by about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles). Vehicles traveling across the bridge have to pay a toll fee of 8,700 rubles ($150) but the fee should go down in price after the costs for constructing the bridge have been covered, according to the Jerusalem Post.

South Korea Ready To Increase Trilateral Cooperation With Japan and U.S. - South Korean defense minister Lee Jong-sup said during a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that South Korea is ready to engage in talks with Japan in order to strengthen their cooperation and three-way alliance with the United States to counter North Korea.

He voiced a deep concern for the recent missile launches by North Korea, and a possible seventh nuclear test and said that the North's nuclear and missile development is beyond a threat, according to Japanese News NHK.

Jong-sup said that South Korea is ready to normalize their security cooperation between South Korea and Japan, as well as its trilateral cooperation with the United States, and that the defense cooperation with Japan will be centered around the nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea.

South Korea will increase security cooperation via 'senior level talks' and 'sharing information' which includes warnings of missile attacks.

Turkey Announces Military Operation In Northern Syria After Russia Withdraws Troops - After Russia withdrew a large number of troops from Syria in order to re-focus them on its war in Ukraine, Turkey has announced that it will be carrying out a military operation in northern Syria. Read Full Article

U.S. Inflation At 40 Year High In May, Gas Prices Soaring - WASHINGTON - U.S. inflation hit a 40-year high of 8.6 percent in the month of May according to data given by the U.S. government on Friday. This makes it the 12th month in a row that the inflation percentage has been above 5%. Food and fuel prices are also soaring up, while China, India and other countries benefit from Cheap Russian Oil at discounted prices. Read Full Article

China And India Benefit From Cheap Russian Oil While Oil Prices Surge For West - WASHINGTON - U.S. inflation hit a 40-year high of 8.6 percent in the month of May according to data given by the U.S. government on Friday. This makes it the 12th month in a row that the inflation percentage has been above 5%. Food and fuel prices are also soaring up, while China, India and other countries benefit from Cheap Russian Oil at discounted prices. Read Full Article

US Defense Secretary: China Continues To Harden Its Position Along Borders With India - While at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that China is continuing to harden the position along the border it shares with India, and that the United States stands by its mutual defense commitments.

Austin also said that China is taking aggressive and illegal approaches to its claims on the territory in the South China Sea while it advances its maritime plans. "Further to the West, we see Beijing continuing to harden the borders it shares with India" he stated. "We remain unwavering in our mutual defense commitments".

Austin said that "We also stand by our friends as they uphold their rights that is especially important as the People's Republic of China adopts the war coercive and aggressive approach to its territorial claims" and said that the U.S. believes India's "growing military capability and technological prowess can be a stabilizing force in the region".

Charles A Flynn, a top US General just a day before had said that the activity by China near Ladakh is 'eye-opening' and that the infrastructure being created there is 'alarming' and said that the "destabilizing and corrosive" behavior of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region is not helpful.

Lukashenko Says Belarus May Have To Fight In Western Ukraine - [Based on translation] Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus has said that he believes Belarus may have to fight for "Western Ukraine so that it is not cut off [or pulled away] by the West".

"They [the West] have not yet abandoned the goal of leveling the front so that it passes: SmolenskPskov, Smolensk-Bryansk-Kursk and there to Rostov. They need to level the front. And we, almost a thousand kilometers, this balcony, it must be cut off".

He also said "This is their goal - they [the West] will not stop before this, they will come from Western Ukraine or from somewhere else. Western Ukraine will have to fight in order not to be chopped off. Because it is like death for us, not only for Ukrainians. Terrible processes are taking place around".

China: We Will Not Hesitate To Start A War Over Taiwan - Chinese defense minister Wei Fenghe has said that they will "not hesitate to start a war" if Taiwan declares independence during face to face talks with U.S. defense minister Lloyd Austin on Friday in Singapore, according to China’s defense spokesman Wu Qian.

The Chinese defense minister said "If anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost" and added that China would "smash to smithereens any 'Taiwan independence' plot and resolutely uphold the unification of the motherland".

He also said that "Taiwan is China's Taiwan... Using Taiwan to contain China will never prevail".

Austin told the Chinese defense minister that Beijing must "refrain from further destabilizing actions toward Taiwan", according to the Department of Defense.

The Pentagon released a statement after the meeting that said "The Secretary reiterated to General Wei that the United States remains committed to our longstanding one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the Three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances".

"The Secretary reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Strait, opposition to unilateral changes to the status quo, and called on the PRC to refrain from further destabilizing actions toward Taiwan".

Wu said that the talks were "a good start" and stated a desire to meet with Austin again while he was visiting Asia.

US & South Korea & Japan Preparing Contingencies For North's 7th Nuclear Test - The United States, South Korea and Japan are working together closely in order to prepare 'for all contingencies' ahead of expected seventh nuclear test by North Korea a diplomatic envoy stated in South Korea.

The diplomatic envoy consisted of US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, Kim Gunn and Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

"The US assesses that the DPRK is preparing its Punggye-ri test site for what would be its seventh nuclear test. This assessment is consistent with the DPRK’s own recent public statements" US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim stated on Friday.

"We are preparing for all contingencies in close coordination with our Japanese and ROK allies" the envoy said. Kim said "We do remain committed to seeking dialogue with the DPRK and continue to hope that the DPRK will respond positively to our offers to meet without preconditions".

"North Korea’s relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons will only end up strengthening our deterrence. This will ultimately run counter to Pyongyang’s own interest. Simply put, the course that Pyongyang is currently embarking on has only one inevitable destination — reduced security for North Korea itself".

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had said that any nuclear test would be met with a "swift and forceful response".

China's envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday that Beijing does not want to see another nuclear test, according to Reuters. North Korea hasn't carried out a nuclear test in five years. Washington has put out a warning saying that a nuclear test by North Korea could happen at "any time".

NATO Conducts Live-Fire Exercises In Poland To Test Readiness - NATO forces conduct live-fire exercises in Poland in order to test their readiness and ability to respond to missile attacks from enemy drones and aircraft.

Russia Begins Naval Exercises In Baltic Sea With 60 Warships - Russia has begun naval exercises in the Baltic Sea with around 60 warships. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) said that the exercises are "planned operational exercise with groups of the Baltic".

The Russian MOD said that the exercises involved around "about 60 surface warships, boats and support vessels, over 40 aircraft and helicopters, as well as up to 2,000 units of weapons, military and special equipment of the Baltic Fleet".

In a Thursday statement, the MOD said "In the Baltic Sea and at the combat training ranges in the Kaliningrad region, a planned operational exercise with groups of the Baltic Fleet has started".

"As part of the exercise, naval tactical groups of the Baltic Fleet left their bases and deployed fleet groupings in designated areas" they stated. They added that they will be "will perform training tasks for the protection and defense of sea lanes and fleet bases".

Iran Says They Are Disconnecting IAEA Cameras And Expanding Uranium Enrichment - Iran notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it has plans to disconnect 27 IAEA surveillance cameras as well as other equipment used to monitor their nuclear activity according to IAEA chief Rafael Grossi.

On Wednesday Iran had stated that it had started expanding its underground uranium enrichment and would switch off two devices monitoring enrichment in Natanz.

According to Grossi this posses a 'serious challenge' but that it would leave about '40-something' cameras still in Iran that haven't yet been disconnected.

Japanese Joint Staff: JASDF's Fighters Scrambled, Suspected Airspace Intrusion - The Japanese Joint Staff put out a statement saying "Yesterday, JASDF’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. JSDF continues to responding to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7. (sample image)".

Japan's Joint Staff also reported suspected intrusions on June 7th, 6th, 5th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st so far this month.

U.S. Is Watching "Very Closely" For Possible Nuclear Test By North Korea - White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the United States is 'watching very closely' for a possible nuclear test by North Korea, which Washington believes is preparing for its seventh nuclear test.

Sullivan told reporters on Wednesday that the numerous recent missile launches by North Korea "only further cemented the strength of our alliances. We've been able to conduct joint exercises with both of them in response to some of these launches".

He also said "We're also watching very closely the continuing possibility of a nuclear test, to which we would also have a robust response" and stated that there has been no contact with North Korea, but that the United States is willing and ready to engage in diplomacy if the country is prepared to come to the table.

U.S. Military Training Ukrainian Troops How To Use Multiple-Launch Rocket Artillery - The U.S. military is training one platoon of Ukrainian soldiers at a time how to use the multiple-launch rocket artillery systems, paving the way for possibly more of the systems to be sent to Ukraine.

An initial group of Ukrainian soldiers have been training and learning how to use the systems with U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany and are showing proficiency according to Army General Mark Milley.

"We’ve got to start this thing with a program that is rational and deliberate and gets them trained to a standard where they become effective. It will do no good to just throw this weapon system into the battle. You’ve got to be trained on it to get the maximum effective use out of the weapon as a precision system" Milley told reporters.

Washington had approved sending four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARs) to Ukraine shortly after the UK announced that it would be sending three M270 multiple-launch rocket systems which perform similarly, though the version that the British will be sending has a greater range.

Milley said that Russia has "demonstrated that they are outgunning and outranging Ukrainian artillery" in spite of the dozens of M777 howitzers the United States has already shipped to Ukraine. Milley said that although the Ukrainians have used the artillery to great effect, they need "some longer-range artillery system" that have more distance.

"The Ukrainians have very good artillerymen. Very good gunners. They’re excellent at artillery. But they have been using Soviet-era systems, and then transitioning to different [Western] systems" Milley stated.

U.S. Deploys B-1B Bombers To Guam Ahead Of Expected North Korean Nuclear Test - The U.S. has deployed B-1B bombers to Guam ahead of a nuclear test expected by Washington by North Korea, though one expert says that the deployment appears to just be part of a regular, rotational plan and could be related to the biennial field training exercise Valiant Shield taking place in Guam this month. Read Full Article

Russian Senator Proposed Missile Strikes On U.S. Military Bases In Europe - A Russian senator has proposed that Russia carry out missile strikes on U.S. military bases located in Europe in response to the decision by the United States to go ahead and send longer ranged rocket systems to Ukraine. Read Full Article

World Bank: Less Developed Countries Facing Major Recession - The World Bank put out a statement saying that less developed countries in the world face a major recession as a result of the war in Ukraine, as well as the consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns as the cost of energy and food continue to rise globally.

David Malpass, the President of the World Bank says that there is also a major risk of high inflation and small growth, which is also called 'stagflation'.

Malpass said that "The war in Ukraine, lockdowns in China, supply-chain disruptions, and the risk of stagflation are hammering growth. For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid".

"Subdued growth will likely persist throughout the decade because of weak investment in most of the world. With inflation now running at multi-decade highs in many countries and supply expected to grow slowly, there is a risk that inflation will remain higher for longer".

Although the countries that will be immediately affected in 2022, according to a World Bank forecast are Russia and Ukraine, it warned of long term affects [from the war and COVID lockdowns] that will likely have much wider effects.

Malpass said "Even if a global recession is averted, the pain of stagflation could persist for several years - unless major supply increases are set in motion".

Turkey To Russia: We Will Respond To Destabilizing Actions In Syria - Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar spoke to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a phone call, and said that Turkey would be responding to actions meant to destabilize northern Syria.

A couple of weeks ago Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had stated that the country would be carrying out new offensives within northern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia. Turkey considers YPG a terrorist organization.

Akar informed Shoigu that "the necessary response will be given to actions aimed at disrupting the stability achieved in the region and the presence of terrorists in the region is not acceptable", according to a statement released by Turkey's defense ministry.

The statement also said that Turkey "reminded that previous agreements on this issue need to be adhered to".

Japanese Fighters Scrambled, Suspected Intrusion Into Japan's Airspace - Japanese Joint Staff statement (translated from Japanese): "Yesterday, the JASDF Western Air Defense Force’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea. JSDF continues to responding to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7".

A different translation stated: "Yesterday, in the East China Sea, there was a risk of violation of airspace, so a fighter plane of the Air Self-Defense Force Western Air Defense Force took an emergency start and responded. The Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces will continue to take all possible measures 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to protect the peaceful lives of Japan's territory and its people".

US Warns North Korea Of A Forceful Response If It Carries Out Nuclear Test - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warned North Korea of a forceful response if the country decides to carry out a nuclear test, as both U.S. and South Korean officials say that the North is preparing it's first nuclear test in five years. Read Full Article

China Building A Secret Naval Base In Cambodia - China is secretly building a naval base in Cambodia for the use of its military, according to statements from both Western officials and a Chinese official who partially confirmed an exclusive report from the Washington Post regarding the secret facility". Read Full Article

Japanese Fighters Scrambled, Suspected Intrusion Into Japan's Airspace - Japanese Joint Staff statement (translated from Japanese): "Yesterday, the JASDF Western Air Defense Force’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea. JSDF continues to responding to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7".

A different translation stated: "Yesterday, in the East China Sea, there was a risk of violation of airspace, so a fighter plane of the Air Self-Defense Force Western Air Defense Force took an emergency start and responded. The Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces will continue to take all possible measures 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to protect the peaceful lives of Japan's territory and its people".

US, South Korea Stage Air Power Demonstrations After North's 8 Missile Launches - The United States and South Korea have conducted a joint air power demonstration in 'a show of readiness' on Tuesday a day after North Korea had fired off eight short-range missiles (SRBMs) on Sunday according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

The demonstrations consisted of 20 warplanes which included F-35A stealth fighters, F-15Ks and KF-16s on the South Korean side, and F-16 fighter jets on the American side, according to a military official who spoke to Yonhap.

A military official who spoke to Yonhap said, "We conducted the combined flight to show our deterrence capabilities and capabilities to respond (to North Korean provocations)".

UK Sending Long-Range M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems To Ukraine - Britain is sending Ukraine M270 multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine a week after U.S. President Joe Biden authorized sending M142 High Mobility Artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) after Kyiv gave assurances that they would not be used to strike Russian territory.

The missiles used with the M270 multiple-launch rocket systems Britain plans to send to Ukraine have a range of about 50 miles, while the missiles given with the M142 HMARS that the United States agreed to send have a range about about 40 miles.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that British support for Ukraine will change as Russia's tactics change, when he explained the reasoning behind giving the M270 multiple-launch rocket systems.

"These highly capable multiple-launch rocket systems will enable our Ukrainian friends to better protect themselves against the brutal use of long-range artillery, which (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's forces have used indiscriminately to flatten cities" he stated.

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin had said that the shipments of the M142 HMARS from the United States was "nothing new", he had warned that there would be a response of the United States gave longer-range missiles for the HIMARS systems that will be given to Ukraine.

Britain said that Ukrainian soldiers will be trained how to use the new systems in Britain.

US And South Korea Test Launches 8 Ballistic Missiles - The United States and South Korea has test launched 8 surface-to-surface missiles from Army Tactic Missile Systems (ATACMS) toward the East Sea in response to the 8 missiles that North Korea had test fired over the weekend, according to the South Korean military. Read Full Article

Iranian Spy Put Thailand Police On Alert - Thailand's Royal Thai Police (RTP) issued a 'secret order' to police the country's police force on the lookout for spies from Iran, after an Iranian spy was arrested in Indonesia, according to the country's police force, who spoke to Bangkok Post.

The police source also said that the country's security agencies are 'closely monitoring' the movement of Iranian nationals, including some Thai Muslims that they have suspected may be Iranian spies within the country.

China Intercepted Australian Surveillance Aircraft And Released Chaff - The Australian defense department revealed on Sunday that a Chinese fighter aircraft had intercepted one of its Royal Australian Air Force planes in May, which resulted in a dangerous maneuver where it released a bundle of chaff which posed a threat to both the aircraft and its crew.

The Australian defense ministry said that one of its RAAF P-8 aircraft was intercepted by a Chinese J-16 fighter jet while the P-8 was doing 'routine surveillance activity' in international airspace in the South China Sea on May 26th, according to a statement.

The statement said, "The intercept resulted in a dangerous manoeuvre which posed a safety threat to the P-8 aircraft and its crew". The Australian defense department also said that its government raised concerns about the incident with the Chinese government.

Australian defense minister Richard Marles said that the Chinese aircraft flew very close to the RAAF P-8 aircraft and then released a 'bundle of chaff' which contained small pieces of aluminum which was then sucked up by the Australian aircraft's engine.

Marles told ABC news that this was "Quite obviously this is very dangerous".

North Korea Fires 8 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Toward East Sea - The Japanese Coast Guard and South Korean military have both reported that North Korea has launched at least one ballistic missile toward the East Sea off of its east coast at around 09:08 a.m. to 09:43 a.m. KST.

South Korean news Yonhap is reporting that North Korea has fired 8 short-range ballistic missiles after Washington completed joint drills with South Korea which involved a U.S. aircraft carrier citing the South Korean military.

VOA Seoul bureau chief William Gallo also reported that "The eight North Korean short-range ballistic missiles were launched between 9:08-9:43am this morning, South Korea's military says".

The South Korean National Security Council is set to convene in response to the North Korean missile launches, according to Yonhap.

The missiles reached an altitude of between 16 and 56 miles and flew a distance of between 68 and 416 miles and it is believed that they reached between three to six times the speed of sound.

The South Korean military stated that they were "maintaining a full readiness posture" after consulting with U.S. forces, according to the Joint Chiefs.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command released a statement that said that they were aware of the missile launches but said that they do "not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies".

"The U.S. commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea and Japan remains ironclad" the statement said.

Russia: If US Missiles In Ukraine Strike Russia, Moscow Will Strike Outside Ukraine - MOSCOW - Former Russian President and current head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that if Ukraine uses any of the missiles given to them by the United States to strike Russian territory, Russia will have 'no choice' but to strike 'decision making centers' which are 'not even located on the territory of Kyiv'. Read Full Article

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 Members Of Al-Shabaab Terrorist Organization - A U.S. drone strike carried out on Friday has killed five members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist organization. The drone strike was coordinated with the Somali government according to a press release from the Somali Ministry of Information.

The release states, "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mogadishu, 03 June 2022: In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Forces conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab terrorists after they attacked partner forces in a remote location near Beer Xaani, Somalia on 3rd June 2022. Five Al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in action and no civilians were injured or killed, given the remote nature of where this engagement occurred. The Federal Government of Somalia and the U.S. remain committed to fighting Al-Shabaab to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians. Violent extremist organizations like Al-Shabaab present long-term threats to Somalia".

According to the Somali government, there were no casualties as a result of the airstrikes that were carried out by the U.S. government.

Another Suspicious IRGC Commander Death Reported - According to a report by the Persian Iran International news agency there has been another death of an Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force unit 840 commander, who has died under 'suspicious circumstances' on Monday, May 30th.

Sources from the news agency say that Colonel Ali Esmailzadeh died after he fell off of his roof from his home in the Jahan Nama area of Karaj. Iran International reports that the Colonel was a 'close colleague' of Colonel Hassan Sayyad-Khodae, who was the acting commander of the elite Quds Unit 840 that had been shot to death in his car outside of his home in Tehran on May 22nd by multiple gunmen on motorcycles.

The news agency also said that after he fell off of the roof, Esmailzadeh was taken to the Shahid Madani hospital where he was pronounced dead after an examination by doctors. Officials of the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) told the family of Esmailzadeh that he had committed suicide due to 'psychological problems' after separating from his wife and had left a note 'about his action'.

Iran International said that their sources told them that after the killing of Sayyad Khodaei, the IRGC intelligence set out to look for security leaks from within the Quds Force and had become suspicious of Esmailzadeh and decided to 'eliminate him' and organize a 'suicide scenario' to explain away his death.

Taiwan Bans Exports Of Modern Microchips To Russia And Belarus - Taiwan has banned all exports of 'modern' microchips to both Russia and Belarus, according to Taiwan News. The ban limits sales of all CPUs to chips with a frequency of less than 25 MHz to the two countries in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read Full Article

U.S. Intelligence Report: Putin Was Treated For Cancer In April - According to a classified U.S. intelligence report, Russian President Vladimir Putin was treated for advanced cancer in April 2022, Newsweek said that they were privy to the information given by U.S. intelligence leaders reported. Read Full Article

Russian Official Threatens US With Satan-2 Nuclear Missiles - Alexei Zhuravlev, who is a lawmaker and a member of the Russian parliament has threatened the United States with Satan-2 nuclear missiles over U.S. support for Ukraine. Read Full Article

Biden Authorizes 700M To Ukraine, Including MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones - The Biden administration has authorized another $700 million to go to Ukraine, along with MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones. Read Full Article

Russia Carries Out Nuclear Drills After the US Announces Sending Rockets To Ukraine - RUSSIA - Around 1,000 servicemen of the Russian nuclear forces began exercises with over 100 vehicles in the Ivanovo province northeast of Moscow, Russia, according to the Russian defense ministry. Read Full Article

Russian State TV: World War 3 Has Started, Ukraine Was A Rehearsal - Russian state television Channel 1 said that world war 3 has already started, and that the war in Ukraine, which was a rehearsal for a 'bigger conflict' in the future. Read Full Article

China Sends 30 Military Aircraft Into Taiwan's ADIZ - China has sent 30 military aircraft into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Monday, which is the largest incursion on the island's ADIZ since January and caused Taiwan to scramble their fighter own fighter jets.

The Chinese military aircraft that entered Taiwan's ADIZ included 8 J-11 fighter jets, six J-16 fighter jets, four J-10 fighters, four Y-8 Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) aircraft, 2 SU-35, two SU-30, one Y-8 Electronic Warfare (EW) aircraft and one Y-8 Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) plane.

According to the map provided by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, the Chinese aircraft traveled into the southwestern part of Taiwan's ADIZ, northeast of Pratas island which is administered by Taiwan.

Taiwan sent out fighter jets and issued radio warnings to warn the Chinese planes away, and deployed missile systems to monitor the aircraft.

Russian Lawmakers Branded As Traitors For Demanding Putin End Ukraine Invasion - Two Russian lawmakers who acted as regional officials have been branded as traitors and ordered out of a legislation meeting after they called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion on Ukraine. Read Full Article

Israel Says No To US About Transferring Missiles To Ukraine - Israel has said no to a request by the United States to allow Germany to supply Ukraine with anti-tank missiles manufactured in Germany using Israeli technology, according to an Israeli official, and two U.S. officials. Read Full Article

Russia Extends Military Service Age To 65 Years Of Age - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that abolishes the age limit of those allowed to join its military. The age limit to serve in the Russian military has now been extended to up to 65 years of age for men and 60 years of age for women, which is the age of retirement. Read Full Article

Russia Successfully Tests Hypersonic Nuclear Capable Zircon Cruise Missile - Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic nuclear capable Zircon cruise missile which was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense on Saturday.

The missile, which was launched from the Barents Sea hit a target in the White Sea from a distance of about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles). The ministry released a video showing a missile being launched from a vessel.

The Zircon hypseronic missile can travel at 9 times the speed of sound, or mach 9 and travels at a maximum speed of 11,000 km/h, or roughly 6835 miles per hour.

Russian state news agency TASS reported "Today, the lead frigate of Project 22350 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile at a sea target position in the White Sea from the Barents Sea".

Russia Loads Caliber Cruise Missiles Onto Two Submarines - Russia loaded two of their six Varshavyanka submarines anchored in the South Bay of Sevastopol with Kaliber class cruise missiles. Ukraine says they will be used to strike targets within Ukrainian territory. Read Full Article

White House: United States Does Not Support Taiwan Independence - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a statement Thursday saying that the Chinese threat will 'test U.S. diplomacy like nothing we've ever seen before' but said that the United States does not want another Cold War, and made it very clear that America does not support an independent Taiwan. Read Full Article

Israel Informs US That It Killed Iranian IRGC Colonel Sayad Khodayee - Israel has informed the United States that it was in fact responsible for the killing of the Iranian IRGC Colonel Sayad Khodayee, who was involved in the abduction and killing of Israelis, as well as other foreigners globally.

Israel has informed the United States that it was in fact responsible for the killing of the Iranian IRGC Colonel Sayad Khodayee, who was involved in the abduction and killing of Israelis, as well as other foreigners globally.

During the funeral for Sayad Khodayee mourners crowded in the streets and changed "Death to Israel" while calling for his death to be avenged.

Colonel Sayad Khodayee, who was 50 years old at the time of his death was assassinated by two men on motorcyles in his vehicle outside of his home in Tehran on Sunday. The men shot five times at his vehicle, according to the local state news.

General Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards made a speech on Monday saying, "We will make the enemy regret this and none of the enemy’s evil actions will go unanswered".

Israel told Washington that the killing is a warning to Iran to halt its operations of the Unit 840 covert Quds Force group, which is a group that Iran has never admitted to exist, that carries out assassinations and abductions around the globe.

Officials in Israel said that Colonel Khodayee was the deputy commander of Unit 840, and had participated in carrying out plots against foreigners, including that of Israeli citizens.

South Korea: North Korea Has Been Testing A Nuclear Detonation Device - SOUTH KOREA - According to a South Korean official, North Korea has been testing a 'nuclear detonation device' for weeks, likely in preparation for a nuclear test, but that it is unlikely to conduct a nuclear test in the next couple of days, according to Kim Tae-hyo, who is the deputy director of the National Security Office (NSO), according to NK News. Read Full Article

DAVOS: Soros Says Russian Invasion May Have Been Beginning Of World War 3 - DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros said on Tuesday that the Russian invasion on Ukraine may have been the beginning of World War Three, and that the best way to preserve free civilization was for the West to defeat Russia. Read Full Article

Lavrov: Russia To Focus On Ties With China And Cease Being Dependent Upon The West - On Monday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia must cease being dependent upon the West, and that the 'dictator's position' of the West will lead economic ties with China to grow 'even faster'.

On Monday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia must cease being dependent upon the West, and that the 'dictator's position' of the West will lead economic ties with China to grow 'even faster'.

Lavrov said that Russia is working to replace goods imported by Western countries, and that the country would only rely on 'reliable' countries that aren't beholden to the West.

"If they (the West) want to offer something in terms of resuming relations, then we will seriously consider whether we will need it or not" he stated, according to Russia's foreign ministry.

"We must cease being dependent in any way on supplies of absolutely everything from the West for ensuring the development of critically important sectors for security, the economy or our homeland's social sphere" he said.

"Now that the West has taken a 'dictator's position', our economic ties with China will grow even faster. In addition to direct revenue for the state budget, this is a chance to develop (Russia's) far east and eastern Siberia".

Lavrov said that China has information and communications technology that is "in no way inferior to the West. A great deal here will ensure mutual benefits" and said that Russia would count on "only ourselves and on countries which have proved themselves reliable and do not 'dance to some other piper's music'. If Western countries change their minds and propose some form of cooperation, we can then decide".

Japan Scrambles Jets After Russian And Chinese Warplanes Approach Airspace - Japan scrambled fighter jets after warplanes from both Russia and China approached its airspace on Tuesday. Japan called the action a "provocation" that was likely planned while it hosted an informal gathering of Quad nations.

The informal meeting consisted of leaders of four nations, Fumio Kishida, Joe Biden, Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi. Japanese defense minister Nobuo Kishi expressed Japan's 'grave concerns' to both Russia and China regarding their actions and threatening its airspace, according to AFP.

Kishi said that two Chinese bombers had joined two Russian bombers in the Sea of Japan and "made a joint flight to the East China Sea". "After that, a total of four aircraft, two presumed (new) Chinese bombers – which replaced the two Chinese bombers – and two Russian bombers, conducted a joint flight from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean" he stated.

He also said that the aircraft hovered over Northern Hokkaido to the Noto Peninsula in central Japan.

Kishi said that Japan has lodged its concerns to both Russia and China through diplomatic channels. "As the international community responds to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the fact that China took such action in collaboration with Russia, which is the aggressor, is cause for concern. It cannot be overlooked" he said.

South Korea Scramble Jets As Russian Warplanes Enter Air Defense Zone - South Korea has scrambled fighter jets after at least four Russian warplanes and four Chinese warplanes entered the country's Air Defense Identification Zone without giving notice.

The Russian and Chinese aircraft entered and left the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (Korea ADIZ) in the Sea of Japan, or East Sea several times throughout the day, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

The aircraft that entered into South Korea's ADIZ included fighter jets and bombers from both the Russian side and Chinese side, but they did not violate South Korea's airspace, according toe the JCS.

South Korea deployed fighter jets to "implement tactical measures" in order to brace for a potential contingency.

Russia does not recognize the Korean ADIZ, and China says that the airspace is not territorial and that all countries should enjoy freedom of movement in the region.

Russia And China Hold Joint Aerial Patrol Over Japanese And East China Seas - Russia and China have held the first joint exercise since Russia's war on Ukraine began as a part of the two countries "annual military cooperation plan" over the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and Western Pacific, according to the Chinese Defense Ministry.

Both country's Air Force held 'regular joint strategic patrols' on Tuesday, with the Chinese Defense Ministry saying, "Air forces of China and Russia held regular joint strategic patrols above the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the West Pacific Ocean on Tuesday according to the two sides’ yearly military cooperative plan".

In addition to the joint aerial patrols, the Chinese Navy also sent warships through both of the strategically important straits in Northwestern and Southwestern Japan simultaneously, according to Chinese state media, Global Times.

Global Times claims that the move comes as US and Japanese leaders made, what they call "provocative" remarks to China.

Russia had also confirmed that there would be a joint patrol with China. The patrol lasted for 13 hours and involved Russian Tu-95 and Chinese Xian H-6 strategic bombers over the Japanese and East China seas.

A senior US administration official said that the joint exercise shows the depth of the two countries alignment. "We think it shows that China continues to be willing to closely align themselves with Russia, including through military cooperation" the official stated.

"China is not walking away from Russia. Instead, the exercise shows that China is ready to help Russia defend its east while Russia fights in its west".

Milley: US Still A Ways Away From Reintroducing Troops Into Ukraine - General Mark Milley, who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stated on Monday that although there is low-level planning currently underway, the United States is still "a ways away" from re-introducing U.S. troops back into Ukraine, but that the decision ultimately lies with U.S. president Joe Biden.

The United States withdrew troops from Ukraine on February 24th, just before Russia's invasion on the country in order to avoid direct conflict with Russia.

The re-opening of the U.S. embassy in Ukraine has caused some to question whether the United States should also be bringing its troops back into the country in order to ensure the security and safety of the diplomats within Ukraine.

Milley said that to some extent staff is planning ahead of a possible decision to send American troops back into the country, but that the planning hasn't made it to his level for review, or to the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

"At the end of the day, any reintroduction of U.S. forces into Ukraine would require a presidential decision. So we're a ways away from anything like that. We're still developing courses of action, and none of that's been presented yet to the Secretary [of defense]" Milley stated.

U.S. officials did tell the Wall Street Journal however, on Monday that the Biden administration is currently considering sending special forces to Ukraine in order to guard the embassy in Kyiv.

Biden Announces 13 Member Indo-Pacific Framework Countering China - U.S. President Joe Biden has announced on Monday 13 countries that will be 'initial partners' of a US led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in order to pushback on Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. Read Full Article

Pentagon: Ukrainian Official's Claim That US Has Plans To Attack Russian Fleet Untrue - The Pentagon has said that the claim by a Ukrainian official that the United States has plans to attack the Russian naval fleet in the Black Sea is not true and said that there has been no change in maritime posture in the Black Sea. Read Full Article

Russia Adds 963 Americans On Russian Travel Ban, Including Biden And Blinken - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that they have declared a Russian travel ban on 963 Americans, including U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in retaliation for what it calls hostile US actions.

The Foreign Ministry also said that they have added 26 new names to their list of Canadians that it has banned from traveling to Russia, including Canadian defense chiefs, defense industry executives and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.

Russia had already previously banned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and hundreds of others from entering the country.

The Russian Foreign Ministry published the list of banned Americans publicly for the first time and stated, "We emphasize that the hostile actions taken by Washington, which boomerang against the United States itself, will continue to receive a proper rebuff".

It also said that Russian counter-sanctions were a necessary response that is aimed at "forcing the ruling American regime, which is trying to impose a neo-colonial 'rules-based world order' on the rest of the world, to change its behavior, recognizing new geopolitical realities".

Russia To Establish New Military Bases In Western Regions In Response To NATO Expansion - Russia will be establishing new military bases in western regions of the country in response to the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as both Finland and Sweden apply to join the NATO alliance, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

In addition to the new military bases, Shoigu says that Russia will also be establishing 12 new units and divisions in response to the move by the Nordic countries to join NATO.

"Tension continues to grow in the zone of responsibility of the Western Military District. We are taking adequate countermeasures" Shoigu said. "By the end of the year, 12 military units and divisions will be established in there".

On May 18th, both Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as concerns grew in both countries that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be eying them for invasion next.

Putin had stated on May 16th that Finland and Sweden joining NATO was no threat to Russia, but said that Moscow would respond if NATO began to bolster military infrastructure within the two countries.

Taiwan Moves Its IDF And Mirage Jets In Response To Chinese ADIZ Incursions - Taiwan is moving its Indigenous Defense Fighters and Mirage 2000 jets to Penghu in the Taiwan Strait, and Taitung on the east coast in response to the constant incursions by Chinese military aircraft. Read Full Article

Biden Signs $40 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine While U.S. Inflation At 40 Year High - WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $40 billion dollar aid package to Ukraine during his visit to Seoul, the capital of South Korea after the Senate passed the package with an 86-11 vote, while inflation in the United States sits at a 40-year high. Read Full Article

Russia Says It's Not Ukraine They Are Fighting, But The West - Russia said that it is not Ukraine Russia is fighting, but the West fighting Russia on Ukrainian territory and said that their opponent is not Ukraine, but a united West through the hands of the Ukrainians. Read Full Article

South Korea: North Korea Finished Preparations For Nuclear Test - According to The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, North Korea has been weighing out the timing to conduct it's seventh nuclear test and has completed its preparations for such a test. Read Full Article

North Korea Could Carry Out Nuclear Test During Biden Trip - U.S. National security advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Wednesday that U.S. intelligence indicates that North Korea may carry out a nuclear test, a missile test or both either before, during or after U.S. President Joe Biden takes his trip to South Korea and Japan this week. Read Full Article

U.S. Successfully Tests Hypersonic ARRW Weapon - The United States Air Force reported on Monday that it had successfully tested an Air-Launched Hypersonic Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), which reached speeds up to five times the speed of sound.

The test was carried out by the Air Force on Saturday off the coast of Southern California which involved a B-52 bomber launching the ARRW. The Air Force statement said, "Following separation from the aircraft, the ARRW's booster ignited and burned for expected duration, achieving hypersonic speeds five times greater than the speed of sound".

The U.S. also successfully carried out a hypersonic test in the middle of March. Hypersonic weapons are very difficult to both track and intercept due to their high speeds and maneuverability.

Brigadier General Heath Collins stated, "This was a major accomplishment by the ARRW team, for the weapon enterprise, and our Air Force".

Four NATO Warships Spotted Through English Channel - Four NATO warships that had departed from Hamburg, Germany were spotted traveling through the English Channel just off the Kent coast on May 17th.

The four vessels included A833, F802, 330, and F262. A833 and F802 flew the Netherlands flag, 330 flew the Canadian flag, and F262 flew the flag of Germany with F802 and F262 leading the other two vessels.

The two vessels leading are headed south-west, having passed Deal and currently nearing the coast of Dover, while the two trailing vessels are near the coast of Margate and Ramsgate.

All of the ships are military vessels, though the reason for the voyage is currently unknown, as is their destination which is not listed on the Marine Vessel Traffic website.

The Marine Vessel Traffic website does list a number of the ship's ports, however, which include Poland, Sweden, Latvia, and Estonia.

Russian Lawmaker Says Poland Should Be Next For 'Denazification' After Ukraine - MOSCOW - Top member of Russia's Kremlin party "United Russia's Superior Council" and Duma deputy Oleg Morozov stated that "Poland should be the next in the line for denazification process after Ukraine". Read Full Article

White House: North Korea May Be Ready To Conduct A Nuclear Test By End Of Month - White House says North Korea may be ready to conduct a nuclear test by the end of the month, just a week after a state department spokesman said that North Korea is set to possibly resume nuclear tests in the near future. Read Full Article

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Spotted Near Taiwan, Japan Scrambles Jets - SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Chinese Liaoning aircraft carrier was spotted by satellite images off Taiwan, while Japan stated that they had to scramble fighter jets after a suspected intrusion into its own airspace in the East China Sea. Read Full Article

US Intelligence Director: Putin Preparing For Prolonged Conflict In Ukraine - WASHINGTON - U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers on May 10th that the U.S. believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine. Read Full Article

South Korea Confirms North Korea's Launch Of Ballistic Missile - The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile that was launched from Sunan, Pyongyang at 12:03 pm on May 4th and landed into the East Sea.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the missile had a flight range of 470 kilometers (292 miles) and an altitude of 780 kilometers (484 miles) with a speed of Mach 11.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency says that some South Korean and U.S. intelligence agencies are currently analyzing the specifications in detail.

Yonhap says that some experts believe North Korea might have reduced the range of the Hwasong-17 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that had failed in a March test, in order to retest the missile.

Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the successive ballistic missile launches by North Korea pose "a grave threat to the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula as well as the international community and is a clear violation of 'UN Security Council resolutions".

The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated, "Our military is maintaining a full readiness posture while tracking and monitoring related trends in preparation for additional launches".

It was also reported that the United States Cobra Ball (RC-135S) reconnaissance aircraft was caught on sortie over the Korean Peninsula while the North Korean missile was being launched.

The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters during his visit to Rome that "North Korea’s series of actions that threatens the peace, safety and stability of the international community are impermissible".

Kishida also said that he'll be discussing the launch when he meets with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi later on Wednesday. "Naturally, we will exchange views on the regional situation in the Indo-Pacific and East Asia, and I will thoroughly explain the reality of the region including the North Korean missile launch today, to gain understanding about the pressing situation in the East Asia" he stated.

North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectile Towards East Sea - North Korea has reportedly fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to bolster its nuclear arsenal "at the fastest possible pace" and threatened to use them against rivals. Read Full Article

U.S. Congressman Announces Resolution To Defend Ukraine If Russia Escalates Conflict - U.S. Congressman Adam Kinzinger has announced the introduction of a joint resolution that would authorize the United States Armed Forces to defend Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates the war on Ukraine by using chemical, biological or nuclear weapons against the country Read Full Article

U.S. Has Given A Third Of Its Javelin Missiles To Ukraine - The United States has depleted about a third of its Javelin missiles due to donations of its stock of missiles to Ukraine to aid in its war with Russia, leaving lawmakers concerned that it leaves the United States vulnerable. Read Full Article

Russia Threatens "Lightning Fast" Strikes On Anyone Interfering In War On Ukraine - Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened "lightning-fast" retaliatory strikes on any country that intervenes in what Russia calls their "special military operation' in Ukraine.

North Korea Says Its Nukes Could Be Used In Any Situations Of Warfare - NORTH KOREA - The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un stated on Monday that not only is the country going to be boosting its nuclear weapons program, but said that its nuclear weapons could be used "in any situations of warfare" while carrying out a military parade displaying the North's ICBMs, according to state media. Read Full Article

Germany Sends Anti-Aircraft Tanks To Ukraine - In a major policy shift, Germany has reportedly now allowed the transfer of Gepard anti-aircraft cannon tanks to Ukraine to aid in their efforts to fight the Russian invasion of the country.

German defense minister Christine Lambrecht announced on Tuesday that the country will be sending the anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, saying that it's 'exactly what Ukraine needs right now in order to secure the airspace from the ground.

Germany has up to this point been hesitant to send arms to Ukraine, but said "We decided yesterday that we will support Ukraine with anti-aircraft systems ... which is exactly what Ukraine needs now to secure the airspace from the ground".

US Says They Gave Ukraine Coordinates To Fire On Russian Targets - US officials say they have given coordinates to Russian targets to the Ukrainian military which has aided Ukraine not only in moving their forces out of the way from Russian strikes but also allegedly led to Ukraine shooting down a transport plane. Read Full Article

U.S. Navy Destroys Drone With Electric Laser For First Time - The United States Navy destroyed a drone with an electric laser for the first time in February of this year. The laser can carry out both lethal and non-lethal attacks to either disable or destroy targets. The laser was shot from the deck of a United States warship during the test and a drone was targeted and destroyed.

Previous laser weapon tests from the US Military were chemical based rather than electric. While chemical lasers only supply a finite amount of ammunition, electric lasers never run out of ammunition as long as there is a power source available.

The test was spearheaded by the US Navy and the Lockheed Martin defense contractor. The chief of naval research Rear Admiral Lorin Shelby said, "They present transformational capabilities to the fleet, address diverse threats, and provide precision engagements".

Lockheed Martin said that they expect such laser weapons will be used across the air, land and sea. Shelby said that the electric laser complements "existing defensive systems and enhance sustained lethality in high-intensity conflict".

Lavrov Says Risk Of Nuclear War Considerable And Blames The West - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the West Monday not to underestimate the risk of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine and also stated that he views the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as currently being 'in essence' engaged in a proxy war with Russia because it is supplying Ukraine with weapons.

Lavrov said that Russia is doing a great deal to prevent nuclear war at all costs, and said "This is our key position on which we base everything. The risks now are considerable. I would not want to elevate those risks artificially. Many would like that. The danger is serious, real. And we must not underestimate it".

Lavrov also blamed the United States for ceasing dialogue with Russia and said, "The United States has practically ceased all contacts simply because we were obliged to defend Russians in Ukraine".

Regarding the weapons the West has been sending to Ukraine, such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, armored vehicles and drones, he said were provocative measures which were calculated in order to prolong the conflict rather than to bringing it to an end.

"These weapons will be a legitimate target for Russia's military acting within the context of the special operation. Storage facilities in western Ukraine have been targeted more than once (by Russian forces). How can it be otherwise? NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy. War means war" he said.

Russian Military Accuses US Of Provocation To Accuse Russia Of Using WMD - MOSCOW - Russian military official has claimed that the United States is preparing 'provocations' so that it can accuse Russia of using weapons of mass destruction.Russian state news TASS said that Igor Kirlov alleged that the U.S. plan was in response to the "successes" that Russian troops have had during their 'special operation' in Ukraine. Read Full Article

Russia Claims Special Operation Meant To End Alleged U.S. Quest For World Domination - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed on Monday that the 'Special Military Operation' by Russia was meant to put an end to the United States quest for world domination and the expansion of NATO. Read Full Article

Russian Gives Warning To Finland And Sweden About Joining NATO - Spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov spoke to reporters and said that the NATO "alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation" as US officials have stated that they expect both Finland and Sweden will apply for membership of the alliance as early as June, which would increase NATO membership to 32 members.

US Defense officials had called Russia's invasion on Ukraine a 'massive strategic blunder' and said that it would likely result in an enlarging of the alliance, which directly opposes Russia's demands that the US and NATO agree to halt expansion in Eastern Europe and withdraw all forces from the region.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused unease among some non NATO members bordering Russia, which has garnered support from Finland and Sweden for joining the alliance.

Finland shares about 830 miles of border with Russia. Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that she expects her government will "end the discussion before midsummer" regarding whether an application for membership will be made.

The Swedish Social Democratic party had, in the past been against joining the NATO alliance, but it also says that it is now rethinking its position on the matter after Russia's invasion on Ukraine.

The Swedish Social Democratic party secretary Tobias Baudin spoke to the media and said that the NATO review should be completed within the next couple of months.

"When Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden's security position changed fundamentally" the party said in a statement they put out on Monday. Peskov however warned that NATO "is not that kind of alliance which ensures peace and stability, and its further expansion will not bring additional security to the European continent".

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was originally formed in 1949 by the United States, Canada and a few other European nations in order "to provide collective security against the Soviet Union" according to a government website and has since grown and expanded.

Russia Warns Of Direct Conflict With US, Which It Says Is Provoking It - Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov has warned that the West giving Ukraine weapons and ammunition may lead to direct military confrontation between Russia and the United States and claimed that the invasion was a result of Ukraine carrying out genocide of Russians.

Antonov told Newsweek, "The special operation in Ukraine is the result of the unwillingness of the Kiev regime to stop the genocide of Russians by fulfilling its obligations under the international commitments".

"The desire of the NATO member states to use the territory of a neighboring state to establish a foothold in the struggle against Russia is also obvious" he continued.

Antonov said that in Russia's eyes the war on Ukraine that started on February 24th was actually instigated 8 years prior, when the Euromaidan uprising toppled the Ukrainian government, which at the time had close ties with Russia.

According to Antonov, the uprising put a pro-Western administration in its place which sought close ties with NATO and the European Union, rather than with Russia.

In Russia's eyes, this was a "bloody coup d'état instigated by the West" in which "ultranationalist ideas came to power in Kiev", he stated.

Then, Antonov said that the removal of the Russian as the national language in Ukraine, and other policies that he said Moscow views as hostile were implemented.

He said that Russia seized Crimea with the goal of protecting the ethnic Russian majority in the region, at which time pro-Russian separatists rose up, which lead to 14,000 deaths which included civilians that each side blamed the other for.

He then accused NATO of carrying out a military exploration of Ukraine, and Ukraine of having plans of acquiring nuclear weapons. Both Ukraine and the head of the UN atomic agency IAEA has denied these allegations.

"The NATO member countries have commenced a military exploration of Ukraine It was flooded with Western weaponry while President Vladimir Zelensky announced Kiev's plans to acquire nuclear weapons which would threaten not only neighboring countries, but also the entire world", he stated.

Antonov also told Newsweek that he rejected claims by Ukraine that Russia had killed civilians in places such as Bucha where civilians were reportedly executed, some with their hands tied behind their backs, and instead claimed that Ukraine had faked the entire massacre.

"The Russian Federation is taking the necessary measures to preserve life and safety of civilians. We do everything to maintain the normal functioning of critical infrastructure facilities, to ensure law and order and the security of people. The strikes are made only on military targets and exclusively with high-precision weapons" he said.

Another strike that recently hit the Kramatorsk train station full of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee, killed at least 57 civilians. The missile had the words "For Children" written on it in Russian.

While Ukraine accuses Russia of carrying out this attack, Russia in return accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack.

Meanwhile, Washington has supported Ukraine's assessment of the attack on the Kramatorsk train station and promised to send more military aid to Ukraine.

Antonov, however warned that such aid could lead to a direct conflict between the United States and Russia.

He stated, "The NATO member countries have commenced a military exploration of Ukraine It was flooded with Western weaponry while President Vladimir Zelensky announced Kyiv's plans to acquire nuclear weapons which would threaten not only neighboring countries, but also the entire world", he stated.

Antonov, however warned that such aid could lead to a direct conflict between the United States and Russia. "Western states are directly involved in the current events as they continue to pump Ukraine with weapons and ammunitions, thereby inciting further bloodshed" he stated.

"We warn that such actions are dangerous and provocative as they are directed against our state. They can lead the U.S. and the Russian Federation onto the path of direct military confrontation. Any supply of weapons and military equipment from the West, performed by transport convoys through the territory of Ukraine, is a legitimate military target for our Armed Forces".

Expert Says China Preparing For War With US And Asia - Expert says he believes China is preparing for a war with the United States, as well as its neighboring Asian countries. NATO to expand cooperation with partners in Indo-Pacific. Read Full Article

China Says US Increasing Spy Activity In South China Sea - China has accused the United States of increasing spy activity in the South China Sea after the US deployed three surveillance vessels and the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the region ahead of joint exercises with the Philippines. Read Full Article

South Korea Launches Multiple Missiles Shortly After North Korean ICBM Test - Shortly after North Korea launched its ICBM, South Korea launched multiple missiles in response to the launch with some of its 'key missiles' including a ground to ground missile, an Army Tactical Missile, a ship to ground missile and two air to surface missiles. *Note* the South Korean Launches were not aimed at North Korea*, which is clearly stated in the article. Read Full Article

North Korea Fires Suspected ICBM Toward Sea Off East Coast - South Korea says that North Korea has tested what is suspected to be an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) according to the Yonhap South Korean news agency. The missile test would be the 11th missile test so far this year, and the first ICBM launched by the country since 2017, when it launched the Hwasong-15 missile.

The missile is said to have reached an altitude of over 6,000 kilometers, or about 3,728 miles which is a higher altitude than any other previous launches by North Korea.

There had been reports yesterday that North Korea was planning to test its newest missile, the Hwasong 17 which is reportedly North Korea's largest ICBM and can reach any U.S. city.

Japan's Defense Ministry said that the missile flew for around 71 minutes over a distance of around 1,100 kilometers, or about 684 miles.

On March 11th, Doctor Jeffrey Lewis, who is a professor at the Middlebury Institute had stated that North Korea may have been testing a 'post boost vehicle' (aka 'bus') used to deliver 'multiple nuclear warheads from a big ICBM like the Hwasong-17.

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Current Situation March 22, 2022 - The following is a report put out by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine about the current situation regarding the current situation at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. Read Full Article

NATO Carries Out Large Military Exercises Near Russian Border - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance has sent 35,000 troops, 50 ships, including a nuclear attack submarine and 200 aircraft to Norway, which borders Russia for military drills. Read Full Article

Military Drone Carrying Air Bomb Flies Across NATO Member States Into Croatia - A Soviet-era Tu-141 military drone carrying a 265-pound bomb flew across three NATO member states before finally crashing down in Croatia, in an urban area according to the Croatian defense minister on Sunday. Read Full Article

US Says Russia Requested Military Aid From China Since Beginning Of Ukraine Invasion - According to the Financial Times, US officials stated that Russia has requested military aid from China since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in the form of military equipment and other assistance, but declined to give any further details. Read Full Article

Russia Says US Experimenting With COVID In Ukraine Bio-labs, US Says Labs Peaceful - The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that the United States has been carrying out experimentation on bat coronavirus samples in U.S. established and U.S. funded bio-labs in Ukraine and that it was first revealed during Russia's 'special operation' in Ukraine. According to Turkish news, China has 'demanded answers' from the United States regarding the '26 bio-labs in Ukraine'. Read Full Article

Canada Pulls Troops From Ukraine As A Result Of Russia's Unwarranted Aggression Against Ukraine - Canada is reportedly pulling its troops out of Ukraine 'as a result of complex operational aggression against Ukraine' according to the Canadian Armed Forces, who are in the process of relocating components of their Joint Task Force from Ukraine to somewhere else in Europe.

A news release from the Ottawa, Canada National Defense and Canadian Armed Forces states "As a result of complex operational environment linked to Russia's unwarranted aggression against Ukraine, the Canadian Armed Forces is in the process of temporarily relocating components of Joint Task Force - Ukraine (JTF-U) to elsewhere in Europe.

The Temporary repositioning of JTF-U personnel does not signal the end of the mission, but rather allows us to refocus our efforts while ensuring the safety and security of CAF members.

Force protection is the top priority of our training mission, of which operational security is key".

US Officials Won't Confirm Reports That Biden Said Russian Attack Will Be Wednesday - Senior U.S. officials stated on Sunday that they can't confirm reports by mainstream sources that Russia is planning on invading Ukraine on Wednesday. They did however say that they will attempt to prevent any 'surprise attack' that might happen by sharing what they know about Russia's plans.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated that an invasion could begin any day but stated "We cannot perfectly predict the day, but we have now been saying for some time that we are in a window, and an invasion could begin -- a major military action could begin -- by Russia in Ukraine any day now. That includes this coming week before the end of the Olympics".

Sullivan stated in a different interview with CBS "Face The Nation" that "we will defend every inch of NATO territory, every inch of Article Five territory and Russia we think fully understands that message".

Ukraine is not currently a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This means that Sullivan is making it very clear that if Russia attacks Ukraine, the United States will protect NATO members, but Ukraine will be on its own against Russian forces.

Ukraine Sees No Point In Closing Airspace Amid Russian Tension - Ukraine has reportedly stated that they see no point in closing airspace amid Russian tensions. But, "If particular air carriers decide to reconfigure the flight schedule, this certainly has nothing to do with the decisions or policies of our state".

Mykhailo Podolyak, who is an adviser to Zelensky's Chief of Staff spoke to Reuters and said "The most important point is that Ukraine itself sees no point in closing the sky. This is nonsense. And, in my opinion, it somewhat resembles a kind of partial blockade".

"If particular air carriers decide to reconfigure the flight schedule, this certainly has nothing to do with the decisions or policies of our state" he added.

Dutch carrier KLM said that it is going to s top flying to Ukraine. Germany's Lufthansa said it also is considering suspending flights over Ukraine. Ukraine's SkyUp stated on Sunday that it needed to divert one flight after the person who was leasing the aircraft stated that it was not allowed to enter Ukrainian airspace due to the ongoing crisis in the region.

Brazil's President Visiting Russia, Says Brazil Wants To Cooperate With Russia In Sphere Of Defense - Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro is set to visit Russia in the midst of the crisis with Ukraine and there are reports that say that he say he allegedly wants to cooperate with Russia on the 'sphere of defense.

Russia Has Begun The Process Of Evacuating Diplomats From Ukraine - Russia has reportedly begun the process of evacuating diplomats from Ukraine according to RIA Novosti which stated (translation): "Russian Diplomats begin to leave Ukraine, a source said".

RIA Novosti said that an 'informed source' tells them "According to the statements of Ukrainian citizens, Russian diplomats and consular employees in Ukraine have begun to leave for Russia. This, in particular, is evidenced by the difficulties that have arisen when making an appointment with the consulates and the embassy".

RIA reported "According to the interlocutor of the agency, against the background of the evacuation officially announced by some Western countries, this "suggests that Moscow decided to go the same way"."

"Sergei Lavrov hinted at the possibility of such a scenario during a press conference following negotiations with British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss” the informed source recalled. The meeting between Lavrov and Truss took place on February 10th.

Russians Say They Chased US Submarine Out Of Russian Waters - *NEW INFORMATION* Russia claimed that the U.S. submarine refused orders to leave their territorial waters, but then left back into international waters after the Russian Navy used 'appropriate means'. The US has rejected Russia's claims that Russia warned off the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine.

Russia claimed that the U.S. submarine refused orders to leave their territorial waters, but then left back into international waters after the Russian Navy used 'appropriate means'. They did not specify what 'appropriate means' meant or go into further detail on the matter however.

The U.S. submarine had been navigating near where the Russian Navy has been conducting their military exercises in Russian waters near the island of Urup in the Kuril archipelago at around 10:40AM local time in Russia according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that they contacted the crew of the submarine via underwater sonar communication systems using both Russian and English languages and stated "You are in the Russian territorial waters right now! Surface immediately!" to which the U.S. submarine crew allegedly ignored the communication.

The US has rejected Russia's claims that Russia warned off the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine. Indo-Pacific Captain Kyle Ralnes stated "There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters. I will not comment on the precise location of our submarines".

U.S. Says Russia Looking To Attack On A Wednesday - Russia is looking to attack on Wednesday as a target date a U.S. official reportedly told AP. Why Wednesday? We don't know. The mainstream media has been in a state of confusion, and it only seems to be getting worse the closer the world gets to a possible war. Read more

Russia: More Than 30 Ships Of The Black Sea Fleet Moved Out For Exercises - *Based On Translation* More than 30 ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet moved out for exercises From from Novorossiysk and Sevastopol with subdivisions of the coastal troops of the fleet 'also entering combat training grounds' according to Russian state news Zvezda by Russia's Ministry of Defense. Read more

United States Deploys B-52 Bombers To The United Kingdom - The United States has deployed B-52 Stratofortress nuclear bombers belonging to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota to the United Kingdom. Read more

Request For Deep Div 2 Review Declassification - The Central Intelligence Agency (#CIA) has a secret, hidden and undisclosed massive data center that is currently storing information collected from U.S. citizens according to two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee who revealed the information on Thursday. Read more

Russia Deploys Hypersonic Missile To Baltic Near NATO Capitals - A new video in Russian that was posted on Telegram show what looks to be a Russian MiG-31K Foxhound (MiG-31I) carrying what appears to be a Kinzhal hypersonic missile to the Chkalovsk air base near Kaliningrad, which is a Russian territory that closely borders both Poland and Lithuania, both which are members of NATO. Read more

Government Report Indicates As Many AS 9,000 Americans Left In Afghanistan - A new report by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations released an exhaustive report in February, 2022 about the evacuation from Afghanistan on August 31st, 2021 indicates that 9,000 of Americans were left behind in Afghanistan, as opposed to the estimate of 100 to 150 that had been released to the public. Read more

STRATCOM On Facing Nuclear China And Russia: 'We Have No History Of This' - Air Force Major General Ferdinand B. Stoss, STRATCOM director of plans and policy issued a warning at the 2022 virtual Nuclear Deterrence Summit saying that the US and allies have not 'faced this type of threat in over 30 years' and that 'we have no history of this' regarding a nuclear China and Russia and a 'three-party nuclear peer dynamic'. Read more

Maine National Guard Deploying To Europe This Spring - Around 80 members of the Main National Guard is set to be deployed to Eastern Europe in the Spring for a one year deployment to Poland. 120th Regional Support Group will be one of two brigade units in Maine that will be carrying out base support operations for American allies in Europe for 'Operation Atlantic Resolve' under the United States European Command. Read more

Number Of Russian Battalion Tactical Groups Near Ukraine Increased From 60 To 83 In Two Weeks - National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin has reported: "Putin has in place 70 percent of the military forces he would need for a full invasion. The number of Russian battalion tactical groups (BTG) on the border has increased to 83 up from 60 battalions just two weeks ago. 14 more are in transit".

US And NATO Aircraft Intercept Russian Military Planes Over North Atlantic - United States and NATO fighter jets, which included British and Norwegian aircraft intercepted Russian planes over the North Atlantic on Thursday according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

A day before the interception on Thursday, Norwegian planes identified and intercepted Russian aircraft in the High North which was announced in a different NATO release. CNN says that the interceptions show that Russia is testing its boundaries with Europe in the air, one the land and in the sea.

Wednesday, and alert from the Norwegian Control and Reporting Center at Sørreisa stated that Russian planes "were detected flying out of the Kola Peninsula". The Kola Peninsula shares land mass with Finland.

Norwegian F-35 jets then "launched over the Finnmark coast," the release said. They identified "and shadowed a Russian A-50 Mainstay aircraft" and then returned to their base.

After the incident "the Russian group of aircraft divided up, some returning to Russian airspace while others continued south into the North Atlantic" the release stated.

Provda Claims Russian Nuclear Submarines Stationed Off US Coasts - Russian state propaganda machine and Kremlin mouthpiece Provda news claims that Russian nuclear submarines are currently on duty off the U.S. coasts, citing two 'unconfirmed' reports which included one submarine located near the east coast of the United States and one off the west coast, and also another 'presumably' in the Arctic.

Pravda says that the Russian submarines on active duty off the coasts of the United States 'can respond to to any act of aggression immediately' and then cited the Sina Military publication saying "The Russian submarines can presumably be located off both the western and the eastern coasts of the United States. Given their stealthiness, the Pentagon may not even be aware of their whereabouts. It is more than likely that another Russian submarine is staying in the Arctic, deep under the ice".

Pravda stated that it is 'impossible to either confirm or deny these reports today' and says that Russian nuclear powered submarines loaded with nuclear weapons are indeed on duty both in the Pacific and 'probably' located a thousand kilometers off the US coast, citing Avia.pro publication reports..

The excessive use of 'probably' and 'unconfirmed' and 'presumably' indicates that this is either attempts by Russia to spread misinformation, or possibly leaking out legitimate information on purpose to fulfill an agenda, such as convey a thinly veiled threat to the United States.

If there are in fact Russian nuclear submarines off the coast, the United States military most certainly knows not only that they are there, but also their precise locations at any given time and silently watching their movements.

Unclassified Attack On US Forces At Hamid Karzai International Airport - Unclassified report on U.S. Forces at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan showing the events that occurred at the airport between August 10th, 2021 to August 31st, 2021. Read more

Afghanistan Evacuation Report Released February 2022 - Full report from the U.S. Department of Defense regarding the US raid on Northern #Syria and elimination of #ISIS leader. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today that the United States and its citizens are safer after the death of the leader of ISIS in northwest Syria. Read more

US Military Operation In Syria A Complete Success According To Pentagon - More details have been given about the mission in northern Syria. The Pentagon has put out a statement saying that the operation that was carried out in Northwest Syria to eliminate or capture Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi who the Pentagon says is the leader of ISIS was a complete success, but stated that the terrorist blew up a bomb that killed civilians, including his family. Read more

PENTAGON: US Military Carries Out 'Successful' Counterterrorism Mission In Syria - The Pentagon has said that the U.S. Military has carried out a 'successful' counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria, but did not provide much in the way of details, though earlier reports of the raid piece together what happened. Read more

CONFIRMED - U.S. Led Raid In Syria Targets Jihadist With Many Civilian Casualties - Reports earlier of U.S. gunship helicopters firing on targets in Idlib Syria have been confirmed. There has been a U.S. led raid in northern Syria in the town of Atmeh, Idlib that resulted in several civilian casualties and leaving at least 12 dead.

The raid was carried out at around midnight and targeted a suspected Jihadist affiliated with the al Qaeda terrorist organization. One resident living in Atmeh told Reuters that at least 12 people had been killed in the densely populated area that is located near the Turkish border where thousands of displaced Syrians currently reside in improvised camps and housing that is over capacity.

Residents in the area said that they heard heavy gunfire while the raid was taking place and videos making the rounds on social media also allegedly captured the sound of heavy gunfire from gunships during the operation.

There are reports that the operation lasted several hours, though there is no sign that the main target was eliminated or captured during the operation and the suspect was with his family at the time the raid was carried out according to Reuters.

WarshipCam Shows Significant Navy Movement - WarshipCam is showing a significant movement of Navy warships around the globe.

Warship movement for January 18th so far is as follows (Taken from WarshipCam on Twitter):

USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) Arleigh Burke-class Flight I guided missile destroyer leaving San Diego - January 18, 2022

USS Tripoli (LHA 7) America-class amphibious assault ship leaving San Diego - January 18, 2022 #usstripoli #lha7

USS Annapolis (SSN 760) Los Angeles-class Flight III 688i (Improved) attack submarine leaving San Diego - January 18, 2022 #ussannapolis #ssn760

USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship eastbound in the Strait of Gibraltar - January 18, 2022 #usnsmendonca #takr303

Future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer coming into Pascagoula, Mississippi for final fitting out - January 18, 2022 #usslyndonbjohnson #ddg1002

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - any ideas for what's on deck? - January 18, 2022 #ussiwojima #lhd7

USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #usnsmedgarevers #take13

USNS Zeus (T-ARC-7) Cable Repair Ship leaving Yorktown, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #tarc7 #usnszeus

USS Bataan (LHD 5) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #ussbataan #lhd5

USS Arlington (LPD 24) San Antonio-class amphibious transport leaving Norfolk, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #ussarlington #lpd24

USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship leaving Norfolk, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #usskearsarge #lhd3

USCGC Tampa (WMEC 902) Famous-class medium endurance cutter leaving Portsmouth, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #uscgctampa #wmec902

USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler leaving Norfolk, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #usnsjoshuahumphreys #tao188

USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer leaving Norfolk, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #ddg98 #ussforrestsherman

USS Anchorage (LPD 23) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock heading to the ammo pier in San Diego - January 18, 2022 #ussanchorage #lpd23

USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship leaving Little Creek, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #ussgunstonhall #lsd44

USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) dock landing ship leaving Little Creek, Virginia - January 18, 2022 #usscarterhall #lsd50

Spanish Navy research/survey vessel ESPS RV Hesperides (A33) leaving Ushuaia, Argentina - January 18, 2022 #espsrvhesperides #a33

Royal Norwegian Navy (Outer Coast Guard) patrol boat KV Bison (W323) coming into Tromso, Norway - January 18, 2022 #kvbison #w323

Royal New Zealand Navy Protector-class offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington (P55) leaving Auckland Harbor, New Zealand for humanitarian aid to Tonga - January 18, 2022 #hmnzswellington #p55 #hmnzs

USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF-11) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport coming into Yokohama, Japan - January 18, 2022 #usnspuertorico #tepf11

North Korea Using Russian Made Navigation System Instead Of GPS For Its Ballistic Missile Launches - North Korea is using Russian made navigation systems instead of American made GPS system for its ballistic missiles according to a South China Morning Post news source allegedly close to the Chinese military.

The source told South China Morning Post that North Korea has been using Glonass and has 'benefited from Soviet technology'.

Andrei Chang who is editor-in-chief of the Canadian Kanwa Defence Review said "None of the anti-American countries [such as North Korea] will use GPS because of their worries about possible disruption or interference by the US military".

Chang stated that instead of using the American Global Positioning System, they use the Chinese BeiDou navigation system or Russia's global navigation satellite system which is also called Glonass.

The SCMP source, who wanted to remain anonymous said "Experts from Pyongyang assessed China’s BeiDou system as well as the Russian one and they decided Glonass was more suitable for the country’s geographic location, its high latitude, when launching missile".

"Moreover, it’s an open secret that the North has been benefited from the legacy of the former Soviet Union, which transferred intermediate-range missile technology to Pyongyang after signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the US".

China's BeiDou navigation system however is used by Iran and Pakistan's military according to the source.

"Iranian experts have managed to combine 12 civilian BeiDou signals and this – supported by their own calculations – gets it closer to the military version [used by the PLA] in terms of accuracy".

China Says It Has Developed Heat Seeking Hypersonic Missiles - China says they have developed heat seeking hypersonic missiles. Technology that the United States might not have until around 2025.

Heat seeking missiles are capable of locking onto nearly any target, even stealth aircraft and moving targets such as aircraft carriers and vehicles.

The United States Air Force has said that around 90 percent of the aircraft that it has lost over the years were shot down by heat seeking missiles.

Even the F-22 stealth fighter would be vulnerable to heat seeking missiles due to the fact that the material that coats the aircraft heat up during flight leaving a heat signature that can be tracked by heat seeking missiles.

Attention USSTRATCOM HQ Personnel - Delayed Report: "Due to forecasted severe weather, only designated/mission essential personnel will report for duty at their scheduled time (flying operations at Lincoln will continue as scheduled)".

"All others will report at 9 a.m. This order is for all 55 WG personnel and mission partners. The base clinic will likewise open at 9 am; appointments prior to the report time will be rescheduled".

"As always, please keep safety in mind. If you do not know if you are required to report or conditions are not favorable, contact your supervisor.

Both Hezbollah And Iran Now Have Drone Armies According To Intel - ISRAEL - A new report that has been released by an Israeli based Alma Research Center says that the Hezbollah which is a terrorist group based in Lebanon now has around 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs which it has amassed over the last 15 years. Read more

Another US Air Force Hypersonic Weapon Test Fails - The US Air Force conducted another hypersonic missile test for the rocket booster, but like the two other hypersonic tests this one failed as well. The prototype missile never even left the wing of the B-52H bomber that was carrying it.

The test carried out was for the rocket booster of the prototype AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile, or ARRW.

Air Force Brigadier General Health Collins told The War Zone, "On 15 Dec. 2021, the Department of the Air Force attempted a booster test flight of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) from a B-52 Stratofortress. The launch sequence was aborted before release with an unknown issue. The missile will return to the factory and analysis of the telemetry and onboard data will begin immediately. The program will seek to resume flight test as quickly as possible".

The last hypersonic missile test was in April, at which time an unknown issue caused the mission to be scrapped after the missile remained on the wing of the B-52H.

US Navy Conducts High Energy Laser Weapon Demonstration In Gulf of Aden - The US Navy's USS Portland (LPD 27) carried out a high energy laser weapon system demonstration on December 14th in the Gulf of Aden.

The Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser WEapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) Mark 2 MOD 0 was successfully fired at a 'static surface training target'.

The LWSD was previously tested by the USS Portland in May of 2020 where it successfully disabled a small unmanned system while operating in the Pacific Ocean.

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CIA Moving Away From Counter Terrorism To Focus On Russia And China Threat - The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is doing an overhaul on its training and management of its spy network and shifting focus on adversaries such as Russia and China after 20 years of focusing on counterterrorism.

CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Jennifer Ewbank said "China has emerged as our most significant and daunting challenge".

"The plans and intentions of despots and terrorists — the things that have yet to happen — are increasingly more difficult to uncover by traditional means" she continued.

CIA Deputy Director David Cohen stated "We are very focused on China these days, although I will hasten to add that in all of our conversations about China, we made clear that we are the Central Intelligence Agency, we are not the Chinese Intelligence Agency".

"what we've come to realize is that we need to really enhance and synchronize our efforts around China" he added.

US Builds New Radar That Detects Ballistic And Hypersonic Missiles In The Indo-Pacific - The Missile Defense AGency (MDA) has announced that it has built a new radar that detects both ballistic and hypersonic missiles in the Indo-Pacific region called LRDR, or Long Range Discrimination Radar.

The Long Range Discrimination Radar, which is yet to be tested has been deployed in Alaska and has a 'wide field of view' that can detect enemy threats from the entire Indo-Pacific region.

The MDA director Jon Hill stated that a 'rogue nation' in the Indo-Pacific Command region is 'targeting the U.S." and has 'demonstrated ballistic missile capability time and time again very recently".

"The radar was strategically placed in Alaska, so with this wide field of view that we can capture threats coming from that region" Hill stated. Threats that may include North Korea and China. He said that the radar will need to be tested before making it fully operational.

The MDA also said that the new radar system can track satellites, as well as small pieces of space debris which will be especially helpful to track the thousands of space debris created when Russia shot a missile at one of its own satellites and created 'over 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris".

9 Chinese Military Aircraft Violate Taiwan's ADIZ - 9 Chinese military aircraft violated Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ today, including six J-10 multi-role fighter jets, two J-16 fighter jets and one Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft.

US Seventh Fleet Commander Calls For More Aircraft Carriers In Pacific To Deter China And Russia - Vice Admiral Karl Thomas is calling for more aircraft carriers in the Pacific to deter and intimidate China and Russia so that they understand that 'today is not the day' to initiate a conflict in the region.

"When we think about how we might fight, it's a large water space, and four aircraft carriers is a good number, but six, seven or eight would be better" Thomas stated.

US Military To Upgrade And Expand Military Facilities In Guam And Australia - The US Defense Department says that they will be reinforcing and expanding deployments and bases in the Indo-Pacific to deal with Russian and Chinese threats while maintaining enough forces in the middle east to deal with Iran and Jihadist groups in that region.

The Defense Department will be expanding and upgrading military facilities in both Guam and Australia, highlighting threats by China in the Indo-Pacific as the top defense priority according to officials.

Top Pentagon official Mara Karlin told NDTV reporters, "directs additional cooperation with allies and partners across the region to advance initiatives that contribute to regional stability and deter potential military aggression from China and threats from North Korea".

"strengthens the combat-credible deterrent against Russian aggression in Europe and enables NATO forces to operate more effectively" she added.

Regarding the Middle East Karlin said, "We have global responsibilities and must ensure the readiness and modernization of our forces. These considerations require us to make continuous changes to our Middle East posture, but we always have the capability to rapidly deploy forces to the region based on the threat environment".

"In Australia, you'll see new rotational fighter and bomber aircraft deployments, you'll see ground forces training and increased logistics cooperation".

Karlin added that Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and in Australia will see airport upgrades and fuel and munitions storage facilities.

When asked about an increase in US military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, Karlin stated "We're moving the needle a bit. And what I'd like to think is, over the coming years, you will see that needle move more".

US Space Force General Says Chinese And Russians More Advanced Than US On Hypersonic Missiles - US Space Force General David Thompson spoke at a security forum and said that the United States is not as advanced as the Chinese or Russians when it comes to Hypersonic missiles.

Thompson stated, "We are not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs. We have catching up to do very quickly, the Chinese have an incredible hypersonic program. It's a very concerning development ... it greatly complicates the strategic warning problem."

An report by the US congress had stated that Russia and China have "a number of hypersonic weapons programs" and have "likely fielded operational hypersonic glide vehicles - potentially armed with nuclear warheads".

Thursday, Russia test fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the Gorshkov frigate. The report by the US congress said, "China has also demonstrated a growing interest in Russian advances in hypersonic weapons technology" and that "Chinese papers on hypersonic weapons include references to Russian weapons programs".

Two hypersonic missile tests were carried out by China in August, one missile circled the globe at such a low altitude that US radars were entirely unable to detect it as it sped over 5 times the speed of sound.

US Test Of Hypersonic Rocket Ends In Failure - Another US test of a hypersonic rocket which took place on Thursday has ended in failure when the booster stack, which is used to accelerate the rocket to hypersonic speeds failed, preventing the glide body from being tested further.

Lieutenant Commander Time Gorman, a Pentagon spokesman put out a statement saying, "Experiments and tests -- both successful and unsuccessful -- are the backbone of developing highly complex, critical technologies at tremendous speed, as the department is doing with hypersonic technologies".

The Pentagon has put development of hypersonic weapons as its top priority as China has successfully tested two hypersonic glide vehicles, and Russia is also working on their own version.

US Tests Three Hypersonic Weapon Component Prototypes - The United States Army and Navy has tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes.

The tests were run by the Sandia National Laboratory in NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. A statement said, "inform the development of the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and the Army's Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) offensive hypersonic strike".

The Navy and Army will carry out a flight test of the hypersonic missile in fiscal 2022, which began October 1st according to Reuters. In a statement, the Pentagon said that the tests "demonstrated advanced hypersonic technologies, capabilities, and prototype systems in a realistic operating environment".

This, shortly after the Chinese carried out their second successful test of a hypersonic weapon which is said to be unlike anything that the United States, or anyone in the world currently has and is capable of breaching all known types of missile defenses.

CIA Sends Out Top Secret Cable To All Stations And Bases As Growing Number Of Informants Worldwide Caught And Killed - The CIA has sent a top secret cable to all of its stations and bases around the globe reminding informants and agents to be more careful as adversaries counterintelligence have become more successful with tracking and finding operatives which has lead to an increased number of operatives killed in the field.

The cable included the number of informants that were caught, but their identities were not exposed in the cable. The cable warned of tactical recalculations, but also stated that operatives that were caught were overly focused on mission success and not following proper procedure in screening for informants so as not to recruit double agents accidentally.

U.S. Navy Conducts Successful Trident Missile Test - The U.S. Navy has conducted a successful two missile flight test of the unarmed life extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from aboard the Ohio class submarine, USS Wyoming (SSBN-742).

The tests were conducted on a test range off of the east coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida on September 17th and were part of a demonstration and Shakedown Operation named DASO-31 in which the objective was to both evaluate and demonstrate the readiness of the SSBN's Strategic Weapon System (SWS) and the crew.

Vice Admiral Johnny R. Wolfe who is the director of the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems programs said, "Today’s [Sept. 17] test demonstrates the unmatched reliability of our sea-based nuclear deterrent, which is made possible by a dedicated team of military, civilian and industry partners who bring expertise and dedication to the mission that is truly extraordinary,” said Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe, director of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs. Further, “This same team is now developing the next generation of the Trident Strategic Weapon System, which will extend our sea-based strategic deterrent through 2084."

"This same team is now developing the next generation of the Trident Strategic Weapon System, which will extend our sea-based strategic deterrent through 2084." he continued.

Head Of CENTCOM To Announce Zero Isis-K Killed In U.S. Drone Strike August 29th With 10 Civilians Killed - CENTCOM has announced that no ISIS-K terrorists were likely killed in the U.S. drone strike on August 29th, but that 10 civilians, including 7 children were killed in the strike on the aid worker's vehicle. Read more

Evidence Points To US Drone Strike Targeting Civilians And Children - An investigation carried out by the New York Times says that there was no ISIS-K bomb being loaded into a vehicle that was targeted and blown up by a US drone based on 'evidence' that it was loaded with explosives. The report also shows that the US drone strike killed 10 civilians, 7 of which were children. Read more

Trump's Secretary Of Defense Says His Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan Was A Ruse - Chris Miller, Trump's final Defense Secretary says that Trump's talk of a full withdrawal was a ruse, a play to convince the Taliban-led government to keep U.S. counterterrorism forces. Read more

US Air Launched Mach 7 Hypersonic Rapid Response Missile In Development - The US Air Force is currently developing the AGM-183A, or hypersonic Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon capable of going mach 7 speeds which is seven times the speed of sound, or over 5,370 miles per hour. Read more

Pentagon Estimates Nuclear Cruise Missiles Will Cost $29 Billion - The Pentagon has estimated that the total cost to develop and maintain nuclear cruise missiles will cost $29 billion, $2 billion more than the Air Force estimate.

"Because there is a limited actual cost data" for the new nuclear cruise missile, the Air Force and the Pentagon both "used different estimating methodologies, resulting in a significant difference in procurement costs", a Defense Department letter stated.

US Navy Sets Off 3.9 Earthquake Off Florida In Carrier Shock Trial Tests - The US Navy set off a magnitude 3.9 earthquake during shock trial tests of its newest aircraft carrier 100 miles off Flagler Beach, Florida.

The USS Gerald R. Ford was first commissioned in 2017 and costed 13 billion dollars to build, which makes it the world's most expensive warship to date.

Preliminary Assessment Of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - UAP - Declassified Preliminary assessment of unidentified aerial phenomena from the Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence. Read more

U.S. Considering Permanent Naval Task Force Near China - The Pentagon is currently devising a plan to establish a permanent naval task force in the Pacific near China, in light of China's expanding military and 'assertive' behavior as NATO declares China a security threat for the first time. Read more

US Navy Adding Hypersonic Mach-5 Missiles To 3 Warships - The United States Navy is adding Mach-5 hypersonic missiles that have been in development to three of its warships boosting their ability to attack land targets considerably, as well as their range which boosts their ability to hit targets up to more than 1,700 miles in distance. In 2022 the U.S. Navy asked congress for $1.4 Billion to develop the CPS missile to be added to the three Zumwalt class cruisers.

MK-Ultra Mind control experiments - Declassified copy of the MK-Ultra mind control experiments between 1953 and 1964. Read more

U.S. Air Force Wants To Put Lasers On Aircraft By 2025 - The United States Air Force is working towards putting lasers on their aircraft by 2025. The laser system would be called 'SHiELD', or Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator. SHIELD would be used to defend against surface to air (SAM) and air to air (AAM) missile attacks.

U.S. Considered Nuclear Strike On China In 1958 To Defend Taiwan - Declassified top secret documents that were posted on the internet by Daniel Ellsberg from the "Pentagon Papers" show reveal that the United States considered a nuclear strike on China in 1958 to prevent an invasion of Taiwan. Read more

Dossier Indicates China Has Been Preparing For Bio Warfare With Coronavirus - According to the U.S. State Department, a paper written by Chinese scientists six years ago that has recently been uncovered indicate that China has been preparing for a third world war using Coronavirus and other biological and genetic weapons. Read more