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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at North Korean forces in Russia, Hezbollah naming its new leader, and an election recount in the country of Georgia. ‘Growing Desperation’ NATO confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have deployed to Russia’s Kursk region to help combat Ukraine. This marks a “significant escalation” in the […]
Moscow: Russia’s nuclear forces today began a special exercise after orders were received from President Vladimir Putin. The move comes at a critical point in the Ukraine war after senior officials in Moscow termed it the “most difficult phase”. This is the second such military exercise initiated by Putin in a fortnight and the West-led […]
Il ministro degli Esteri nordcoreano, Choe Son Hui, è arrivato in Russia per una visita ufficiale di due giorni. Lo riferiscono le agenzie di stampa locali, citando fonti diplomatiche russe. Questa visita avviene in un momento in cui l’Occidente denuncia l’invio di migliaia di soldati nordcoreani operativi nel Kursk, per combattere contro l’Ucraina. Lancio di […]
Russia’s military test-fired ballistic missiles across the country Tuesday to simulate a “massive” nuclear response to an attack on the country. The exercises came a month after President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to broaden Russia’s rules on the use of its nuclear weapons. The Kremlin said the changes served as a warning to Western countries […]
Tbilisi si risveglia in un’alba tesa e sospesa, il cielo grigio quasi a riflettere l’incertezza che avvolge la città. Il verdetto elettorale esplode come un tuono: con il 54,23% dei voti, la Commissione Elettorale Centrale proclama la vittoria del partito filorusso Sogno Georgiano, fondato dall’oligarca Bidzina Ivanishvili e al potere dal 2012. Il partito è […]
The North Korean Special Forces sent to Russia are the state’s best trained troops but they will face challenges with modern warfare technology, experts say. Source link
North Korea has emerged as an increasingly valuable partner to the United States’ leading adversaries, including Russia and Iran, as they engage in conflicts with nations backed by the U.S. and its allies. While often dismissed in the West as a backward and isolated power dependent on China, North Korea has amassed an expansive and […]
North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region. Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon […]
Georgia’s pro-European president on Monday alleged that parliamentary polls – whose results have been rejected by the opposition – were marred by widespread voting fraud bearing the hallmarks of Russia’s influence, as tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi in response to opposition calls to protest against the “stolen election”. According […]
Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-backed hackers have been active throughout the 2024 United States campaign season, compromising digital accounts associated with political campaigns, spreading disinformation, and probing election systems. But in a report from early October, the threat-sharing and coordination group known as the Election Infrastructure ISAC warned that cybercriminals like ransomware attackers pose a […]