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Russia observed “Victory Day” on Thursday, a holiday commemorating victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The day has become an increasingly strident nationalist spectacle under Vladimir Putin, who has all but erased the U.S. and its allies from memories of the war.

The figurehead president of the Cuban communist Castro regime, Miguel Díaz-Canel, arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for a two-day official visit that will include a meeting with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, who has been recently inaugurated for a new six-year term as president.

Ukraine detained two agents in its equivalent to the Secret Service for allegedly plotting with Russia to assassinate President Zelensky.

By taking out the power, the Kremlin aims to rob Ukrainian manufacturing of its energy, especially military plants, and crush public morale.

A report published on Monday by Bloomberg, citing the Russian Finance Ministry, found that Moscow generated over double the amount of revenue in April 2024 from oil sales and taxes compared to April 2023.

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday the arrest of an American soldier, identified by multiple news agencies as Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, in Vladivostok, stating that he faces charges of “household crime” and is not suspected of being a spy.

The United States Army confirmed reports that Russia detained an American soldier. He is accused of “stealing from a woman,” officials said.

Germany said Monday it recalled its ambassador to Russia Berlin following an alleged hacking attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party.

Military is to respond to “inflammatory statements… by some Western officials” by drilling with tactical nuclear weapons, Moscow said. 

India and Japan responded to comments made by President Joe Biden earlier this week in which he referred to several countries as being “xenophobic.”

Russia issued arrest warrants for Volodymyr Zelensky alongside top former Ukrainian officials including ex-president Petro Poroshenko.

The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by Russian forces in the Donetsk region, forcing local residents to flee their homes.

Germany accused Russia of hacking the top echelons of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party and other sensitive government and industrial targets

Fewer Germans are getting married and having children, but the population continues to soar thanks to immigration.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Friday that American troops are sharing space in Niger with Russian military forces.

Japan is “xenophobic,” as well as Russia and China, President Joe Biden, 81, declared Wednesday in an unprecedented statement.

WNBA star Brittney Griner says that during the early days of her Russian imprisonment, she felt like taking her own life.

During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” outgoing Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Adm. John Aquilino stated that we’re seeing a linkage between authoritarian countries in

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week broke the uneasy silence among China’s leadership and offered public comments on the upcoming American election, which stands a good chance of returning outspoken China critic Donald Trump to the White House.

Five people were killed and dozens injured in a missile strike on Ukraine’s third city, Odesa, with an ornate seafront building burnt out. 

Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was arrested at a Moscow airport in 2022 for possession of an illegal cannabis cartridge, blames a “mental lapse” for why she forgot to remove the cartridge before inspection.

Two Ukrainian citizens stabbed to death in Germany on Saturday were wounded soldiers recuperating away from the front lines, Kyiv says.

The front lines have deteriorated and “heavy fighting” continues apace, the Commander in Chief of Ukraine’s armed forces said.

U.S. intelligence officials reportedly determined Russian President Vladimir Putin likely did not order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The Investigative Committee said the same gunmen had raided another police checkpoint in the region a week before, killing two police.

Two Ukrainian men were stabbed to death in Germany, police said Sunday, and a Russian man was arrested as a possible suspect in the killings.

Russian drones early Sunday struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze, the local Ukrainian governor reported.

Russia detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March.

Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. w

Iranian President Raisi visited Sri Lanka to launch a hydropower project, and a Russian company has taken over China’s white-elephant airport.

U.S. forces were expelled from both Niger and Chad this week, dealing a serious blow to the Biden administration’s diplomacy and counter-terrorism policies in Africa.

Ukrainians marked the 38th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster with memorials on Friday.

Five men charged over an arson attack against a Ukrainian business in East London in March.

Belarus accuses NATO of provocations that could trigger nucelar apocalypse, and of allegedly launching ‘combat drone’ strikes against Minsk.

Russia on Wednesday used its veto power at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to block a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan to ban nuclear weapons in outer space.

A Chinese container ship remains the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members.