The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s intelligence agency has arrested “a number of cyber activists with links to foreigners,” the Teheran Fars News Agency reported. “[The Iranian cyber activists] were (more…)
Ukraine abruptly called off the long anticipated comprehensive trade deal with the European Union on Nov. 21 for “National Security reasons.” Meanwhile, Kiev expressed its desire to resume an (more…)
Moscow and Kiev have finally agreed to a compromise energy deal ending a dispute that had locked the two former Soviet states into a decade-long diplomatic freeze. Like most (more…)
A senior Haqqani network figure of the Afghan Taliban was killed by unidentified gunmen in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad in the evening of Nov. 10. The attack dealt (more…)
The government of Turkey is facing increasing pressure from its key NATO allies, especially the United States, and may abandon its earlier decision to buy a Chinese-made missile defense (more…)
The United States and New Zealand will resume close military cooperation after nearly three-decades of bilateral ban on any joint military actions between the two democracies. The move highlights (more…)
Iran’s government insists Russian-made S-300 missiles are defensive weapons, therefore not subject to the international ban on weapons exports to Iran. The Russians apparently agree, and are thus in (more…)
Iran announced on Sept. 27 that serial production of Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicles had begun and that the UAVs can strike multiple stationary and mobile targets. Citing sources from (more…)
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro went on national TV on Oct.1 to announce his decision to expel three U.S. diplomats he charged were colluding with Venezuela’s domestic political opposition party. Maduro (more…)
