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UK Says Russian Spy Ship Zapped RAF Pilots With Lasers

UK Says Russian Spy Ship Zapped RAF Pilots With Lasers

November 19, 2025 4:19 pm

A Russian spy ship, the Yantar, has reportedly used lasers to disrupt Royal Air Force pilots tracking its movements near UK waters, Defence Secretary John Healey has said. He described the incident as “deeply dangerous” and said the government was treating it with the utmost seriousness.

Healey said the ship, operating north of Scotland, had entered UK waters for the second time this year. It was being monitored by a Royal Navy frigate and RAF Poseidon P-8 aircraft at the time. The laser incident is understood to have occurred within the last two weeks.

“My message to Russia and to …

Children Among 25 Killed In Russian Strike on Ternopil

Children Among 25 Killed In Russian Strike on Ternopil

November 19, 2025 3:38 pm

At least 25 people, including three children, were killed in a Russian missile and drone attack on two apartment blocks in Ternopil, western Ukraine, officials said, with another 73 wounded, 15 of them children. The strike early Wednesday marks one of the deadliest in the region since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Ukraine’s air force reported that Russian X-101 cruise missiles struck the residential buildings. Nearby regions, including Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, were also targeted, and drone attacks hit three districts of northeastern Kharkiv, wounding more than 30 people. Social media footage showed buildings and vehicles ablaze, with …

Kyiv Reels As Overnight Barrage Leaves One Dead

Kyiv Reels As Overnight Barrage Leaves One Dead

November 14, 2025 7:11 am

Kyiv woke to another night of fear turned reality, as a sweeping Russian strike tore through the capital, killing an elderly woman and injuring more than two dozen others. Ukraine’s emergency service described the assault as “massive,” a wave of missiles and drones that left entire blocks rattled and residents once again counting the cost of a war now entering yet another winter.

Fires broke out across much of the city, and rescue crews moved through smoke-filled stairwells to pull more than 40 people from damaged buildings. Among the injured was a 10-year-old boy. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitaly Klitschko, said a …

Venezuela Plans Guerrilla Resistance Amid U.S. Military Threat

Venezuela Plans Guerrilla Resistance Amid U.S. Military Threat

November 11, 2025 7:28 am

Venezuela is quietly preparing for a possible U.S. military attack by deploying outdated Russian-made weapons and training forces for a nationwide guerrilla-style resistance, according to planning documents and sources familiar with the matter.

The strategy — described internally as “prolonged resistance” — reflects President Nicolás Maduro’s acknowledgment that his armed forces are ill-equipped to face the United States in a conventional war. Washington’s recent military buildup in the Caribbean and President Donald Trump’s comments suggesting that “the land is going to be next” after anti-narcotics strikes near Venezuela have deepened Caracas’s fears of invasion.

In what officials call a dual-defense …

Zelensky Condemns ‘Vile’ 12-Hour Russian Barrage On Kyiv

Zelensky Condemns ‘Vile’ 12-Hour Russian Barrage On Kyiv

September 28, 2025 10:23 am

Ukraine endured one of its most sustained air assaults in months on Saturday night, as Russian forces unleashed a 12-hour bombardment that killed at least four people and injured more than 70, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The attacks, which involved nearly 600 drones and dozens of missiles across seven regions, struck hardest in Kyiv, where the victims included a 12-year-old girl. Emergency services confirmed that a nurse and a patient were killed when the city’s Institute of Cardiology was hit. Other strikes damaged a bakery, an automobile rubber factory, apartment blocks, and critical infrastructure.

“This vile attack shows Moscow’s only …

Kyiv Endures Deadly Barrage As Russia Expands Air Campaign

Kyiv Endures Deadly Barrage As Russia Expands Air Campaign

September 28, 2025 10:08 am

Kyiv awoke to another night of terror after Russian forces unleashed what Ukrainian officials described as a “massive attack” on the capital and multiple regions across the country. At least four people were killed and 27 wounded in the capital, while a separate strike on Zaporizhzhia injured 16, including three children.

Ukraine’s foreign minister said Moscow had launched “hundreds of drones and missiles” in the overnight bombardment, one of the heaviest in recent months. Russia has yet to comment on the strikes, though the scale suggested an effort not only to damage infrastructure but also to test Ukraine’s overstretched defenses.…

How US, NATO Is Using Tech For Disinformation – Report

How US, NATO Is Using Tech For Disinformation – Report

September 30, 2022 4:53 am

An intelligence report by Russian military authorities has revealed that the current propaganda of the United States and the European countries around their interests is a repeat of past media campaigns against the geopolitical opponents of the West.

The report which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York had alleged that methods of replicating and falsifying facts were deployed by the West led by the United States and Great Britain in Syria, Serbia, Libya, Iraq, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, saying it’s quite clear where Kiev got all the manuals.

‘It is worth remembering the most resonant event, which served …

Russia Lashes Out At Continued Israeli Strikes On Syria

Russia Lashes Out At Continued Israeli Strikes On Syria

September 5, 2022 5:45 am

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has announced that Moscow condemns in strong terms as unacceptable the ongoing Israeli attacks on Syria that could result in a significant military escalation.

‘We consider similar irresponsible moves by Israel to be absolutely inadmissible. We resolutely condemn them,’ Zakharova emphasised.

The Russian diplomat also claimed that the Israeli strikes are a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty and fundamental principles of international law.

‘We believe that such a vicious practice in no way contributes to reducing security risks for Israel itself. On the contrary, destabilising acts of force may provoke retaliatory moves and lead …

U.S. Releases 2019 Memo Opposing Trump's Obstruction Charge

U.S. Releases 2019 Memo Opposing Trump’s Obstruction Charge

August 25, 2022 5:25 am

Following a subpoena, the Justice Department made public has published a 2019 memo in which two senior attorneys general proposed against charging then-President Donald Trump with impeding Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

Several Democrats at the time, as well as some former Justice Department attorneys, criticized Barr’s decision to exonerate Trump of obstruction charges, alleging that he was shielding his master.

‘The memo presents a breathtakingly generous view of the law and facts for Donald Trump,’ CREW stated this in a statement. ‘Among many other problems, it is premised on the fact …

Russian Cyberspace Attacked By China - Report

Russian Cyberspace Attacked By China – Report

August 18, 2022 5:39 am
According to cyber security firm identified as Kaspersky Laboratory, a number of Russian government agencies and security firms have reportedly been targeted by a group of Chinese hackers, who have posed cyber security risks to the mentioned companies.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that recently, several malicious cyber attacks on the Russian Federation’s military-industrial complex were allegedly executed by the Chinese hacker organization notoriously identified as TA428.
According to specialists, the attacks encompassed the dissemination of spam emails with malware code and classified info, and were first identified in January 2022.
Mr. Emesakoru Enifome, a foreign affairs specialist, Alleged
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Over 75,000 Russian Troops Killed, Injured In Ukraine - US

Over 75,000 Russian Troops Killed, Injured In Ukraine – US

July 29, 2022 5:24 am

The Joe Biden-led administration as President of the United States has asserted that over 75,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

It informed US lawmakers this during a classified briefing on Wednesday.

‘We were briefed that over 75,000 Russians have either been killed or wounded, which is huge,” the official said, according to CNN.

‘You’ve got incredible amounts of investment in their land forces, over 80% of their land forces are bogged down, and they’re tired.”

Read Also: War: Ukraine Sends Strong Warning To Russia

Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a Democrat …

Ukraine War Vladimir Putin Compares Self To Peter The Great

Ukraine War: Vladimir Putin Compares Self To Peter The Great

June 10, 2022 4:43 am

Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin has likened himself to Russian monarch Peter the Great, the tsar who led a conquest of the Baltic coast during his 18th-century war against Sweden as the ongoing war in Ukraine rages on.

Putin also made a case for his country’s need to ‘take back’ territory and ‘defend itself’ as the Kremlin’s forces continued a grinding war of attrition in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.

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Africa Daily News, New York recalls that after visiting an exhibition in Moscow dedicated to the 350th birthday of the tsar, Putin drew parallels between Peter the Great’s founding …

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