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The US has charged 17 Iranian nationals over an alleged state-sponsored cyber campaign that targeted hundreds of universities, companies and government bodies and stole more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property. The defendants are accused of being members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that US prosecutors say has conducted cyber [...]
Russia has threatened Britain with “consequences” after reports that British-made drones were used by Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russian territory. The Russian embassy in London accused the UK of escalating the war after reports that drones manufactured by two British companies had been deployed in Ukraine’s recent long-range attacks. “London’s actions will inevitably [...]
By André Pienaar This week, the Russian embassy in London issued a statement of war against the United Kingdom. Responding to reports that British-made drones have been used by Ukraine in long-range strikes against military and industrial targets inside Russia, the embassy declared that London’s actions “will inevitably carry consequences” and that the deeper Britain’s [...]
The war with Iran and continuing weapons shipments to Ukraine are placing growing pressure on supplies of tungsten, a critical metal used in missiles, ammunition and industrial manufacturing. Tungsten prices have risen as American and European defence companies seek supplies to replace stocks consumed in the conflicts, while China, which dominates global production, maintains tight [...]
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an individual posing as Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff in an apparent security breach.Downing Street has declined to comment on the incident, which is understood to have involved only a handful of messages before suspicions were raised about the identity of the sender.The person claimed [...]
The Royal Navy has stepped up operations against Russian warships and submarines around Britain amid a sharp increase in Moscow’s naval activity. Warships and helicopters spent 21 days monitoring Russian vessels in UK waters and the North Atlantic during July, with four Royal Navy ships deployed alongside submarine-hunting aircraft. The Ministry of Defence said the [...]
Ukraine has sharply increased long-range drone attacks on Russia, striking oil refineries, military factories, logistics hubs and other targets hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border. The growing reach of Kyiv’s drone force was demonstrated this week when Ukrainian aircraft struck Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan, around 750 miles east of the Ukrainian border. Russian authorities said [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected a US-backed proposal intended to bring an end to the war in Gaza, exposing an unusual disagreement with President Donald Trump only weeks after the White House announced what it described as “a historic agreement”. The proposal, presented in July by Trump’s Board of Peace, set out [...]
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a defence agreement committing each country to come to the aid of the others in the event of an armed attack, marking one of the most significant shifts in the region’s security landscape in recent years. The agreement was signed in Mecca by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin [...]
By Andre Pienaar The Iranian regime published its terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz today on state media, and they read less like a maritime framework and more like a ransom note. On Thursday, 06 August, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated Fars News Agency released an initial draft plan setting out the conditions [...]
