Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of ‘Down with the Tsar’ (2026-10-04 23:30 UTC)
Kurz: The event had been authorized by Moscow authorities, but detentions reportedly intensified as the rally was ending and participants shifted toward more directly anti-Kremlin slogans.
Kurz: Kharkiv has also faced repeated attacks with other Russian aerial weapons in recent days. On Oct. 2, Russian glide bombs struck the city’s Slobidskyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts, killing two women and injuring 36 people, including three children.
Russian drone strike hits energy facility in Poltava Oblast, leaves 22,000 without power (2026-10-04 21:37 UTC)
Kurz: The strike comes just two days after another Russian drone hit an energy facility in the region’s Lubny district, leaving around 6,000 consumers without electricity.
Jaw-Jaw With Belarus, Revisited Amid Ukraine War (2026-10-01 17:30 UTC)
Kurz: In 2021, Michael Kimmage wrote, “Belarus and the Ukraine Trap,” where he argued the United States should adopt a realistic diplomatic relationship with Belarus that takes into account its strategic partnership with Russia and learns from overpromises made to Ukraine. Five years l…
Updates from the UN General Assembly 2026 (2026-09-25 13:56 UTC)
Kurz: Updates from the UN General Assembly 2026 eschelhaas Fri, 09/25/2026 - 15:56 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Flags at United Nations Headquarters. New York, U…
Yemen’s government calls for international support against Houthis (2026-10-05 05:41 UTC)
Kurz: Yemen’s government calls for international support against Houthis The foreign minister of Yemen’s government is requesting the international community’s backing against the Houthis. for more support to defeat the Houthis, saying it’s “in the world’s interest” for the country to …
Middle East oil exports recover to pre-Iran war levels despite Hormuz attacks (2026-10-05 05:35 UTC)
Kurz: Gulf crude exports returned to pre-war levels in September, with producers increasingly relying on alternative routes and ship-to-ship transfers to bypass Hormuz. Iranian exports remain below the pre-war average.
Iran sets up military training camp for volunteers in face of US threats (2026-10-05 05:11 UTC)
Kurz: Iran on Saturday inaugurated a second makeshift military training base in the capital Tehran, in a show of defiance as the US threatens to “blow up” and “annihilate” Iran.
Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter (2026-10-05 04:02 UTC)
Kurz: Gaza family mourns Christian mother and daughter Mary Abu Dawud and her mother Maysaa were among the five Palestinians killed in the al-Asala residential building, after three strikes hit the area at around 1.30am, according to Palestinian authorities and church representatives. …
Kurz: Syria has restored a sabotaged gas pipeline near Deir Ezzor and is repairing another line near Damascus as authorities confront threats to the country’s energy infrastructure. The repairs come amid wider challenges, including Islamic State activity and electricity, water, and fue…
US charges engineer with supporting Houthis, Louisiana brothers and Florida man with financing Hamas (2026-10-02 14:49 UTC)
Kurz: In September, federal prosecutors brought three cases involving alleged support for Middle East terrorist groups: one against a DOE engineer accused of assisting the Houthis and two others accusing Louisiana brothers and a Florida beauty-store owner of financing Hamas. The post U…
Sudan: Driver killed as UN WFP aid trucks strafed in South Kordofan (2026-10-04 12:49 UTC)
Kurz: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has called for an impartial investigation after two ‘clearly… The post Sudan: Driver killed as UN WFP aid trucks strafed in South Kordofan appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
New USO brings pickleball and pancakes to troops fighting al-Shabab in Somalia (2026-09-18 11:22 UTC)
Kurz: A USO center recently opened at Cooperative Security Location Kismayo, a remote outpost, providing recreation, stress relief and support during deployment.
Thousands of Imran Khan supporters march towards Pakistan’s barricaded capital (2026-10-04 17:33 UTC)
Kurz: Supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, have started a march towards the capital Islamabad to demand his release from prison.
Zheng Yongnian on China-US realism and battling for the upper hand before the next summit (2026-10-04 22:00 UTC)
Kurz: Zheng Yongnian is a political scientist in China and a government adviser. His academic work is mainly about contemporary China, particularly politics, the country’s transformation and its external relations. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the…
Eight countries including China join military exercises in Russia (2026-10-04 13:28 UTC)
Kurz: Troops from eight countries including China have been participating in joint military exercises in Russia. The exercise concluded on Saturday after conducting coordinated ground and air operations, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Pentagon Doubles Down on Pacific Area Denial, Need for High-end Munitions (2026-10-02 19:07 UTC)
Kurz: The Pentagon doubled down on its plans to establish a forward-deployed area denial, anti-access network along the First Island Chain to deter China in the 2026 National Defense Security update. In a Sept. 22 report to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2026 NDS, Defense U…
Navy Contracts RTX for $24.4B Standard Missile-6 Deal (2026-10-02 20:59 UTC)
Kurz: The U.S. Navy contracted RTX to produce more than 1,900 Standard Missile-6s over five years in a $24.4 billion deal announced on Thursday. “This SM-6 award gives industry the demand signal and stability to expand production, strengthen the munitions industrial base, and build the…
How Closed Airspace Threatens U.S. Military Mobility Across Eurasia (2026-10-02 07:30 UTC)
Kurz: For much of the modern aviation era, geography was something the global aviation industry learned to overcome. Simply put, unlike a railway, a pipeline, or a highway, an aircraft does not require a continuous physical infrastructure between its point of departure and its destinat…
Cyber Operators Are Deployed in Place. The Pentagon Should Treat Them That Way (2026-10-02 07:15 UTC)
Kurz: A cyber operator can spend a shift tracking an adversary halfway around the world, walk to the parking lot, and be home in time for dinner. There is no flight home, no demobilization, and no transition from an operational mission back to ordinary life. The war zone is a commute a…
What Peacemaking Loses When Women Are Left Out (2026-09-25 11:39 UTC)
Kurz: What Peacemaking Loses When Women Are Left Out cthuratong Fri, 09/25/2026 - 13:39 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Op-Ed / Gender and Conflict 25 September 202…
Russians carry out 45 attacks on Sumy region in one day, leaving one killed, several injured (2026-10-05 05:21 UTC)
Kurz: Russian forces carried out 45 strikes on 21 settlements across 14 territorial communities in the Sumy region over the 24-hour period from the morning of October 4 to the morning of October 5, killing one person and injuring others.
US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF Fairford (2026-10-05 04:58 UTC)
Kurz: No reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to “suspicious vehicles” near the airbase.
Battlegroup West downed 102 heavy multicopters — spokesman (2026-10-05 03:17 UTC)
Kurz: Fifty-five drone control stations, twelve Starlink terminals, thirty-five unmanned ground vehicles and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were also uncovered and destroyed
Rotting food waste emits 5 times more greenhouse gases than planes (2026-10-03 12:00 UTC)
Kurz: Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation sector, the UN’s environment agency warned this week.