INTEL ARCHIVE

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrinform·14 days ago

Poland scrambles military aircraft twice in morning over Russian strikes on Ukraine

Poland scrambled its military aircraft twice on Thursday morning in response to Russian strikes on Ukraine.

CRITICALNuclear/Missile

A quarter-century after the 'war on terror' began, the American Middle East is over

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Middle East Eye·14 days ago

🌍 Global·TASS·14 days ago

Japan tries to break free from post-war order — Chinese military

Zhang Bin, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense, said that Beijing strongly urges Japan to provide a clear explanation for its accelerating "remilitarization" efforts

HIGHMISSILE_ATTACK

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia; CEO claims disruption fixable in days

Saudi Aramco CEO on the Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia: "Any disruption can be fixed within days." Reuters.

🕌 Middle East·X/@osint613·14 days ago

Kremlin:

Kremlin: It is too early to talk about Putin’s trip to the G20 and a meeting with Trump. We will provide our response to the invitation later.

🇾🇪 Yemen·Al Jazeera·14 days ago

Yemeni forces say they repel Houthi attacks in Taiz as fighting rages

Government forces say dozens of Houthis killed in southwestern governorate during battles for strategic highlands.

🌍 Global·TASS·14 days ago

Prospects for CTBT’s entry into force unclear, primarily due to US — diplomat

"Despite the fact that 179 of the 188 signatory states have ratified the treaty, the prospects for the CTBT’s entry into force remain just as unclear," Maria Zakharova said

🌍 Global·TASS·14 days ago

NATO recon aircraft spotted operating over Black Sea since morning

A NATO Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft took off from Romania

🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·14 days ago

US, China agree two-month trade truce extension ahead of summit

China and the United States agreed to extend a trade-war truce by two months to January 10, as President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a summit with US President Donald Trump. The short extension will let the US assess whether China is meeting trade commitments, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Wednesday following “unscheduled” extra talks with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng. China had sought to stretch the “Busan Agreement” pause until January 2029, when Trump’s term in.

HIGHNuclear/Missile

Air defense downs 219 UAVs, 8 missiles; hits at 13 locations

Ukraine's Defense Forces neutralized 227 enemy targets overnight Thursday, though hits by enemy air attack weapons were recorded at 13 locations, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Interfax Ukraine·14 days ago

🇮🇷 Iran·NDTV World·14 days ago

An AI 'Kill Chain' Was Behind US Strikes On Iranian School In Minab: Report

The US reportedly struck more than 1,000 Iranian targets during the first 24 hours of the war. The school in Minab was one of them. It landed on the target list because the compound it was built on had been classified as an IRGC facility for years.

CRITICALAerial

From medicine to politics: Dr Najeeb Naqi’s journey from accidental entrant to AJK president

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🇮🇳 India·Dawn·14 days ago

CRITICALNuclear/Missile

Russian attacks kill at least 16, injure 59 across Ukraine as Kyiv hit by waves of drones, ballistic missiles

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Kyiv Independent·14 days ago

CRITICALGround

Israeli attacks kill at least seven Palestinians across Gaza despite ‘ceasefire’

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🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·14 days ago

🇮🇷 Iran·Jerusalem Post·14 days ago

OECD cuts Turkish economic growth forecast to lowest rate since 2020 amid Iran war, rising prices

The organization, which published its latest economic outlook under the title “Navigating Successive Shocks,” also lowered Turkey’s 2027 growth forecast to 3.6%.

CRITICALNaval

LHC turns down request for immediate suspension of Noreen and Uzma's detention, issues notices on plea

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🇲🇱 Mali·Dawn·14 days ago

CRITICALNuclear/Missile

Zelensky in New York discusses Patriot interceptors, winter support package with Rutte

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🇺🇦 Ukraine·Ukrinform·14 days ago

Bessent on Iran:

Bessent on Iran: I don't know whether it's going to be a week, a month or two months, but they are going to yell uncle. The goal here can be one of three states of the world: the regime turns on each other; we get some kind of uprising for the Iranian people; or we get the Iranians to, if they want to make a deal, to stick to the deal. This time, if there is a deal, I guarantee you they're going to stick with it.

🇷🇺 Russia·NY Times World·14 days ago

Europe warns of Russia’s hybrid attacks but struggles to counter them

If President Vladimir V. Putin was hoping to get Europeans’ attention, he’s succeeded with a series of close-call incursions. The question now is what they will do about it.

Bessent on Iran:

Bessent on Iran: The tankers, they may get hit. Many of them just sail on. They just sail on. You know, the Iranians may launch three, four, five, six drones after them. Our great navy is blocking them.

Bessent:

Bessent: We will get to the other side of this Iran conflict. The energy prices will drop and you will pick your purchasing power back up.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·NY Times World·14 days ago

How Russia Evades Sanctions

Our business data correspondent Aaron Krolik describes Russia’s vast effort to evade global sanctions and get drone parts for its war in Ukraine — and explains how we traced those efforts.

🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·14 days ago

Philippines impeachment: is path now clear to convict Sara Duterte?

The Philippine Senate has made it mathematically easier to convict Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio, but observers said the ruling could intensify a battle over an impeachment trial already viewed by the public as deeply divisive. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, ruled on Wednesday that only senator-judges who are able to take part in the trial should be counted in determining the threshold for conviction. Under the Philippine constitution, a two-thirds vote of the Senate is...

HIGHBOMBARDMENT

Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan; Taliban reports civilian casualties

Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, killing civilians, Taliban says ➡️ https://t.co/EtUDRHwnZg https://t.co/i65kwuXKQK

🌍 Global·X/@france24_en·14 days ago

MEDIUMESCALATION

Azerbaijan closes airspace to Iranian flight; aircraft diverted to Tehran

Azerbaijani airspace was closed off to a Varesh Airlines flight out of Tehran heading for Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The aircraft turned around, landed back at Imam Khomeini International Airport, and the flight was scrapped. https://t.co/lrDNrxhCLx

🕌 Middle East·X/@osint613·14 days ago

CRITICALESCALATION

#Russia #EU

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🌍 GLOBAL·@OSINTdefender·14 days ago

HIGHPolitical

American AI development ‘cannot separate itself from China’: Zheng Yongnian

China and the United States must prevent their AI competition from escalating into a cold war, a top Chinese policy adviser has warned, while asserting that a complete decoupling would be difficult. The remarks from Zheng Yongnian, a leading political scientist and dean of the school of public policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, come ahead of the Xi-Trump summit in Washington, where artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be among the top items on the agenda. Chinese...

🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·14 days ago

🇦🇫 Afghanistan·France 24·14 days ago

Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, killing civilians, Taliban says

Pakistan launched air strikes Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan in what Islamabad said was a retaliation for a drone attack by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on a border post. A Taliban government spokesman denied the allegation and said Pakistan's latest strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces.

CRITICALESCALATION

#USA #Russia

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🌍 GLOBAL·@OSINTdefender·14 days ago

CRITICALMISSILE_ATTACK

Russian drone/missile strike on Kyiv hit multiple data centers, knocking out internet for ~100,000 households.

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🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·14 days ago

Israeli forces launch air and artillery attacks across southern Lebanon

Israeli forces launch air and artillery attacks across southern Lebanon Israeli forces have struck several locations across southern Lebanon as they continue to bombard towns and villages from the air and with artillery. Lebanon’s National News Agency says Israeli artillery targeted Chaqra’s eastern edge in Bint Jbeil district in the latest attack. The agency also says an Israeli drone struck near the popular La Vita restaurant, between Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Mayfadoun in Nabatieh governorate. I

HIGHPolitical

A fresh $42 million, new sanctions, and a seat in the coalition rebuilding Ukraine’s Navy. Australia just signed its long-term security pact with Ukraine

The pact bundles weapons, energy, and humanitarian aid, widens sanctions to nearly 1,900 measures, and brings Canberra's total support to nearly $1.3 billion.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·EuroMaidan Press·14 days ago

Czech President Petr Pavel:

Czech President Petr Pavel: We need rules. Not because all states are equally powerful, but precisely because they are not. Rules have value only if they bind everyone, especially those powerful enough to break them. When rules are cast aside, raw power fills the vacuum. A world dominated by great power competition is a volatile world, less able to address the most pressing challenges of our time. It is a world where a single spark can ignite a fire. Instead, we should insist that with greate

🇮🇶 Iraq·Arab News·14 days ago

Turkiye to transfer Bashiqa base to Iraq under phased troop withdrawal agreement

Turkiye will transfer control of the Bashiqa-Zelikan military base in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government under a phased withdrawal agreement, according to a joint statement released by the offices of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi following their meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York. The agreement also includes Iraqi commitments to address armed groups in the Sinjar region that Turkiye has identified as security threats, according to the

Iranian Varesh Airlines flight from Tehran to Dushanbe was cancelled and returned to Imam Khomeini Airport after its route through Azerbaijani airspace was denied/disrupted.

🇺🇦 Ukraine·Naval News·14 days ago

HIGHNaval

Belgium Procures TRIDENT Mine Warfare Systems for Ukraine via Exail

Belgium has awarded Exail a nearly €9.9 million contract to supply TRIDENT mine countermeasure platforms and K-STER C systems to Ukraine. The post Belgium Procures TRIDENT Mine Warfare Systems for Ukraine via Exail appeared first on Naval News.