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Spanish NATO officer who tracked Russian subs and shadow fleet tankers at allied HQ in Northwood got kicked out after a Tinder relationship with a Soviet-born woman triggered security investigations. She attended a Christmas party at the base, visited NATO's Portugal HQ, and they tried to re-enter Northwood after his pass was revoked. She denies being a spy: The last time I checked I wasn't. But admits an FSB officer named Andrei questioned her over coffee in St. Petersburg about the whole

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NEW: Saudi Crown Prince MbS met CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper in Jeddah today. This comes days after MbS called Trump twice asking him to strike the Houthis (Trump said no) and after the Houthi capture of Mocha and Perim Island. Cooper was already in Saudi Arabia last week for coordination meetings when the western coast collapsed.
There is now two-kilometre long queues for petrol in St Petersburg and stations are capping fills at 60 litres. By some counts only a fifth of the city's pumps have any fuel at all...
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While the results of Sweden's general election remain too close to call, it looks as though the country's center-left opposition may get the chance to form a new government after four years under a right-wing coalition. The runup to the vote was dominated domestic economic issues, including the future of the country's once famously generous welfare state. But Sweden's international financial commitments - notably to increased defense spending following its decision to join NATO amid Russia's war
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski has reported on ongoing talks mediated by India and Turkey regarding freedom of navigation in the Black Sea while discussing potential negotiation formats between Ukraine and Russia during the annual Yalta European Strategy (YES 2026) meeting held by Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv on September 11–12.

'We Can Kill Whoever We Want': Ex-IDF Drone Operator Describes Gaza Ex-IDF drone operator admits collateral damage was meaningless to Israeli soldiers, as "they (fired) at anyone they see," with the army covering up civilian kills retroactively. READ MORE
Russian forces attacked the warehouses of an agricultural company in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, killing three people and injuring seven others.

Top AI executives say they want to slow the breakneck pace of artificial intelligence development, but competition, US government reluctance and geopolitical factors stand in the way. What are AI leaders proposing? On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for a coordinated slowdown of AI development to better understand the risks arising from the technology’s capabilities. He received public support from his counterpart at OpenAI, Sam Altman, as well as from Elon Musk and Google DeepMi
The Russian Federal Security Service reported that channels for the delivery of chemical agents to Ukraine are currently being uncovered

The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. It comes after Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. The adds pressure on global oil supplies and prices, and that could give Iran leverage in its war with the United States. Andre
"It was perfectly clear to me that we'd been hit because of the violence of that impact... The best way I've been able to describe that moment was: getting hit by a freight train," said 'Bravo.'

Pakistan have been fined 50 per cent of their match fee, and penalised 11 World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third and final Test against England in Birmingham, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday. In a press release, the ICC said Pakistan were ruled to be 11 overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration during the match. “Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanc

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Overnight, 2 out of 6 sorties of PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels, and 2 official ships crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. Source: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense https://t.co/uEmX7E2AX5
Andrey Marochko noted that Russian troops had made significant advances in this sector

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Russian attack left four regions without power. In addition, Russian UAV attacked a service vehicle carrying energy workers. One employee was killed, another was injured.

Current chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.

As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.
Russian sources are reporting Ukrainian forces have killed the infamous Oleksiy Milchakov a Russian far right commander who was involved in the torturing and interrogation of Ukrainian soldiers.
[Premium Times] Senator Yari, who was recently reappointed as the coordinator of Mr Tinubu's re-election campaign, has not publicly commented on the matter.
The Donetsk People’s Republic Head, Denis Pushilin, said that Russian formations can now approach Dobropolye from one more direction

Pakistan have been fined 50 per cent of their match fee, and penalised 11 World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third and final Test against England in Birmingham, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday. In a press release, the ICC said Pakistan were ruled to be 11 overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration during the match. “Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanc
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Russian forces struck agricultural enterprise warehouses in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, on 14 September, killing three people and injuring seven.

Iran said it attacked 10 ships this week, including two US vessels, near the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran claimed the ships had violated the rules it was trying to impose on the waterway.
'They don't need food, they don't need water, they don't need logs delivered to build shelters Basically, we don't need to feel for them. It's a hunk of iron sent to do the job'
On Monday, September 14, Russia may launch drone attacks against Ukraine from the northern and eastern directions, Head of Communications for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat has reported.

One day of war in 2026 costs Ukraine's state budget US$190 million, excluding weapons provided by international partners.
According to Sergey Rats, the enemy acts in a systemic and very active manner, depending on those who do not fully realize what they are doing

Ukraine's outgoing Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko — already under investigation by anti-corruption agencies in "Operation Carthage" — signed criminal charges against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos (the man investigating him) on his way out, then reportedly fled the country at 2:30am in an official car claiming a "business trip to Lithuania." Charges include a sham adoption from 2009 allegedly used to dodge a voter bribery conviction. Zelensky called for parliament to dismiss Kravchenko im

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DUBAI: Medecins Sans Frontieres has rejected claims by Israeli authorities that it employed individuals with links to Hamas in Gaza, saying the allegations were only brought to the organization after the accused were killed. “Medecins Sans Frontieres unequivocally refutes the allegations made by the Israeli authorities that we knowingly hired people with ‘ties to terrorism,’” MSF told Arab News in a statement. “MSF would never knowingly employ anyone involved in military activities, which contra

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Andrey Marochko added that Russian forces had started urban combat in Dobropolye

Russian forces attack a passenger car in Kherson, one killed, one injured.
For the fourth consecutive month, the Russian military has been launching “Kalibr” cruise missiles directly from their bases, without moving the launch vessels into the Black Sea.