1+ day, 25+ min ago   (1161+ words) Ukraine’s drone strike on Yamalo-Nenets was initially notable for the distance involved. According to the country’s Special Operations Forces, the aircraft travelled more than 3,000 kilometres from Ukraine’s border before reaching one of the central regions of Russia’s gas industry. The…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (691+ words) The reality is rather less flattering. The world has become accustomed to Trump’s declarations. They attract attention, certainly. They generate headlines with remarkable efficiency. But attention is not the same thing as influence, and repetition is not the same as…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (633+ words) German investigators have reportedly traced the attempted drone bombing at Leipzig/Halle Airport to a suspected member of Russia’s GRU military intelligence service who organised the operation’s logistics. The finding is the most detailed account yet of the network behind…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (668+ words) Sweden enters the final day of its general election campaign on Saturday with the centre-left opposition still favoured to finish ahead, but Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s governing camp has closed much of the gap that separated the two sides during…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (573+ words) A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Oslo was “almost hit” by a drone while taking off from Moldova on Tuesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on 9 September. According to Støre’s account of the incident, the aircraft…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (309+ words) Google said the programme could create about 7,000 jobs a year once the sites are operating, including indirect work among suppliers and local services. It also expects up to 37,000 jobs nationwide during construction. The figures cover the wider economic effect and…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (671+ words) The European Union’s General Court has rejected Roman Abramovich’s latest challenge against the renewal of sanctions imposed on him over Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Luxembourg-based court delivered its judgment on Wednesday, 9 September, in case T-358/25, Abramovich v Council, dismissing…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (596+ words) Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković announced the expulsions on 8 September, a day after Mladić’s burial in Belgrade. The officials are Serbia’s military attaché and an adviser linked to its Security Information Agency, BIA. Konaković also withdrew support for a regional co-operation…...

6+ day, 31+ min ago   (635+ words) The detention of a 48-year-old man suspected of carrying out a series of attacks against Germany’s electricity network is therefore more significant than the arrest of one alleged saboteur. It offers an uncomfortable demonstration of how relatively inexpensive attacks can…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (707+ words) Hungary has ordered 10 members of Russia’s diplomatic mission to leave the country after authorities concluded that they had carried out activities considered unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention. Foreign Minister Anita Orbán announced the decision on Tuesday, 8 September, saying…...