The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced updates to its sanctions list on Sept. 19, adding the names of five entities and one individual in violation of regulations the U.S. has placed on North Korea.”Today’s act…
A Russian troll farm known as Storm-1516 was behind the creation and dissemination of a fake news story that alleged that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was responsible for a hit-and-run in 2011 that paralyzed a girl, Microsoft said in a report publ…
Russia’s war in Ukraine has been a “military disaster for the Kremlin,” a British diplomat said on Sept. 18, saying the country’s significant losses in manpower “paint a bleak picture.”Speaking at the Security Cooperation Forum in Vienna, senior milita…
All points of Ukraine’s victory plan that Kyiv aims to present to Washington have been worked out, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 18.Zelensky plans to discuss the plan with U.S. President Joe Biden during his visit to…
‘Too dangerous to ignore’ – Russia’s malicious activity in the Baltics set to test NATO resolve“Russian intelligence is everywhere. And its propaganda is everywhere, not only in Estonia but all over the world,” Estonian President Alar Karis told the Ky…
Ukrainian boxer Usyk detained at Krakow airport.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced shortly after midnight on Sept. 18 that Usyk had been released following the intervention of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry. “I was…
Romania called on Sept. 18 for a “robust and coordinated” response by NATO to Russian drones violating allied airspace during attacks against Ukraine.Speaking at a meeting of the Bucharest Nine (B9) format, Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar called…
Finnish President Alexander Stubb supports expanding the U.N. Security Council, abolishing single-member veto rights, and booting out Russia, he told Reuters on Sept. 18.The Finnish president said he is ready to call for these reforms during the upcomi…
Kyiv’s iconic “Hotel Ukraina,” located on the city’s central Independence Square, also known as Maidan Nezalezhnosti, was sold in an auction for Hr 2.5 billion ($60 million) after being state-owned since 1961, Ukraine’s State Property Fund said.The sal…
Russia’s counterattack in Kursk Oblast aiming to retake Ukrainian-held territory has been stopped, a spokesperson of the Ukrainian military administration in the region told AFP on Sept. 18.The statement comes a week after Moscow launched a counteroffe…