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EXPERT OPINION — In order for the U.S. to successfully compete for global influence against its adversaries and to avoid a kinetic fight, we must excel at cognitive warfare; that is military activities designed to affect attitudes and behaviors. This type of warfare is a subset of irregular warfare (IW) and combines sensitive activities to include information operations, cyber, and …

A member of the European Parliament has filed a police complaint against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over an alleged attempt to install spyware on his devices. Daniel Freund of Germany’s Green Party claimed that he was targeted by hackers in 2024 and that “Hungary is the only plausible actor in this scenario.” “If confirmed, this would be an outrageous …

Hamas has revealed it has returned the bodies of two more Israeli hostages as part of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement, but the group claims it needs more time and specialized equipment to recover the rest of the deceased from the rubble-strewn ruins of Gaza. The armed wing of Hamas said in a statement that while it was committed to the …

The nation’s top court has blocked the handover of the detained ex-Ukrainian army officer to Germany Italy’s top court has suspended the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage. The Court of Cassation ruled in favor of Sergey Kuznetsov, citing “incorrect legal classification” of facts described in the European arrest …

In a further sign of mounting tension between the US and China, the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) on Wednesday took the initial step to “expel Hong Kong Telecom” from the US telecommunication network. In a notice issued late in the day, the US regulatory agency announced that it had sent “Communist Party-controlled” HKT International an order to show cause …

Ukrainian drones have targeted and damaged 16 Russian fuel tanks at the Morskoi Neftianoi Terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia, Crimea , on the night of 13 October. The Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the damage to the Marine Oil Terminal on 15 October, noting that these were the tanks that had survived a previous attack on 6 October. A fire ignited by …

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized CIA operations on Venezuelan soil. The New York Times reported earlier that the decision would allow intelligence operatives to carry out lethal operations against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose government Trump has accused of running “narco-terrorist” cartels and flooding the US with cocaine and fentanyl. A reporter asked Trump …

OPINION — On Oct. 15, 2025, Islamabad and Kabul announced a 48-hour ceasefire after days of shelling and cross-border clashes around Spin Boldak/Chaman and in Kurram. That same week New Delhi hosted Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, the highest-profile Taliban visit to India since 2021. These two parallel events are not accidental. They are the visible symptoms of a …

OPINION — Hungary’s prime minister does not seem to grasp the gravity of the moment. His ally, Russia, is bleeding by a thousand cuts from Ukrainian drones, while Vladimir Putin’s former pal, Donald Trump, is now calling Russia a “paper tiger” and providing Kyiv with intelligence for long-range strikes. For months, the U.S. president tried to play peacemaker, but Viktor …

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still new and fragile, but the arguments over who should get credit for it — or who should be blamed for it taking so long to achieve — are already heated. Was recent pressure from President Donald Trump on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decisive? Or was it Trump’s support for Netanyahu’s resumption …