Author: Joel Gehrke

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s team denied involvement in the sabotage of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline after Germany’s move to indict a Ukrainian diving instructor raised the curtain on Western assessments. “Such an act can only be carried out with extensive technical and financial resources … and who possessed all this at the time of…

Russia‘s border region authorities must prepare for the possibility that Ukraine‘s military brass expands a dramatic raid beyond Kursk Oblast, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “It is obvious for us that the enemy will continue trying to destabilize the situation in the border regions in order to destabilize the domestic political situation in Russia,” Putin said during a broadcast meeting with regional governors. “Therefore,…

China has not answered “a legal aid request” from NATO allies investigating the damage done to an undersea pipeline linking Finland and Estonia last year, according to Estonian officials, following a report that Beijing acknowledged the involvement of a Chinese-owned ship. “We submitted a legal aid request to the Chinese authorities to gather evidence from…

Israeli military forces must prepare for “a swift transition to offense” against Iran, according to Israel’s top defense official, amid an anxious wait for an expected attack from Tehran. “Our enemies are carefully considering their every move because of the capabilities you have demonstrated over the past year,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is “looking at” withdrawing a legal argument lodged by the United Kingdom’s previous leadership against the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office acknowledged Thursday. “It is for the prosecutor and the court to make a decision,” a spokeswoman in Starmer’s office told British…

Israeli intelligence officials have reason to believe that Iran “and other terrorist groups” are working to attack Israeli athletes and visitors at the Paris Olympics, according to Israel’s top diplomat. “We continue to receive intelligence about the potential threat from Iranian operatives and other terrorist groups planning to target Israeli delegation members and tourists during…

France should not provide a “reception and protection” to Israel‘s athletes at the Paris Olympics, according to Iran‘s foreign ministry. “Announcing the reception & protection of the Apartheid & terrorist Zionist regime’s convoy only means giving legitimacy to the child killers,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry posted on social media. That denunciation came in the wake…

President Joe Biden’s sudden status as the isolated and outgoing commander in chief has thrown a wrench into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to rally U.S. opposition to Iran and its proxies, as the embattled premier faces a cold shoulder from Democratic leaders amid pressure from his own security establishment. “I think what we’re…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is orchestrating “terrorist attacks” against NATO countries, according to a pair of allied foreign ministers, citing a spate of arson incidents and other violence. “It’s quite clear[ly] a terrorist attack sponsored by a hostile neighboring country against one of the NATO, NATO countries,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Wednesday on…