A federal jury convicted a Chinese national and former Army Reservist for acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ji Chaoqun, 31, of Chicago, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to …

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of President Vladimir Putin, has admitted he founded the private paramilitary Vagner group after years of denying any links to the mercenaries who have been involved in the ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as conflicts in Syria and Africa. In response to a question …

Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces is under way in parts of eastern Ukraine and the northeast Kharkiv region as Moscow continues a crackdown on protests against a partial mobilization decreed by President Vladimir Putin last week. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the eastern Donetsk region remained Ukraine’s — and …

The two Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea were the result of sabotage, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. “It is now the clear assessment by authorities that these are deliberate actions. It was not an accident,” Frederiksen said when speaking to journalists. “There is no information yet to …

The death toll from a school shooting in Russia has increased to 15 people, including 11 children, while 24 people were injured, including 22 minors, officials said on Monday. The shootings occurred amid widespread resistance to mobilization orders from Moscow, for men to fight in Ukraine. “By this point, the …

A Ukrainian counter-offensive has forced Russia out of key eastern positions they had taken months to occupy. Reportedly underpinned by Western intelligence, the push also featured wartime methods familiar to British and American forces. Former U.S. Army Major John Spencer, now Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Madison Policy …

Two gun rights advocacy groups have taken legal action against a New York law regarding concealed carry of firearms inside the state.  The Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) re-filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York over the so-called Concealed Carry Improvement …

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has attacked a militant group’s base located in the north of neighboring Iraq, state media reported. Iran has faced more than a week of protests and unrest over the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, who died in custody after being detained by …

At the Petergof cemetery in St. Petersburg, five fresh graves appeared this summer, away from the other graves: all of them the same, with wooden crosses, black plates with names in gold and the dates of birth and death, framed photographs behind glass with a black ribbon pulled over them. …

by Friedrich Seiltgen The Chief Financial Officer of Florida is striking back against credit card companies using a new system that can track firearms purchases by law abiding citizens. Credit card companies have said they will apply a new sales code for purchases at U.S. gun stores.  The Geneva-based International …