North Korea to resume wargames in demilitarized border area after BLOWING UP intra-Korean liaison office Pyongyang has vowed to send troops back into previously disarmed areas and renew military drills near the border, amid an ongoing spat with Seoul over defectors, inflamed further by the recent demolition of a negotiations outpost. 17.06.2020
2 Indian soldiers and 1 officer killed in clashes on Chinese border – New Delhi Three Indian soldiers have died in a skirmish along the border with China, New Delhi has said. 16.06.2020
Confrontation of the USA and China in Europe When talking about the growing confrontation between the United States and China, they usually mean the so-called trade wars. 15.06.2020
‘We’ll PLEASANTLY SURPRISE them’: Russia will be able to counter hypersonic weapons once other states develop them, Putin pledges Moscow knows other nations are hastily designing their own hypersonic weapons – but by the time they are acquired, the Russian military will have learned how to shield the country from them, President Vladimir Putin has said. 14.06.2020
‘Optimism faded into dark nightmare’, Pyongyang says 2 years after Trump-Kim summit Pyongyang has received no substantive concessions from the US in the two years since the Singapore peace summit, so Donald Trump will not be given anymore free diplomatic wins, the North Korean foreign minister says. 13.06.2020
The Chinese are coming: NATO chief Stoltenberg warns Beijing nearing West in multiple ways NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the West “cannot ignore” either the military or economic rise of China, and admitted that the world is “facing a shift in the global balance of power. 11.06.2020
‘It’s their war, not ours’: Russian space agency boss says not upset by manned SpaceX launch, but BOEING should be The US finally getting a crewed spaceship in no way means the end of Russia’s space program, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said, insisting that the Soyuz still remains the most cost-efficient way to get people to the ISS. 10.06.2020
North Korea vows to sever ALL communications with Seoul Pyongyang will cut off inter-Korean hotlines with Seoul, the government has threatened, insisting the South should stop defectors from sending leaflets and other material across the DMZ, North Korean media reported. 09.06.2020
Moscow to end self-isolation rules from Tuesday, summer cafes to open on June 16 – mayor Moscow’s ten-week long strict lockdown will begin to loosen from Tuesday. 08.06.2020
Trump orders National Guard to withdraw from DC as ‘everything is under perfect control’ With the situation in the capital “under perfect control,” Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of the National Guard from Washington DC, but warned that the troops may be redeployed if the riots resume. 07.06.2020
On the strengths of the Baltic armies: how Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will defend themselves The attitude to the armed forces of the Baltic states in Russia is traditionally skeptical. 06.06.2020
‘Dishonorable and unworthy’ move: Moscow vows ‘adequate response’ to diplomats’ expulsion from Czech Republic over ‘poison plot’ The expulsion of two Russian diplomats over the imaginary Prague poisoning plot is a very hostile move, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said, warning the scandal is set to affect relations between the two countries. 05.06.2020
Iranian, Chinese Hackers Attempted to Break Into Trump, Biden Email Accounts, Google Claims The hacks are said to have targeted Trump and Biden's presidential campaigns. 04.06.2020
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Reportedly Dismisses Government Earlier in the day, the president discussed the prospects of a new government, motivating the need to form one by referring to the upcoming presidential election in the country. 03.06.2020
Russia Expects Turkey's Final Decision on 2nd Delivery of S-400 Missile Systems Russia began delivering the first batch of S-400s to Turkey in July 2019. 02.06.2020
Pompeo gaslights Germans with Huawei privacy concerns… casually forgets NSA spied on Merkel US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned the US’ European allies against using Huawei tech, insisting privacy-loving Germans shouldn’t stand for such (alleged) spying. 01.06.2020
US 'not relying on Russia anymore' & keeping China on the outside: Trump campaign manager turns SpaceX launch into politics Two NASA astronauts had barely taken off from the Kennedy Space Center when the achievement was already being politicized back on Earth. 31.05.2020
Germany decries ‘disappointing backlash’ for global health in swipe at Trump’s split from WHO News that the US has severed all ties with the World Health Organization (WHO) was met with criticism in Berlin, which called on the global body to reform in order to stay afloat. 30.05.2020
FOURTH oil-filled Iranian tanker reaches Venezuelan shores defying US pressure Carrying hundreds of barrels of much-needed gasoline, an Iran-flagged vessel crossed into Venezuelan waters, the South American country’s Navy confirmed. 29.05.2020
