Twelve days into his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has “no sustainable political endgame,” the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress in a somber assessment Tuesday. That military reality means even greater humanitarian costs lie ahead, they said. “Putin is angry and frustrated right now,” Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns told […]
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By War News Updates Editor Tom Z. Collina, Defense One: Will Russia Go Nuclear? Probably not, but that ultimately depends on factors out of our control, including Putin himself. President Joe Biden had a quick answer when he was asked on Monday whether Americans should be concerned about nuclear war. “No,” he said. Well, […]
By Susannah George Just over six months after the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan, there has been a campaign of arrests against Afghans and foreigners alike across the country. Source: Taliban arrests Canadian aid worker amid widening crackdown on activists and foreigners