Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister to center of power

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country. Trump did not make clear to what he was referring, but his comments seemed […]

Moscow warns it may restrict U.S. media in Russia

Russia is within its rights to restrict the operations of U.S. media organizations in Russia in retaliation for what Moscow calls U.S. pressure on a Kremlin-backed TV station, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday. Russian officials have accused Washington of putting unwarranted pressure on the U.S. operations of RT, a Kremlin-funded broadcaster accused […]

Watch: US paratroopers simulate combat ops against a Russian invasion in Latvia

At any given moment, the United States military is actively engaged in multiple combat theaters around the globe, fighting, advising, or providing support in nations on every continent to ensure America and its allies continue to fight the important battles of today.  Despite the massive operational commitment America’s foreign policy dictates for its armed forces, […]

The Russian captives who may link Syria, Ukraine and the Kremlin’s fight against the opposition

Reports about two Russian fighters captured in Syria suggest that the same proxy forces that fight the Kremlin’s wars abroad in places such as Syria and Ukraine may also harass members of the Russian political opposition at home. According to interviews by Russian media with relatives of the men and photographs taken from social media, one of the captured Russians belongs to […]

Russia tapes US ‘invasion,’ threatens its own break-ins

The Russian government posted a series of videos Monday which it said shows a United States “invasion” of Russia’s diplomatic residences in San Francisco, and then the ministry flatly threatened to treat American diplomatic facilities the same way in Russia. “Under the police supervision the US security service employees are breaking Russian diplomatic service door […]

Russian hackers reportedly stole NSA information on how the US defends itself from cyberattacks

Russian government hackers stole information on how the US infiltrates foreign computers and defends itself against cyberattacks, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The hackers were able to steal the information after a National Security Agency contractor took highly classified information from the agency and put it on his personal computer, multiple sources with knowledge told […]

Just how big were Russia’s Zapad 2017 drills?

The Zapad 2017 exercises, held within the Russian province of Kaliningrad and Russian allied Belarus made headlines leading up to its kickoff last month, as NATO officials worried aloud about just how large a military presence Russia may be sending to Europe’s eastern borders.  Four years earlier, Zapad ’13 showed that the Russian and Belarusian […]

Russia says critically injures ex-Qaeda leader in Syria; group denies

Russia said on Wednesday it had critically injured a leader of the Tahrir al-Sham militant group in Syria with an air strike on his position that also killed 12 of his field commanders. Russia had targeted Abu Mohamad al-Golani in an intelligence-led special operation while he was meeting his field commanders, the Defence Ministry said […]

‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel’s probe: sources

The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy’s dossier of allegations of Russian financial and personal links to President Donald Trump’s campaign and associates, sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters. A report compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele […]

U.S. Remains World’s Top Military Force, But its Power is Dwindling Rapidly

In an intriguing Op-Ed for Fox News, former Marine Dakota Wood says that the US’ military power is decreasing across the board while our enemies are getting stronger. Wood was a 20-year member of the Marine Corps and is a The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow for defense programs and editor of the think tank’s […]

Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators

Associates of President Trump and his company have turned over documents to federal investigators that reveal two previously unreported contacts from Russia during the 2016 campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. In one case, Trump’s personal attorney and a business associate exchanged emails weeks before the Republican National Convention about the lawyer possibly […]