The Bone Thief Hired to Spirit a World War II Spy Back to Russia

24/12/2024 00:48 Wall Street Journal

Ukrainian officials say the bungled attempt to steal the remains was part of a continuing Russian effort to repatriate the remains of the Soviet war dead.

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Spreading Famine Threatens Hundreds of Thousands of Lives in Sudan, Panel Warns

Some 24.6 million people—half of Sudan’s population—are experiencing food insecurity, which cements its status as the world’s worst hunger hot spot....

24/12/2024 07:42 Wall Street Journal

Satellite Images Show North Korea Boosting Arms Flow to Russia

North Korea and Russia are deepening their military cooperation, as Pyongyang ramps up the supply of arms to Moscow for its war in Ukraine and receives much needed cash and oil from the Kremlin in return....

23/12/2024 00:16 Wall Street Journal

Ukraine Bets a Free Market for Weapons Production Can Out-Innovate Russia

While Russia is mass-producing machinery at state-owned industries, Ukraine has spawned hundreds of entrepreneur-led defense startups by slashing regulation and cutting taxes....

22/12/2024 00:01 Wall Street Journal

Russia Taps Soviet-Era Stockpiles as Armored-Vehicle Supply Dwindles

Moscow has stepped up efforts to refurbish old equipment, including Soviet-era tanks used as props in films, after losing an estimated 11,000 armored combat vehicles in the Ukraine war....

21/12/2024 00:05 Wall Street Journal

The Global Hunt for Putin's 'Sleeper Agents'

A quiet suburban mom, a hard-drinking war correspondent and an Arctic researcher were hiding in plain sight, championed by the Kremlin’s No. 1 fan of spy fiction....

20/12/2024 21:00 Wall Street Journal

Putin Signals No Rush to End Ukraine War in Marathon TV Appearance

The Russian president appeared in no hurry to seek an end to the war despite President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to secure a speedy resolution....

19/12/2024 09:07 Wall Street Journal

Unable to Criticize Putin, Russian Oligarchs Turn Ire on Central Banker

Russia’s business elites have found a scapegoat for the country’s economic woes....

19/12/2024 06:01 Wall Street Journal

Russia Withdraws Air-Defense Systems, Other Advanced Weaponry From Syria to Libya

After the fall of the Assad regime, Russian cargo planes flew equipment from Syria to bases Moscow controls in eastern Libya, according to U.S. and Libyan officials....

18/12/2024 11:17 Wall Street Journal

Killing of Top Russian General Is a Message From Ukraine: You Aren't Safe---Even at Home

The attack on Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was part of an escalating campaign by Ukraine’s security and intelligence services to kill high-profile figures in Russia’s war effort....

18/12/2024 06:32 Wall Street Journal

Ukraine Says It Killed Senior Russian General in Moscow Scooter Bombing

Ukraine carried out one of its most audacious operations on Russian soil, killing a top military commander by blowing up a scooter on the snowy streets of Moscow....

17/12/2024 11:38 Wall Street Journal

Assad's Fall Upends the Middle East's Largest Drug Empire

The regime’s trade in captagon, a methamphetamine-like drug, helped sustain its rule and fueled war and addiction across the region....

16/12/2024 21:00 Wall Street Journal

Russian Tanker Wrecks Spilling Oil Into the Black Sea

The Volgoneft-212 was carrying thousands of barrels of oil when it ran aground late Sunday and damaged its hull. A second tanker was also damaged....

16/12/2024 14:12 Wall Street Journal

Syria's Assad Defends Fleeing to Russia as His Regime Collapsed

In his first comments from exile in Moscow, the deposed dictator pushes back against criticism that he abandoned supporters....

16/12/2024 13:59 Wall Street Journal

Vietnam Won Big in Donald Trump's First Trade War. Now, It's a Target.

The incoming administration has signaled that a backdoor that lets manufacturers avoid China tariffs could slam shut....

16/12/2024 00:50 Wall Street Journal

Brush With Russia in Baltic Points to New Flashpoint in NATO-Moscow Shadow War

Sabotage, warning shots, disruption of air traffic and dangerous military maneuvering are all part of the intensifying clandestine campaign in Europe, officials say....

15/12/2024 00:01 Wall Street Journal

Russia Begins Packing Up Military Equipment in Syria, Satellite Images Show

The air base at Khmeimim and the naval installation at Tartus had become synonymous with Russia’s intervention in Syria....

13/12/2024 16:50 Wall Street Journal

U.S. Ally Halts Fight Against Islamic State in Syria as It Battles Rebel Group

Washington’s main ally in the country warned that a power vacuum was leading to attacks on the group by Turkish-backed rebels....

13/12/2024 16:07 Wall Street Journal

Fall of Syrian Regime Exposes Limits of Russia's Global Ambitions

With Moscow’s money, attention and ammunition focused on its conflict with Ukraine, the Kremlin’s global power projects are in a state of slow decay....

13/12/2024 05:43 Wall Street Journal

Trump to Europe: Overseeing a Ukraine Cease-Fire Would Be Your Job

The president-elect told the French and Ukrainian leaders that he would want European troops to be present in Ukraine....

13/12/2024 03:40 Wall Street Journal

Tracking Putin's Most Feared Secret Agency---From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond

The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era....

12/12/2024 21:00 Wall Street Journal

China Comes Out Swinging as Trump Trade War Looms

Beijing is brandishing an expanded arsenal of countermeasures as President-elect Donald Trump threatens across-the-board tariffs on Chinese-made goods....

12/12/2024 00:05 Wall Street Journal

Syria's Post-Assad Vacuum Has Become a Shooting Range for Great Powers

The U.S., Turkey and Israel are all pursuing long-held ambitions in the country after Assad’s ouster weakened Iranian and Russian influence....

11/12/2024 07:47 Wall Street Journal

The Global War Machine Supplying Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Sudan

A company with links to the United Arab Emirates has deployed contractors to support the rebel Rapid Support Forces....

11/12/2024 00:18 Wall Street Journal

Haiti Gangs Kill More Than 180 Mostly Elderly People in Capital

A warlord ordered the slaying of elderly slum residents he suspected of giving his son a severe illness through witchcraft, the U.N. and human-rights groups said....

09/12/2024 21:22 Wall Street Journal

Inside Ukraine's Battle for the Skies as Russian Bombardments Hit Records

Moscow fired four times as many drones and missiles this fall as it did the previous year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis....

09/12/2024 00:02 Wall Street Journal

The 11-Day Blitz by Syrian Rebels That Ended 50 Years of Assad Rule

Bashar al-Assad called for help from Russia, Iran and his own military in his last hours as Syria’s leader, learning he had run out of allies and loyalty....

08/12/2024 20:43 Wall Street Journal

What to Know About the Civil War in Syria

Rebel fighters seized Damascus and deposed President Assad, taking a more than decade-old conflict into a new phase....

08/12/2024 12:24 Wall Street Journal

Assad's Downfall Marks a New Realignment in the Middle East

Winners and losers have already emerged, Turkey gained, Russia and Iran lost sway—but the gains and losses could prove illusory....

08/12/2024 12:19 Wall Street Journal

As Russia and China Rewrite Rules of War, NATO Adapts Its Game Plan

Cyber and energy security are priorities for the alliance’s new leader, as member nations share more intelligence to protect critical infrastructure....

08/12/2024 00:03 Wall Street Journal

Pressure Builds on Syria's Assad as Rebel Force Threatens Capital

Foreign powers are scrambling to secure their interests as President Bashar al-Assad faces his most precarious position in more than a decade of civil war....

07/12/2024 19:55 Wall Street Journal

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