April 15, 2025: On February 12th the aircraft carrier Truman (CVN-75) received a small gash in its hull and damage to its right side aircraft elevator when it collided with a merchant ships while ...

Chechen efforts to create new MSDs in the region appear to be succeeding. Kadyrov uses some brutally effective methods. Any groups that oppose him are largely eliminated as Kadyrov arranges to have ...

The Crimean situation complicates any efforts to make peace between Russia and Ukraine. Most Crimeans back Russia in the current Ukraine war because they consider Russia the lesser of two evils. That ...

Russia continues to obtain drones and drone construction assistance from Iran. While Russia produces 330-350 Shahed-136 drones per month, Iran also helps out. Russia has manufactured over 2,000 Shahed ...

Key: On this table, figures originally given in various local coinages have all been converted to livres tournais, worth about £4 sterling; s, shilling, of which there were 12 to the pound; d, penny, ...

During the hard winter of 1786-1787, some small holders in rural far western Massachusetts became so disaffected with the state government that they staged an impromptu insurrection, known to history ...

Believing America is still economically innovative and its domestic market the world's biggest, the Trump administration has declared war on Big Debt (U.S. national debt). It is simultaneously pushing ...

Several senior Ukrainian officers and military specialists are being prosecuted for corruption. Currently most such cases involve officers or recruiting officials accepting bribes to authorize ...

The Middle East information wars continue, but in most cases the details often take several years to surface and reveal what actually happened.

April 13, 2025: On March 26th the Sudanese army commander landed at the Khartoum airport.

The foundation of any European peace plan for Ukraine is to have the forces to maintain and enforce it. The solution is a work in progress and no one knows how long it will take or how effective any ...

April 10, 2025: Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, there have been increasing Russian efforts to steal military technology and other valuable information from NATO countries. Norway was ...