There were other deceptions. Russia claimed that its economy grew by 12-14 percent between 2020 and 2024 when it shrank by eight percent. Russia also claimed its merchant shipping was still ...

July 11, 2026: The American-Israeli war against Iran proved more complicated than expected, and its most critical combat zone was outside Iran. The Americans and their allies showed how they could ...

September 11, 2026: The Ukraine War has bankrupted Russia, and it can no longer pay war-related expenses. Earlier this year, an attempt to sell a trillion rubles ($11.44 million) worth of government ...

What we now call Iran has had several names over the past five thousand years. The name Iran was first used in the fourth century BC as the Avestan word airyānąm. The Greeks first used the name Persia ...

The 2026 RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) naval exercises involved forces from 30 nations, including 30,000 personnel, 31 surface ships, five submarines, and more than 190 aircraft. The forces carried out ...

The United States has no formal agreement to defend Taiwan if China attacks. At the same time, Taiwan has been a major purchaser of American weapons. Since 1950, Taiwan has received or has on order ...

At the Red Sea's southern end, between Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea) and western Yemen, lies the Bab al-Mandab (Gateway of Anguish). This narrow waterway links the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean's Gulf of ...

Al Qaeda is a major Islamic terrorist group that still survives in small numbers. It has survived mainly because it relies on the internet. Islamic terrorists became a major problem in 1979, when the ...

In early July, the American Navy used three Corsair naval surface drones to attack an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. As a result, Iran now has ...

Ten European nations recently formed a future Freyja BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) to deter Russian ballistic missile attacks. Ukraine and nine European allies established an anti-ballistic missile ...

Russia has spent over a trillion dollars on its war in Ukraine, and much of that money went to pay signing bonuses of $50,000 or more. Currently, the average monthly wage is about $1,100. Financially, ...

September 9, 2026: Poland, along with other NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea, is upgrading their naval forces to block Russian access to the Baltic in wartime or other emergencies. Currently, the ...