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Biden Administration Comes under Pressure to Reject Israel’s Stance from Palestinian Civil Society

More than 140 organizations have supported a letter by 22 members of the US House of Representatives demanding action by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FBI and MI5 issue joint warning over China’s espionage threat to businesses and commerce in the West

The head of the FBI and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency raised alarms yesterday about the Chinese government,…

Irish Independent

High Cost of Russia Gains in Ukraine Could Limit New Advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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High cost of Russia gains in Ukraine could limit new advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s…

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin spokeswoman hits back at UK minister's jibe he has 'small man syndrome'

Russia's most prominent diplomat, Maria Zakharova, has gone to war with Britain's defence secretary Ben Wallace, asking if he wants…

Daily Mirror

Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine despite weakened troops, say US intelligence agencies

‘The picture remains pretty grim and Russia’s attitude toward the West is hardening’

The Independent UK

Russia quits Black Sea outpost of Snake Island in blow to blockade of Ukraine

Russian forces have abandoned their positions on Snake Island, a Ukrainian outpost in the Black Sea, weakening their blockade of…

France 24

Ukraine news – live: Russia refuses to rule out Putin attending G20 summit

The summit is set to start in November in Indonesia

The Independent UK

Putin still wants most of Ukraine, war outlook grim -U.S. intelligence chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine and the picture for the war there remains "pretty…

Reuters

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The U.S. overestimated Russia’s military might. Is it underestimating China’s?

Concerns about American blindspots on the Chinese military are a major factor driving reviews of U.S. assessments of foreign armed…

Politico

American spy agencies review their misses on Ukraine, Russia

U.S. intelligence agencies have begun a review of how they judge the will and ability of foreign governments to fight

The Independent UK

Commentary: Russia’s nuclear threat endangers us all

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made us all more acutely aware of the dangers of nuclear conflict than at…

Tribune News Service

Spy agencies urged to fix open secret: a lack of diversity

The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by George Floyd’s murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors…

The Independent UK

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Ukraine war: Pentagon chief speaks with Russian counterpart

US says Lloyd Austin urged ‘immediate ceasefire’ in first talks with Russia’s defence minister since Ukraine war began.

Al Jazeera

Russians 'pushed away' from Kharkiv as Washington boosts aid

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Wednesday it was pushing Russian troops away from the country's second city Kharkiv but…

AFP

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Bangkok Post

Vladimir Putin ‘more dangerous than Hitler or Stalin’, says Poland’s prime minister

Morawiecki accuses west of blissfully forgetting threat of Russia resurrecting demons of history

The Independent UK

Ukraine chokes off Russian gas supplies to Europe as pictures show wounded Ukrainian soldiers inside Azovstal steel mill

Ukraine's natural gas pipeline operator said it would stop Russian shipments through a key hub in the east of the…

Irish Independent

Russians 'pushed away from Kharkiv' as Washington warns of long war

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian troops are being pushed away from Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, but…

AFP

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Putin’s war of attrition ‘counts on cost of living crisis to weaken West’s resistance’

Vladimir Putin is counting on a weakening of the West’s resolve as the cost-of-living crisis bites while he pursues a…

Irish Independent

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 77 of the invasion

US spy chief suggests Russia could use nuclear weapons if war continues to stall; Odesa comes under renewed missile attacks

The Guardian - AU

Putin could go nuclear if he thinks Russia is losing Ukraine war or his regime is under threat, US intelligence chief says

‘Next few months could see us moving along a more unpredictable and potentially escalatory trajectory,’ Avril Haines says

The Independent UK

Russian invasion of Donbas and south Ukraine ‘two weeks behind schedule’, says US official

The comments came as Boris Johnson prepared to fly to Sweden and then Finland for security talks

Evening Standard

Top intel official warns Putin's invasion could become 'more unpredictable and potentially escalatory'

The Russian leader's strategic goals in Ukraine "have probably not changed," DNI Avril Haines told senators.

Politico

US intel questioned for misjudging Afghanistan, Ukraine

Top U.S. intelligence officials acknowledge they misjudged the durability of the governments in both Afghanistan and Ukraine

The Independent UK