The U.S. joined forces with the Ecuadorian military last week to “launch operations” against what Central Command identified as “Designated Terrorist Organizations” inside the Latin American country.
Tag: geopolitics
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PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN IN AN ‘OPEN WAR’ AFTER TENSION ALONG BORDER
Pakistan announced last week that it was engaged in an “open war” with Afghanistan that included clashes along the tenuous border and airstrikes carried out by Islamabad on cities in the neighboring country.
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UKRAINE USES DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED ‘FLAMINGO’ MISSILE TO STRIKE DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced last week that his armed forces successfully fired several of the country’s domestically made Flamingo missiles that reached their target deep inside Russia on 21 February.
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CANADIAN COMPANIES RACE FOR MILITARY CONTRACTS AS COUNTRY RAMPS UP DEFENSE BUDGET
Smaller companies in Canada are racing to secure government contracts as Ottawa opens its checkbook for military spending in the face of what its government sees as a risk of a war with Russia compounded by an unreliable ally to its south under President Donald Trump.
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CIA KNEW ABOUT UKRAINIAN PLOT TO BLOW UP NORD STREAM PIPELINES: REPORT
The CIA, the U.S. intelligence service, was aware of the Ukrainian plot to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines to cut Europeans off from inexpensive Russian gas months before the September 2022 sabotage attack, according to a report in Der Spiegel, the German outlet.
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WAR MUST GO ON: ZELENSKY SAYS UKRAINIANS WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO GIVE UP LAND TO RUSSIA
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to throw cold water on any possibility for peace with Russia last week when he told reporters that the Ukrainian public would never allow him to give up land in the eastern Donbas that is not yet in Moscow’s control.
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INVESTORS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT UK LOOKING TO RAISE BORROWING LIMITS TO PAY FOR MILITARIZATION
Investors are raising concerns about the possibility that London is trying to increase its borrowing limits to help fund its militarization in response to what its government sees as a heightened risk from Russia.
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GEN Z REVOLUTION: BANGLADESH ELECTS NEW GOVERNMENT AFTER 2024 OUSTER
Bangladesh held its first nation-wide election since the fall of the government in 2024 that was triggered by Gen-Z and voted in favor of the Nationalist Party with a mandate to carry out policies to benefit the country’s young population.
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GERMANY ACCUSED OF SPENDING TOO MUCH OF MILITARY BUDGET ON ANTIQUATED WEAPONS
Germany has announced that it will spend hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade its military in what Berlin sees as a threat from Russia, compounded by an unreliable partner in the U.S., but critics say the spending is largely going to antiquated systems that benefit arms manufacturers at the expense of security.
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CANADA’S MILITARY SPENDING ILLUSION
Canada plans to provide a jolt to its economy by increasing military spending and rewarding domestic companies with contracts that it believes will spur job growth over the coming years, according to a new report.