African prisoners of war in Ukraine say they do not want to go home, but want to return to Russia. Their stories expose an uncomfortable reality in the struggle between Moscow and Kyiv for influence in Africa. After all, not everyone fighting on the Russian side says they ended up there against their will. This is evident from research carried by Politico.
Ukraine is turning Russian military secrets into a new asset for European security. With the new “TrophyLab” platform, Kyiv is, for the first time, sharing centrally collected research findings on captured Russian weapons with allies, defense companies, and researchers.
Among the twelve people who died in the wildfires in southern Spain, three are believed to be Belgian. They are missing, and there was no contact with them since last weekend.
In a column in El Debate, a Spanish online newspaper, Mariano Rajoy, the former Prime Minister of Spain, made a remarkable statement about the upcoming match between Spain and France: Spain will face a French national team “without any French players.”
Russia is increasingly using small drones equipped with fiber-optic cables to target Ukrainian power stations and thus bypass air defenses. After all, these drones are immune to jamming as long as the thin cable isn’t cut or gets tangled.
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is becoming increasingly entangled in a growing controversy in Albania surrounding his planned luxury resort. Reuters reported that the land on which he plans to build may have been sold under false pretenses, after a Miami-based businessman was accused of forging property documents.
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed in a written message on Saturday that his father’s and predecessor’s death will be avenged. According to him, retribution is “a demand of the nation” and must “certainly” follow. Via his Telegram channel, he wrote that Iran will avenge the “blood of the martyred leader and of all the martyrs.”
The severe wildfire in the Spanish province of Almería is slowly coming under control, but the toll remains dramatic. At least twelve people lost their lives in and around Los Gallardos, and 23 people are still missing. Among the missing are Belgians. In fact, there has been no word from a Belgian couple for 48 hours.
U.S. President Donald Trump is once again under fire after he fired the members of the independent Election Assistance Commission on Thursday.
The war between Russia and Ukraine continues to rage.