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NARRATIVE: The night Ukraine struck the brain of Russian missiles in Penza
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Ukraine carried out a surgically precise strike against a target that most

ESSAY: Kim Jong-un, the June 25 Missiles, and the "Lethal and Destructive" Posture That Changes Everything
Dates matter to dictators. June 25, 1950, was the day North Korea launched its invasion of South Korea, beginning a conflict that

OPINION: Zelensky Mocks Russia's 15 Missed Deadlines — Moscow Obsessed with the Donbas, Ukraine Holds the Wall
Fifteen. That is the numberVolodymyr Zelensky cited on June 29, 2026, when he mocked Russia's repeated Donbas deadlines — each one announced

ANALYSIS: Ukrainian air defense neutralizes 130 drones and a Kh-59 in a single night
During the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Russia launched one of its most complex aerial offensives of the month

OPINION: Beijing preaches peace at the UN and secretly trains Putin's soldiers
On June 30, 2026, during a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, China's ambassador to the United Nations, Sun

PROFILE: Kim Jong Un, the man who plays Beijing and Moscow like two trump cards
On June 8, 2026, Xi Jinping set foot in Pyongyang for the first state visit by a Chinese leader to North Korea

INVESTIGATION: Kim Jong Un — nuclear program, new destroyer, and soldiers in Russia — Pyongyang escalates
On July 1, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published its Korean Peninsula update, covering events through June 30,

COMMENTARY: The FCC bans Huawei, ZTE and Hikvision — America finally closes the door on Trojan horses
On June 26, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States voted to ban the importation of all equipment from

EDITORIAL: London's future Chinese mega-embassy could conceal a prison for dissidents
On June 29, 2026, the British daily The Telegraph revealed that Taiwan had warned British authorities of an extraordinary risk: the underground