The world is off to a rocky start in 2022, with tensions on the rise at the Ukraine-Russian border as countries like the U.S. threaten Russia with heavy sanctions if it moves to invade Ukraine.
This...
Jan. 23, 2021. To many, this was just a regular Saturday. However, for protesters in Russia, Jan. 23 was anything but ordinary.
On that Saturday, over 20,000 Russians banded together to protest the...
After spending over eight years in public office and in other positions of power for over twenty, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is rumored to have plans to resign.
Putin’s leadership...
Kiran Soma, World & Nation Editor
• December 3, 2019
Russia
Oleg Sokolov, a specialist in French history, famous historical reenactor and professor at the University of St. Petersburg, was pulled out of the Moika River on Saturday, Nov. 9, and investigated...
Kiran Soma, World & Nation Editor
• November 18, 2019
The United States Air Force’s mysterious unmanned flight successfully landed on Oct. 27 after a record-breaking 780 days in orbit. The flight was the fifth mission as part of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle...
Roman Raies, World & Nation Editor
• February 22, 2019
Ukraine
Russian lawmakers voted on Feb. 19 to ban the use of smartphones or recording devices by the military after journalists used the digital traces of smart devices to expose state secrets. Pictures...
Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko, said on Dec. 3 he would propose that Parliament declare martial law in the country after the Russian military attacked and seized three Ukrainian navy ships in...
Roman Raies, World and Nation Editor
• November 2, 2018
Pakistan
On Oct. 31, Pakistan’s highest court ordered the release of a Christian woman who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. The move set off a wave of backlash from hard-line Islamists and...
On Sept. 28, the Russian government announced that the delivery of S-300 missiles to Syria had commenced. This development comes in the aftermath of a friendly-fire incident on Sept. 17, in which the Syrian...
