“Last Generation” climate protest group faces criminal charges in Germany: A massive attack on democratic rights
The charges against “Last Generation” are a massive attack on the freedoms of association, assembly and expression.
PETER HITCHENS: Keir Starmer is a deranged lunatic marching us all to nuclear war. And here's why the Russians could WIN one - without killing a single person...
Are our leaders, any of them, actually thinking? Do they know what sort of toys they are playing with? What cause is it, ...
The Alpena News2d
From the Eastern Front to Alpena: Ossineke resident shares his life story that began in Germany, 1928
Hans Bloedow, 96 years old and current resident of Ossineke, has a life story most can’t imagine. His tale begins in Berlin, ...
From death row to exile, Iranian-Kurdish rapper gives firsthand account of what he calls ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison
Rapper Saman Yasin was imprisoned and says he was tortured for his involvement in anti-regime protests in Iran. Now, speaking ...
Why American Soldiers Are in Lithuania
The likely accidental deaths of four Americans in the Baltic state will not by themselves stop plans for redeployment. And ...
Opinion
Foreign Affairs3dOpinion
While Trump Courts Him, Putin Is Escalating Russia’s Hybrid War Against the West
ANDREI SOLDATOV is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and Co-Founder and Editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. IRINA BOROGAN ...
The Heritage Foundation4d
Next Steps for Germany’s National Security Zeitenwende
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...
Oleg Gordievsky, K.G.B. Officer Turned Double Agent, Dies at 86
While climbing the ranks of the Soviet spy agency, he spent more than a decade working for British intelligence as one of its ...
The ‘state secrets privilege’ sounds mysterious. Here’s what it is and how it works
The Trump administration is invoking a powerful tool in seeking to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied his order ...
Politico Europe4d
The Ukrainian teens who took on Putin's gulag archipelago — and won
As the sky began to darken, Vladyslav Rudenko slid a pair of underwear into his hoodie and pretended to go for a walk. The 16 ...
Oleg Gordievsky, a key double agent in the Cold War, dies at 86
For more than a decade, as Cold War tensions threatened to escalate into all-out war, Mr. Gordievsky, a senior KGB officer, ...