Venezuela raid a ‘wake up call’ for Australia amid major US strategic shift

In the early hours of Saturday morning, the US launched a large-scale operation in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, killing ...

This is what Anthony Albanese should have said about Trump seizing Nicolas Maduro - because what he actually said was pathetic, writes PETER VAN ONSELEN

Anthony Albanese has defaulted to the same thin gruel he serves up in response to almost every hard question, writes Peter ...

Russia and China blast US over ‘unnecessary use of force’ against Nicolas Maduro

Venezuelan allies have blasted the US intervention as an “unnecessary use of force”, urging the immediate release of Nicolas ...
The Mail in South Cumbria

Leaders from Europe and Canada discuss US-led peace efforts to end Ukraine war

It was the first meeting of European leaders since US president Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on ...
The Nation

An Absurdist Novel That Tries to Make Sense of the Ukraine War

Maria Reva’s Endling is at once a postmodern caper and an autobiographical work that explores how ordinary people navigate a ...
New York Post

Why Venezuela’s allies Russia and China are slinking away as Trump ramps up pressure on Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has received little support from longtime allies Russia and China as President Trump ramps up military pressure against Caracas. Beijing and Moscow, Maduro’s two ...
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How Dugin interprets Russia's role in a new world order

Last War of the World-Island by Alexander Dugin explores Russia’s role in a global struggle between land-based and sea-based powers. Dugin frames geopolitics as an existential contest, arguing that ...
PBS

Zelenskyy says he wants to order Patriot systems from U.S. to counter Russia’s power grid attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he wants to order 25 Patriot air defense systems from the United States, as Ukraine desperately tries to fend off relentless Russian ...
Reuters

Russia's Lavrov says work under way on Putin's order on possible Russian nuclear test

MOSCOW, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that work is under way on President Vladimir Putin's order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test, ...
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Russia gives nuclear weapons tests update after Putin order

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an assessment into whether preparations should start for full-scale nuclear tests, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Peskov told Russian state ...
Newsweek

Russia Nuclear Weapons Tests on Horizon After New Putin Order

Russian defense minister Andrey Belousov said it is appropriate to "immediately" prepare for "full-scale" nuclear tests at the country's Novaya Zemlya site, Moscow's state media outlets TASS and RIA ...
csis.org

Russia’s Latest Nuclear Saber-Rattling: Nuclear Testing?

In a November 5 meeting of the Security Council of Russia, President Vladimir Putin directed his military and political leaders to “submit coordinated proposals on the possible first steps focusing on ...