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The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Joseph Kent, has resigned in protest against the war between the United States of America and Iran, accusing Israel of pressuring the initiation of the conflict. According to his statements, Iran did not pose an imminent threat, and the war would have been triggered “due to the pressures exerted by Israel and its powerful lobby in America”. “I cannot, in good conscience, support the ongoing conflict,” Kent stated in his resignation letter. In the document, Joseph Kent criticized President Donald Trump for allegedly straying from the non-interventionist principles promoted during his electoral…

Over half of Russians look back at the Soviet Union with nostalgia and consider its disappearance a major loss. A recent survey shows that many see Mikhail Gorbachev as the main culprit for the collapse of the Soviet state. 57% of Russians say they regret the dissolution of the Soviet Union and blame Gorbachev, according to a survey published on Tuesday, cited by Agerpres. The result has remained relatively stable in recent years, but it is down from 2005, when 75% of respondents said they regretted the disappearance of the USSR. Older generations, the most nostalgic Data from the survey…

Even before the assassination of the former supreme leader, in the early hours of the war against Iran, an Iranian official offered a rare glimpse into the power mechanisms in Tehran. He did not point to the supreme leader, but to a shadowy figure pulling the strings, reports The Telegraph. “He is one of the very few people who can still meet the leader and has been tasked with saving the system”, the official revealed to the British publication. This man, Ali Larijani, the head of national security, is now dead – killed in an airstrike. His death, the latest…

The first European Center for Economic Security, Technology and Resilience, an Aspen Romania initiative, was officially launched on Monday in Brussels. The event took place in the presence of Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Training, within the European Commission, notes ecestr.eu. “Starting from the premise that economic security and resilience are an integral part of the extended concept of security, the European Center for Economic Security, Technology and Resilience, based in Brussels, represents a response to the Strategy and Communication of the European Commission on economic security, being a platform for dialogue,…

Cuba’s power grid suffered a total collapse on Monday, according to the country’s state energy operator, marking the most recent blackout in recent years and the first since the Trump administration effectively cut off the Cuban regime’s access to oil, reports CNN. Efforts are currently underway to restore power on the island, the state energy company reported.Nationwide power outages have occurred in Cuba in recent years. Cuban officials have blamed them on American sanctions, but critics also attribute them to the lack of investment. The Cuban network is aging and increasingly difficult to maintain, and investments are lacking. Cuba is…

Tehran has announced that the strait remains open for some states, but not for the United States and their allies, reports Al Jazeera. Tehran has announced that the strait remains open for some states, but not for the United States and their allies, reports Al Jazeera. The move immediately caused turbulence in the international energy markets, with the price of oil exceeding 100 dollars per barrel, compared to about 65 dollars before the conflict. Approximately one fifth of global oil transports pass through this strategic maritime corridor. On March 2, Ebrahim Jabari, senior advisor to the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary…

The Prime Minister of Belgium, Bart De Wever, has been harshly criticized for calling for the normalization of relations with Russia in order to restore access to cheap energy. He has been accused of playing into Russia’s hands, and any relaxation on the part of the EU towards Moscow will be perceived as a weakness by Vladimir Putin, reports The Guardian. The judgment of the Flemish nationalist leader has been questioned in Belgium and beyond its borders, after he declared on Saturday that the EU must reach an agreement with Russia. “We are losing on all fronts, we must end…

The Russian state corporation Rostec, led by Sergei Chemezov and considered the largest industrial company in Russia by production volume, has been allowed to no longer fully publish its financial reports. According to a decree signed by Vladimir Putin, the holding — one of the largest arms manufacturers in Russia — can decide for itself what information from the annual report and in what volume will be published on the internet. The changes were introduced in a presidential decree from 2024 that allows organizations considered to be of “strategic economic importance” to not disclose information about their activity due to…

In the summer of 2024, threats to maritime transport in the Red Sea had reached an unprecedented level. Houthi rebels from Yemen were attacking international commercial ships, forcing many of them to avoid one of the world’s most important maritime routes and bypass Africa. By August, two ships had been sunk, and several crew members had lost their lives, despite the airstrikes launched by the United States and the United Kingdom. Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, then number two in the US Central Command (CENTCOM), decided he needed to see the situation on the ground firsthand. Cooper, tasked with developing a…

President Donald Trump stated that Vladimir Putin is “absolutely not” afraid of Europe, but rather, he fears the United States and its weapons. The White House leader emphasized that “we (the US) are NATO,” and that the Russian president fears the US. “We are NATO. You can ask Putin. He is not afraid of Europe at all. He fears the United States of America and the military that I built in my first term,” said the American president, in a press conference where he called for the assistance of NATO countries in the Strait of Hormuz. Donald Trump’s statement comes…