The Security Service of Ukraine has claimed the first strike of a Russian submarine using an underwater strike drone in footage seemingly sourced from compromised enemy security cameras.
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On December 22, 1968, North Korean officers entered CDR Bucher’s cell and ordered him to strip. A third officer—nicknamed Major Rectum—joined them and subjected Bucher to a body-cavity search that was “not entirely medical in character.” Once they were satisfied that he carried no contraband, the captors gave Bucher a new, lightweight uniform: a gray cotton jacket and trousers, a white shirt, and black sneakers—utterly inadequate for the Korean winter.
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President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all U.S. sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, sharply intensifying pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s government amid soaring tensions.
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The White House has asked senators to confirm a promotion for Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, deputy director for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd appears to be the Trump administration’s pick to fill the months-old vacancy atop the National Security Agency and U.S.Cyber Command.
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Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of Ob and the Yenisei Gulf, underscoring the strategic importance of Arctic energy exports.
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Taiwan’s military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack with all units able to operate under a decentralised mode of command without awaiting orders from above, Taipei’s defence ministry said in a report to lawmakers.
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