(2025-10-12). Zelensky announces plan to seize Russian assets through international guarantees. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a new plan to take Russian assets that are frozen overseas and use them for Ukraine's defense and rebuilding. However, he did not give any details about how the plan would work. | Zelensky called the plan "complex but promising" in a statement on Friday. He said that Kyiv has gotten "positive signals" from its international partners. | He said, "This is not a full-scale confiscation but a different mechanism carried out through state guarantees," and he didn't want to say anything more. Pay attention to frozen Russian assets : Zelensky said that…
(2025-10-12). Africa's growing influence in Russia's nuclear ambitions. independent.co.ug 
As countries around the world push to forge strategic partnerships to advance their nuclear power goals, Africa's critical role is expanding. Several African governments have signed nuclear energy deals with Russia, which aims to expand its nuclear ambitions across the continent through state-backed finance and technology that could reshape energy access and geopolitics. SPECIAL REPORT …
(2025-10-12). Facts and Figures for ICRC Activities in Donetsk and Luhansk. icrc.org
(2025-10-11). Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists. thecanary.co Nigel Farage's comment about tampons and the reactions to it have shown us how much stigma still exists around periods. Farage may be attempting to distract us from that thing he doesn't want us to know about (ahem, Nige knew about the Russian bribes). Instead, though, he has highlighted two very real problems. One — […] | By
(2025-10-11). The Recent Sino-US Dispute Over Taiwan's Post-WWII Status Is A Sign Of The Times. thealtworld.com As the New Cold War shifts from the US prioritizing Russia's containment in Europe to China's containment in Asia, so too is the trend of the US gradually revising the results of WWII in order to give it an edge on that front too. | The US' de facto embassy in Taiwan emailed Reuters a statement in mid-September criticizing China's reliance on WWII-era agreements in support of its claim to the island. They
(2025-10-11). Belarus eyes partnership with Russia in electric water transport production. eng.belta.by Belarus' Consul General in St. Petersburg Nikolai Rogozhnik visited the production site of the Empirium company in Kirovsk District of Leningrad Oblast.
(2025-10-11). A New Missile, A Clear Message: North Korea's Parade Raises Global Stakes. moderndiplomacy.eu North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a military parade showcasing the new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, reported state media KCNA. This event, held to mark the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, took place in the presence of international dignitaries, including Chinese Premier Li Qiang, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and Vietnam's …
(2025-10-11). Top military brass intensifies Germany's war preparations against Russia. wsws.org With the appointment of Lieutenant General Christian Freuding as the new Inspector of the Army, the German government has taken another step in its aggressive rearmament and war preparations.