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Poland’s government has authorised the construction of a new barrier along the 210-kilometre border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Alnur Mussayev, a former top official in the Soviet and post-Soviet intelligence apparatus, has reemerged in international headlines with a startling claim—that the KGB recruited Donald Trump in 1987 under the codename «Krasnov.» Once a powerful figure within the intelligence community, Mussayev’s career has spanned Cold War espionage, high-level political maneuvering, and eventual exile. His latest allegations have reignited debates over Trump’s connections to Russia, though no direct evidence has surfaced to support them.

The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that has kept Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania connected to an electricity transmission system controlled b...

Millions of American shoppers are contending with common drugstore items like toothpaste being locked behind Plexiglass these days

Russia's war against Ukraine has led many people in neighboring Poland to invest in gold

Iran-Israel lesson: Effective missile defence is costly and could be risky too Xi’an Longde Technology Development Company Limited, supplied missile-related equipment, including a filament winding machine, to Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missile programme that we assess was destined for NDC. Filament winding machines can be used to produce rocket motor cases.

United States on Friday said it has imposed sanctions on three China-based companies and one from Belarus for allegedly supplying missile-applicable items for Pakistan's ballistic missile programme, including long-range weaponry. The companies are Xi'an Longze Technology Development, Tianjin Creative Source International Trade and Granpect Company Ltd from China and Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant from Belarus. «The Department of State is designating four entities pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery,» said state department spokesperson Matthew Miller.

Apple office at Minsk Square in Bengaluru, a bunch of developers are teeming with excitement and nervous energy. They are here to meet Greg Joswiak — better known as ‘Jos’ — Apple’s senior vice-president of worldwide marketing. Joswiak chats with four developers — handpicked by Apple — and listens to their stories intently. “There’s a thirst to be successful in India and there’s a lot of passion for our products in India,” Joswiak told ET in an exclusive chat. Joswiak acknowledged the substantial growth of India’s app economy, which currently supports over a million jobs and continues to expand rapidly. He emphasised the immense opportunities available to Indian developers globally, particularly within the iOS ecosystem, where innovations often debut first.

Tesla Model X was recently spotted in Bengaluru's traffic, creating a buzz among social media users, who engaged in a guessing game as to whether the vehicle was privately owned or if the Elon Musk-led company was conducting test drives in Bengaluru. The ultra-red Tesla SUV was reportedly spotted in Bengaluru's Minsk Square area near the Cubbon Park metro station.

Belarus wants to accelerate the launch of its CBDC as it looks to evade US and EU-led sanctions and let its firms trade with international partners.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda confirmed Tuesday that Russia has begun shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus, a move that he said will change the security architecture of the region and the entire NATO military alliance. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko said last month that Moscow had already shipped some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus after announcing the plan in March. The U.S.

Kazakhstan is edging closer to the “launch” of a CBDC, making it the latest former Soviet nation to announce its foray into the digital fiat sphere.

Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Those tensions between Poland — a NATO and European Union country — and Belarus, which is Russia's ally in its war on Ukraine, have been building up in recent months on the border.

Moscow, the city's mayor said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital. «Two combat drones' attempt to fly into the city was recorded.

Belarus is set to follow suit with Russia’s CBDC development plans – and plans to launch a digital version of the Belarusian ruble for use in “cross-border” payments.

By Mark Trevelyan and Felix Light

Belarusian soldiers on a range near the town of Osipovichi in Belarus on July 14. The Belarusian defense ministry that at least some had arrived in Belarus and were instructing local troops, according to Reuters reports.  Belaruski Hajun said, “The convoy headed toward a military base outside Osipovichi, a town 230 kilometers (142 miles) north of the Ukrainian border." Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president of Belarus said at the time that Minsk could use Wagner's experience and expertise, and that he had offered the fighters an “abandoned military unit" to set up camp.  Speaking to the Associated Press, a leader of an anti-Lukashenko guerrilla group said that construction of a site for the mercenaries was underway near Osipovichi.

(Reuters) -Fighters from the Wagner group have arrived in Belarus from Russia, Ukrainian and Polish officials said on Saturday, a day after Minsk said the mercenaries were training the country's soldiers southeast of the capital.

CNN reported. As per a report by CNN, a military camp has reportedly emerged near Minsk following the southern Russia uprising, there is no apparent indication of a large-scale influx of Wagner troops into Belarus. “It could happen that Wagner PMC decides not to relocate here," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday.

Belarus is set to ban peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto “exchanges” – in a blow to traders operating in the country.

Belarus is continuing its bid to woo crypto firms – by extending tax exemptions for token miners and developers until 2025.

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