Kim Jong Un takes ‘moving fortress’ bulletproof train to meet Putin and Xi at Beijing military parade
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is en route to China aboard one of his heavily armored, fortress-style trains, state...
Nuclear
Russia blames Trump for Iran nuclear crisis, says E3 has turned to ‘diplomacy at the barrel of the gun’
Russia on Thursday struck out against President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the 2015 nuclear agreement with...
UK, France, Germany trigger UN sanctions on Iran over ‘significant’ nuclear program defiance
Europe’s powerhouse trio, the U.K., France and Germany (E3), on Thursday initiated the process to reimpose sweeping sanctions against Iran...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
Russia says Ukrainian drones hit nuclear power plant during Independence Day strikes
Russian officials said Ukrainian drones ignited an overnight fire at a nuclear plant in Russia’s Kursk region.The strikes coincided with...
Russia looks to update nuclear program amid ‘colossal threats’ from West
Russia’s top nuclear official this week said Moscow is facing "colossal threats" and needs to update its nuclear capabilities.Without directly...
Taiwan’s energy dependence is ‘Achilles heel’ amid immense threat by China
Voters in Taiwan are headed to the polls on Saturday to decide whether Taipei should reignite its nuclear power capabilities...
Kim Jong Un acknowledges deaths of 100 North Korean soldiers he sent to fight for Vladimir Putin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that the troops he sent...
Trump delivered strategic blow to Iran regime with bold Azerbaijan-Armenia pact
President Donald Trump’s new deal in the South Caucasus has ended a decades-long conflict and handed Washington a rare strategic...
Trump on what it will take to bring Israeli hostages home: Hamas must be ‘confronted and destroyed’
President Donald Trump said Monday that the remaining Israeli hostages will only be returned once Hamas is "confronted and destroyed,"...
Putin praises Trump’s ‘sincere’ peace efforts, signals possible US-Russia nuclear deal
Ahead of his highly anticipated talks with President Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that he...
Netanyahu sends message to people of Iran as country faces water crisis
Iran is facing an intense water crisis, but help could soon come from an unlikely source – provided the "tyrants"...
Nagasaki mayor issues chilling warning on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
As Japan marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, the mayor of Nagasaki is warning that the world could...
Netanyahu’s security cabinet to meet on Gaza war, as some in Israel call to resettle enclave
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene his high-level security cabinet on Thursday to discuss expanding the war...
Russia, China practice destroying ‘enemy’ submarine in naval drill after Trump moves US nuclear assets
The Russian and Chinese militaries practiced destroying an "enemy" submarine during joint naval drills Wednesday, just days after President Donald...
