Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears
Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.
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Romania’s top court annuls presidential vote amid Russia interference fears
Romania’s top court annulled the result of the first round of the country’s presidential election on Friday, adding that the entire election process would have to be rerun. The decision came after security services warned the vote had been distorted b…
Putin personally ordered Salisbury poisoning, UK believes
โThe Russians donโt really mind if anyone believes it fully, the point is that thereโs doubt,” says top UK official responsible for Russia policy.
Trumpโs return raises questions over future of CIAโs Russian recruitment drive
Intelligence agency has been trying to entice Russians disaffected by invasion of Ukraine but president-elect is likely to want to make an ally of KremlinFor the past three years, the CIA has run an unusually bold outreach programme. It targeted Russia…
Russian naval officer accused of โwar crimesโ killed in Crimea car bombing
Valery Trankovsky had ordered missile strikes from Black Sea on civilian targets, a Ukrainian official saidA senior Russian naval officer was killed in a car bombing in Crimea on Wednesday, the latest in a series of targeted attacks on Russian military…
Moldovaโs pro-EU president on course for re-election
Security services warned of efforts to disrupt and distort voting at overseas polling stations.
The man who bought a country
Georgiaโs richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili is tilting his country toward Moscow ahead of an election on Oct. 26.
PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama
The PM was probed on his economic promises โ and managed to largely escape unscathed.
ISIS is back, says UK spy chiefย
Rare public appearance from MI5 boss Ken McCallum also includes stark warnings about Russia, Iran โ and funding pressures on the intelligence service itself.
Iran may be involved in Nordic Israeli embassies attacks, Swedish Security services say
The choice of targets and the modus operandi suggest Iran may be behind the recent attacks on the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen, although police will not officially say if the two attacks are linked.
โAll must be beheadedโ: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giantโs African stronghold
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Iran ran special cyber op in Sweden last year, local authorities confirm
Iran’s security service carried out a special cyber operation against targets in Sweden last year,ย the country’s prosecutor and security services revealed on Tuesday (24 September).