Cold War

Alleged KGB report detailing encounter between Soviet soldiers ans a UFO resurfaces

Experts refute the authenticity of a report claiming extraterrestrial beings 'petrified' 23 soldiers in Ukraine.

 Column of the Red army infantry. Reenactment of the winter defensive battles of the Red Army in WWII. Image: Maria Moskvitsova.
President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962

Declassified JFK assassination files reveal Oswald's Soviet ties

 WARSHIPS ATTEND the Maritime Security Belt 2024 international naval exercise of Russia, China and Iran in the Gulf of Oman, in March. A new axis of evil has arisen that is actively threatening Western civilization, says the writer.

Confronting Russia, China, and Iran's 'Axis of Evil' - opinion

 The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023.

Reflecting on Kazakhstan's painful legacy: A call for global nuclear disarmament - opinion


If Pahlavi were here there’d be no war - opinion

The conflict between Israel and Iran highlights the destructive role of the Iranian regime and the potential for positive change through regime change.

 An anti-Israel billboard with a picture of Iranian missiles is seen on a street in Tehran, Iran April 19, 2024.

'The Value of Names': A Jewish lens on a difficult piece of US history

The Value of Names delves into a troubling chapter of American history through a Jewish lens.

 Benny at home in Malibu

What is the space-based nuclear weapon the US says Russia is developing? - explainer

It is unclear why Russia would need to use nuclear weapons to destroy a satellite. The New York Times said the United States cannot counter such a weapon.

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by head of the Roscosmos space corporation Yuri Borisov, visits the centre of the Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" in Korolyov outside Moscow, Russia, October 26, 2023.

Nuclear-armed Israel's war in Gaza keeps world on edge of doomsday - Doomsday Clock

The clock in 1947 to warn the public about how close humankind is to destroying the world.

 An artistic 3D illustration of an apocalyptic scenario, possibly showing doomsday as a result of nuclear war.

'Eighteen Days in October': Strategy, diplomacy in the Yom Kippur War - review

Primarily a history of military tactics and strategy, Eighteen Days in October also addresses diplomacy, albeit briefly.

 PM MENACHEM BEGIN (R) and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat shake hands in the presence of a beaming US president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, 1978. The peace treaty was signed March 26, 1979, and went into effect in January 1980.

US revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China

The revival of the multibillion-dollar effort, known as the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS), comes as China has ramped up military exercises around Taiwan.

Royal Navy ambush submarine seen near Scotland

How Nazi scientists were welcomed around the world after the Holocaust

Ariel Gelblung, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Buenos Aires, speaks about the ways in which Nazi scientists, doctors, engineers, and technicians were able to find safe havens.

 Dr. Wernher von Braun

A new Cold War could break out soon, China warns at South Asian summit

Neither US President Joe Biden nor his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, is attending the summit.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last month.

For North Korea, US defectors can be a propaganda win, but a logistical pain

"In their daily lives, they couldn't go out for shopping in downtown Pyongyang by themselves, let alone travel abroad," Tae said of other US soldiers who defected decades ago.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversees a missile launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Russia: as NATO returns to Cold War 'schemes,' we are ready to respond

The summit showed NATO's "inability to adapt to the new geopolitical situation in the world," the ministry said.

 Banners displaying the NATO logo are placed at the entrance of new NATO headquarters during the move to the new building, in Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2018.

The Six Day War: Six fateful days for Israel in 1967 - opinion

The Six Day War saw Israel achieve a momentous victory over its Arab enemies. The ramifications continue to impact the Jewish state to this day.

 FROM LEFT: Central Command head Uzi Narkiss, defense minister Moshe Dayan and IDF chief of staff Yitzhak Rabin walk through the Lions’ Gate into Jerusalem’s Old City in June 1967.