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Former senior Russian official warns “unknown sources” could attack U.K. factories making drones for Ukraine

Kyiv — Russia’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Fedorov warned Monday that factories in Britain producing drones for Ukraine could be targeted by “semi-military” or “unknown” forces in response to the U.K.’s expanding military support for Kyiv. Fedorov told the BBC’s Newsnight show on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was under pressure from public opinion…

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Bessent to speak as Trump administration expected to unveil new Iran sanctions

Washington — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is holding a press conference Monday at the Treasury Department as the Trump administration announces the details of what it’s calling “economic D-Day” for Iran.  Bessent is expected to broaden the administration’s current sanctions regime with the threat of stronger secondary sanctions on entities and countries that transact with…

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Ukraine targets Moscow with huge drone strike as Russia warns U.K. will pay price for supplying attack drones

Kyiv – Ukraine launched more than 600 drones at Moscow overnight, the Russian capital’s mayor said Tuesday, calling it one of the largest long-range Ukrainian assaults on the Moscow region since the war began more than four and a half years ago. In an attack beginning Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning, 637 Ukrainian…

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Farm linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak hadn’t been inspected in 7 years as FDA lags on foreign inspection targets

The Food and Drug Administration conducted just under 1,000 foreign food safety inspections in 2025, and the farm in Mexico believed to be at the center of the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S. was not one of them.  A federal law enacted to prevent diseased and dirty food from reaching Americans’ plates requires the…

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Trump denies U.S. running low on some munitions, says vast resupplies being produced

President Trump is taking issue with recent reports of significant U.S. munitions shortages due to the war with Iran. In a post on his Truth Social platform early Thursday, Mr. Trump said, “The U.S. has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed….

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Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says

Washington — The Defense Department is considering its most sweeping remake of military higher education, according to an unreleased draft memorandum obtained by CBS News that would abolish civilian tenure and overhaul course offerings at the military service academies and senior war colleges that educate future military officers.  The memorandum, labeled “Refocusing the Military Service…

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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill several; possible Russian missile crashes in Poland

Kyiv, Ukraine — A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including children, and wounded dozens of others, officials said. The blitz expanded Russia’s almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv’s critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses. NATO member…

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