'Drone wall' against Russia: Six NATO countries announce border defense plan
Six NATO countries neighboring Russia are joining forces to build a "drone wall" to protect their borders, Lithuania's interior minister announced on Friday.
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Sweden sees Russian threat against big Baltic isle
Gotland has been a popular holiday destination for decades, but this week Swedish Commander-in-chief Mikael Bydén has claimed that Russian president Vladmir Putin “has his eyes” on the Baltic Sea island.
Kazakhstan arrests ex-interior minister in connection with unrest that left 238 dead
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan arrested a former interior minister on Tuesday, in connection with deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022, Kazakh news media reported.
A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year
HELSINKI (AP) — A Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what caused the damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members Finland and Estonia, Finnish authorities said Thursday.
Why does South Asia have the world’s worst air pollution?
Smog-ridden cities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India had the poorest air quality last year, says report.
Fearing Trump’s desertion, Baltics bolstering defenses
With Donald Trump leading in many of the polls for the upcoming US presidential election, his comments about global security and foreign policy have to be taken seriously.
Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows
SINGAPORE — Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran, with particulate matter about 15 times the level recommended by the World Health Organisation, data published on Tuesday showed.
Russia using Ukraine as a cyberwar testing ground
This is part four of a series, ‘Lessons from the first cyberwar.’ Read part one, part two and part three.