On May 31, North Korea attempted to launch its first military spy satellite in seven years. Unfortunately, the Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite failed to deploy and suffered an anomaly around the time of first stage separation, resulting in the rocket crashing into the sea off the coast of South Korea. In conclusion, the failure of North Korea’s recent sa [...]

Moscow came under attack early on Tuesday morning as at least eight drones flew over the city in what has been the most intense campaign of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine since the start of the war. The Kremlin has claimed that air-defence crews shot down or electronically jammed all the drones and that the damage caused to a few apartment buildings was caused by metal shards [...]

Ukraine has reported that it shot down more than 37 cruise Russian missiles and 30 drones overnight, with more explosions heard across the nation’s capital on Monday morning. Missiles were launched by Russia's strategic bombers from a location far behind their border near the Caspian Sea, while drones made by Iran were launched from both the north and south directions.While R [...]

In Sunday's runoff vote, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged victorious in Turkey's presidential election, beating his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu and extending his reign to a third decade. Turkey remains deeply divided following Erdogan's win over Kilicdaroglu, the 74-year-old bureaucrat and left-leaning CHP leader.0. "Erdogan wins Turkish election, extending rule to third [...]

On May 22, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion announced that they had crossed the border into Russia's Belgorod region and were "liberating" settlements from the current Russian regime. The poorly prepared, badly mauled, and increasingly demoralized Russian invasion force is currently bracing to face a major Ukrainian counteroffensive that has been und [...]

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have compromised critical U.S. cyber infrastructure across numerous industries with a focus on gathering intelligence, according to a warning issued by Microsoft and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. The group, known as Volt Typhoon, has been active since mid-2021 and targeted critical infrastructure organizations in the US territory of Guam a [...]

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, has claimed that around 20,000 of his fighters have been killed in the months-long battle for Ukraine’s Bakhmut.0. "Wagner chief warns of revolution and says 20,000 fighters killed in Bakhmut" The Guardian, 24 May. 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/wagner-head-warns-of-revolution-after-claiming-20 [...]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will withdraw the Rs 2,000 currency note from circulation, effective immediately. The decision is in line with the bank's 'Clean Note Policy', which aims to ensure the availability of good quality banknotes for the public.0. "How many Rs 2,000 notes can you return to banks? What is the maximum limit?" Business Today, 22 May. [...]