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Fighting intensifies in Yemen as Saudi-backed government forces push to reclaim Houthi-held territory and secure the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait. We examine the Houthis’ rise from a religious movement to a regional power. The Kremlin dismisses reports of a supposed plague outbreak in eastern Russia as “false information.” Meanwhile, Malian troops, backed by Russia’s Africa Corps, retake the strategic northern city of Kidal from separatist…

As part of Election 2026 coverage, Bob McCoskrie sits down with NZ First leader Winston Peters for an extended interview covering social conservatism, wokeness, gender ideology, conversion therapy laws, abortion, euthanasia, anti-smacking laws, prostitution, a proposed social media ban, immigration, multiculturalism, strategic voting, further COVID-19 inquiries, Labour and post-election negotiations, and the momentous 2017 decision. It’s a…

Article Three of The COVID Files follows the documentary trail behind New Zealand’s extraordinary pandemic powers. The Epidemic Notice was renewed ten times as circumstances, scientific knowledge and available evidence changed. This investigation asks what justified each continuation, how testing and vaccination requirements were assessed, whether their consequences were adequately monitored, and when the evidence ceased to support…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Ukrainian membership of NATO is "not on the table" as Washington concentrates on ending the war. But the apparent closing of one potential route towards direct NATO-Russia confrontation comes as another flashpoint is emerging around Kaliningrad, where Moscow has warned that any attempt to isolate the Russian exclave could provoke an extreme military response. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE, with…

The death of British financial whistleblower Simon Andriesz has prompted demands for an independent examination of how Britain's Financial Conduct Authority treated him during a years-long battle over alleged misconduct at his former employer. His death also comes after he helped uncover previously undisclosed business dealings involving Jeffrey Epstein and current US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, although Andriesz's family says there is…

The arrest of former German intelligence chief August Hanning has opened an extraordinary investigation into how highly classified information allegedly continued flowing to one of Germany's most senior former security officials years after he left government. The case also intersects with a separate kidnapping investigation involving private intelligence operators and former Israeli security officials, although those allegations remain…

One of Russia’s most prominent foreign-policy strategists says nuclear deterrence has lost credibility and must be restored by convincing European governments that Moscow is genuinely prepared to use its arsenal. His argument exposes a much larger danger: Russia and NATO increasingly appear to be relying on the same proposition, that peace depends upon convincing the other side that nuclear retaliation is credible INR Report: Based on an…

Three people are wounded in Saudi Arabia after Yemen’s Houthis launch a barrage of attacks on the Kingdom’s airports as regional tensions escalate. Saudi-backed forces claim to have retaken a strategic Red Sea port overlooking the Bab al-Mandab strait, a claim disputed by a senior Houthi official. Meanwhile, Turkiye and Pakistan announce troop deployments to Saudi Arabia under their collective security pact, while South Korea threatens Ukraine…

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