Nigeria grapples with separatist protests...;
...As Trump threatens military action;
Tanzania's President declared election winner amid violent protests;
America eyes Liberia's critical minerals;
RSF takes key city of El Fasher from Sudanese military
Washington pushes Europe on Energy decoupling;
Ukraine's potential nuclear disaster;
Iran's water crisis... and its effects;
India's national rare earth strategy;
U.S., EU combat China's critical minerals control
Defunding RFA and VOA creates information void in Tibet;
Three PRC nationals arrested in Tbilisi for trying to buy uranium...;
...And three others busted for smuggling biological materials;
Chinese-made buses can be stopped remotely - Norway;
Xi commissions China's first supercarrier
Russia, China versus human rights;
Russia's revived Neo-Nazi movement;
Europe needs a new kind of defense against Russia, Estonia argues;
A different kind of Russian purge
For decades, the Kremlin has sought to intimidate foreign powers by threatening to use nuclear weapons. In the current Ukraine war, nuclear threats have been a key way by which Russia’s government has sought to restrain Western aid to Kyiv. The efficacy of Moscow’s nuclear brinksmanship, however, seems to be waning.