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National Press Club Statement on Pentagon Restrictions That Threaten Independent Reporting

22.09.2025 11:41 "The Pentagon is now demanding that journalists sign a pledge not to obtain or report any information — even if unclassified — unless it has been expressly authorized by the government. This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military."

Trump Says US Seeks To 'Get Back' Bagram Base Amid Taliban Rule

22.09.2025 11:41 President Donald Trump said the United States is attempting to get Bagram Airfield back from Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, citing the extremist group's need for US help and the facility's proximity to China's nuclear assets.

Why Does Trump Want Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base Returned To US Control?

22.09.2025 11:41 US President Donald Trump said that he wants Bagram air base in Afghanistan returned to US control, in a move that could reignite American involvement in the country and the strategic asset that was lost during the chaotic Western withdrawal four years ago.

Residents Hold On As Kostyantynivka Faces Relentless Russian Strikes

22.09.2025 11:41 Ukrainians in the city of Kostyantynivka, near the eastern front line in Russia's war on Ukraine, are in constant danger.

UN Security Council to Convene Emergency Meeting Following Violation of Estonian Airspace

22.09.2025 11:41 On September 22, at 10:00 AM New York time , the United Nations Security Council will convene an emergency meeting in response to Russia's brazen violation of Estonian airspace last Friday. This marks the first time in Estonia's 34 years of UN membership that the country has formally requested an emergency meeting of the Security Council.

Secretary General Vseviov: In the future, Russia must consider the possibility that fighter jets vio

22.09.2025 11:41 Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said yesterday, 19 September, during a meeting in Stockholm with his Swedish counterpart Maria Malmer Stenergard, that Russia's brazen violation of Estonia's airspace demonstrates how Moscow is increasingly testing boundaries, and it underlines the need to collectively intensify pressure on Russia.

Latvia expresses a categorical protest to Russia over the violation of Estonia's airspace

22.09.2025 11:41 Today, on 21 September 2025, in solidarity with Estonia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia summoned the Chargé d'Affaires of the Russian Embassy in Latvia to deliver them a note and lodge a categorical protest concerning incursion by the Russian fighter aircraft into the airspace of Estonia on 19 September.

Chairman Mast Statement on Australia, Canada, U.K. Recognizing 'State of Palestine'