Issue 2025-12-27
Stories
- Israel Grants First-Ever Official Recognition to Somaliland
- Russia Bombards Kyiv on Eve of Trump–Zelensky Florida Peace Summit
- Kim Jong Un’s New-Year Letter Frames North Korean Combat Losses in Ukraine as Proof of an Unbreakable DPRK–Russia Alliance
- China Blacklists 20 U.S. Defense Contractors After Record $11.1 B Taiwan Arms Deal
- Japan Green-Lights ¥9 trn FY-2026 Defense Budget, Hitting 2 % GDP Target Two Years Early
- Silver Shatters $79/oz Record as Physical Shortage Deepens
- Xi'an–Yan'an Line Pushes China’s High-Speed Rail Past 50,000-km Mark
- Christmas Week: Level-4 Flood Alert Triggers Evacuations in Southern California
- China's NUDT Maglev Accelerates 1-Ton Vehicle to 700 km/h in 2 Seconds
At a Glance
- On 27 Dec 2025, Israel signed a mutual declaration with Somaliland’s president formally treating the break-away Horn-...
- In the early hours of 27 Dec 2025 Russian cruise and ballistic missiles hit Kyiv less than 48 hours before President...
- On 27 Dec 2025 Pyongyang published Kim’s New-Year message to Vladimir Putin proclaiming that 2025 cemented the two st...
- On 26 Dec 2025 Beijing invoked its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law to freeze assets and bar all Chinese transactions with...
- On 26 Dec 2025, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet approved a record ¥9+ trillion ($58 bn) defense allocation fo...
- Between 26-27 December 2025, spot silver pierced the $79 an ounce mark for the first time, capping a year-to-date sur...