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Inside Assad’s collapse: Sex obsessions, Candy Crush and the killing of his spy lover

Atlantic journalist, citing sources in Israel, Damascus and Hezbollah, depicts Assad as arrogant, promising victory hours before collapse, then fleeing after Russians said it was over; his lover Luna al-Shibl became a Russian agent and was later found dead

ynet | 02.08.26

US claims China conducted secret nuclear weapons test in 2020

During the global fight against COVID-19, a senior US official claimed China conducted covert nuclear weapons tests in 2020, using unique methods to hide the activity, while an international monitoring group said no such event was detected

ynet | 02.07.26

רוסיה קומיקאי סטנדאפיסט ארטמי אוסטנין 6 שנות מאסר בגלל בדיחה

Russia jails stand-up comedian for six years over joke about wounded soldiers

Putin’s regime is tightening censorship as the war in Ukraine drags on, sentencing stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin to a lengthy prison term over a joke about amputee soldiers; Kremlin supporters accused him of ‘crossing a red line’; he fled Russia but was extradited by Belarus

Reuters | 02.05.26

ניסוי ב טיל טריידנט ששוגר מצוללת מסדרת אוהיו USS Nebraska ליד חופי קליפורניה ארה"ב ארכיון 2008

As US-Russia nuclear arms treaty expires, fears of new arms race rise

The New START pact had limited warheads and delivery systems and allowed inspections, but talks on extending or replacing it stalled as Washington sought China’s inclusion and Moscow cited tensions over Ukraine

Associated Press | 02.05.26

Last nuclear safeguard collapses as final US-Russia arms limits set to expire

Barring a last-minute shift, the final arms control treaty between the world’s leading nuclear superpowers expires Thursday, ending more than 50 years of limits on their strategic arsenals

ynet, news agencies | 02.03.26

Russian missile strike destroys Holocaust memorial in Ukraine’s Sumy region

The memorial was built in 2021 by the United Jewish Community of Ukraine with local authorities and was damaged in a Russian missile attack on Bilopillia that also hit a historic former ghetto building

Itamar Eichner | 01.28.26

וולודימיר זלנסקי, דונלד טראמפ, ולדימיר פוטין

Russia, Ukraine and US hold first trilateral talks on ending war in Abu Dhabi

The United States has been attempting to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv for months, but the Abu Dhabi talks represent a new diplomatic step by bringing all sides into the same framework

ynet, News Agencies | 01.23.26

נשיא רוסיה ולדימיר פוטין נפגש עם סטיב וויטקוף ב קרמלין

US envoy Witkoff to visit Moscow, says Ukraine talks near 'final issue'

Trip comes as President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war was 'reasonably close,' though no agreement has been reached despite months of talks involving Washington, Moscow, Kyiv and European leaders

Reuters | 01.22.26

Smotrich calls for full Israeli control of Gaza as Trump invites Putin to ‘Board of Peace’

At a ceremony inaugurating a new settlement in Gush Etzion, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich rejected a move to Phase Two, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to choose full Israeli control of Gaza over Trump’s plan, as the Kremlin said it is reviewing an invitation to join the president’s Board of Peace

Idan Bloemhof | 01.19.26

Russia grants citizenship to freed hostage whose daughter lives there

Russia’s ambassador to Israel informed former captive Maxim Herkin that he now holds Russian citizenship, as does his 5-year-old daughter, who lives in Russia: 'I promised my daughter I would be with her'

Itamar Eichner | 01.15.26

Russia to sell Moscow airport months after seizing it from Israeli owners

Moscow plans to auction Domodedovo Airport after nationalizing it in June from Israeli billionaire Valery Kogan, citing foreign ownership; move follows wartime seizures of major assets as Moscow seeks new buyers for debt-laden holdings

ynet Global | 01.15.26

A kettle too far: Israeli traveler stopped at EU border over Russian tea samovar

A 25-year-old Israeli traveling from Russia was detained at Estonia’s border after customs found a samovar in his luggage, saying EU sanctions on Russian goods ban importing the traditional tea-making vessel

Itamar Eichner | 01.13.26

שרידיה החנוטים של השמאנית מהמאה ה-18, ששרידיה ושרידיהם של יותר מ-100 פרטים נוספים התגלו בסאחה-יאקוטיה

In a red dress: mummified remains of Siberia’s last shaman discovered

Archaeologists find remarkably preserved remains of 18th-century Yakut shaman in Siberia, along with more than 100 naturally mummified Indigenous people; DNA analysis reveals resistance to Russian conquest and rare insights into genetics and culture over centuries

Yogev Israeli | 01.12.26

‘Asylum in Russia with access to his money and a guarantee from Putin’: the offer and the refusal

Proposed escape route for Maduro with money and asylum: new details and Vatican mediation

Days before the operation to capture Venezuela’s president, the Vatican urged Washington to avoid military action and allow Maduro to leave the country, with a proposal for asylum in Russia, access to his funds and a Putin guarantee, according to reports

Ron Crissy | 01.10.26

Near NATO border, Putin stages show of force with 'meteorite missile'

Russia launched its hypersonic ballistic 'Oreshnik' missile for only the second time, striking western Ukraine just 60 km from Poland; Moscow called it revenge for an alleged plot against Putin, denied by Kyiv; the West sees a threat to Europe and the US

ynet, News Agencies | 01.10.26

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