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A Russian cult, Ashram Shambala, led by convicted sex offender Konstantin Rudnev, has surfaced in Argentina. Several Russian nationals linked to the group are under investigation for human trafficking, forced labor, and drug distribution. What do we know about the cult, and where else did it spread?

Amid escalating global threats and mounting concerns over Russia, the UK is expanding its nuclear fleet for the first time since the Cold War. Which countries have nuclear weapons, what nuclear weapons do they have, and how is Moscow destabilizing the already fragile nuclear order?

The European Union’s plan to ban refined products made from Russian oil comes at the same time the war between Israel and Iran threatens to send global crude prices soaring—and nowhere do these two storylines intersect more dangerously than in Moscow’s budget.

Russia has imported nearly €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in Airbus and Boeing aircraft spare parts, exposing gaps in sweeping Western sanctions aimed at grounding Moscow’s aviation sector.

“Are you excited?” a kid-reporter asks NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. One of the youngest of the 2000 journalists to cover the NATO Summit in The Hague, he patiently waited on the doorsteps to ask his question. “I’m excited, but to a level where I can still control it,” Rutte replied, returning a smile. A few hours later, the NATO leaders' meeting would begin.

Financial strains from its full-scale war in Ukraine haven’t stopped Russia from investing heavily in the Arctic. With one eye on natural resources and the other on military infrastructure development, the Kremlin is deepening its grip on a region it sees as strategically vital.