Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

Sanctions are now no longer a diplomatic nicety, but an instrument of warfare. In moving to blacklist Rosneft and Lukoil, two of Russia's top oil producers, the United States was making a dramatic turn in leveraging economic pressure on Moscow following deadly strikes in Ukraine that killed seven civilians....

Can a neighboring object from outside the Solar System be more than a comet? That tantalizing question now powers one of the most daring observation campaigns in planetary defense history. The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), a United Nations–sanctioned collective of space agencies and astronomers, has launched its first-ever...

"These actions bear witness to the Russian Federation's contempt for international law standards," Romania's defence ministry responded after a night of chaos on NATO's doorstep. The recent Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine not only claimed civilian lives, including children, but also forced the NATO member countries into...