Wires Brief: Berlin homes without power after terrorist attack; US Department of War tells Toronto adult store to stop sending toys to US base in Bahrain
7 January Germany Tens of thousands of homes in Berlin remain without power after left-wing terrorists on Saturday sabotaged power infrastructure to protest AI and climate change. Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group)…
Wires Brief: Maduro captured & making NYC court appearance; Yemen forces retake cities from UAE-backed STC rebels
5 January 2026 Venezuela Over the weekend, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was seized by US special forces in a raid on the capital of Caracas. Today, Maduro will be making…
Wires Brief: US ‘locked & loaded” if Iran turns against protesters; South Korea defence minister down playing troop withdrawal
2 January 2026 Ukraine-Russia Ukraine said Russia launched 200 drones overnight into Ukraine, while Russia accused Ukraine of killing 24 during New Year’s celebrations. The CIA has dismissed Russia’s claims…
Podcast: Video Game Training for Peacekeeping
Professor Walter Dorn from the Royal Military College of Canada and the Canadian Forces College joins Stewart Webb to discuss the latest developments in Dorn’s project of creating a peacekeeping…
Wires Brief: Finnish police seize Russian cargo vessel; UAE withdraws from Yemen
31 December 2025 Finland Finnish police have seized a Saint Vincent-flagged Russian-owned cargo vessel on its way towards Israel suspected of using its anchor to damage upwards of five underwater-submarine…
Wires Brief: Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Putin’s dacha; Saudi Arabia bombs Yemeni port of Mukalla
30 December 2025 Iran Iran saw its largest protests in three years on Monday after its currency fell to a record low against the dollar. One dollar is worth around…
Wires Brief: Chinese military exercise off the Taiwan coast; Trump alludes to a Venezuelan facility being hit
29 December 2025 Ukraine The US is offering Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee as part of the proposed peace plan. Ukrainian President Zelensky said he would prefer a 50-year security…
Wires Brief: Turkey foils New Year’s attacks; US launches Christmas airstrikes on IS-Sahel in Nigeria
26 December 2025 Turkey Before Christmas, a Turkish senior member of ISIS was captured on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Details are fuzzy, but it appears that Mehmet Gören was transferred to…
Wires Brief: Trump announced Trump-class “battleships”; Israeli defence minister says Israel will never fully withdraw from Gaza…then backpedals
United States President Trump announced a new class of American battleship at his residence in Mar-a-lago. The new “battleships” will be 30,000- to 40,000-ton large surface combatants employed to meet…
Wires Brief: Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger create a regional force; Russian general killed by a car bomb in Moscow
22 December 2025 Russia Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed by a car bomb in Moscow, marking the third killing of a senior military official this year. Two Russian Su-30…
