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Ukraine's Azov Brigade, a unit with a controversial past, can now use American weapons to fight the Russians

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 16:00

Azov Battalion Ukraine — New volunteers of self-defence battalion "Azov" take an oath of allegiance to the country during a ceremony before leaving for regions of eastern Ukraine in Kiev, June 23, 2014.
Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERS

Military & Defense, azov, national-guard, Far-Right, ultranationalist, state-department, Ukraine

Microsoft really blew it, says government report on Chinese hacks

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 16:59

Microsoft — A government report found Microsoft needs to make a security "overhaul."
Toby Scott/Getty Images

Tech, Microsoft, Cybersecurity, state-department, department-of-homeland-security, chinese-hackers

With crises brewing around the world, the US's diplomatic 'special agents' are sharpening old skills and learning some new ones

Thu, 11/23/2023 - 06:07

US Embassy in Kyiv Ukraine — The US Embassy in Kyiv reopened on May 18, 2022, three months after closing due to Russia's invasion.
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Military & Defense, us-department-of-state, state-department, diplomatic-security-service, Cybersecurity, us-embassy-in-kyiv, news-contributor

A diplomat who was pressed into leading the Afghanistan withdrawal was so flummoxed by his last-minute assignment that he had to run to REI for gear: book

Tue, 08/29/2023 - 12:21

Tech Insider : Politics

John Bass — Then-US Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass attends a press conference in Geneva in 2018.
Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

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