WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Probes Tether On Its Role in Iranian Shadow Banking * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), today wrote to Tether Chief Executive Officer Paolo Ardoino demanding records and information related to Tether's apparent failure to prevent illicit use by sanctioned entities, terrori  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by Enrique Dans, senior fellow with the Tech Policy Program: * * * Europe's Renewables Loosen Energy Stranglehold Wind and solar power are best positioned to end the continent's dependence on both Russian and American supplies. - To understand the geopolitics of the last two centuries, chart the history of coal, oil, and gas. Whoever controlled these fuels set prices, created allia  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by senior fellow Nico Lange: * * * Putin's Deepening Problems Are Europe's Opportunity The Russian despot's choices are narrowing as his war results in stalemate and impoverishment. Europe should make the most of it. - Putin is putting on a brave face, but it's increasingly hard to portray Russia as a strong and victorious nation. Even as it seeks to project strength at the St. Pe  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 3, 2026, by Emil Avdaliani, research fellow at the Turan Research Center and a professor of international relations at the European University in Tbilisi, Georgia: * * * The Renaissance of US Interest in the South Caucasus The US supports Armenia's government ahead of key elections, fearing Pashinyan's defeat by pro-Russian forces would upend peace efforts. - As Armenia moves toward its Jun  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Alexander Kolyandr: * * * Russia's Economy: Bent Out of Shape The economy's two main tracks are moving in different directions. - Russia's wartime economy was already running on two separate tracks. Now they're diverging even faster, and the gap is certain to widen still more. On one side sits a state-subsidized, demand-guaranteed military-industrial   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 3, 2026, by David Kirichenko, a freelance journalist and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society: * * * Russia's Threadbare Air Defenses For a country that has built its foreign policy on the notion of encirclement, Russia is surprisingly bad at defending itself. - The morning of June 3 dawned bright and sunny in Vladimir Putin's home city of St Petersburg, which might hav  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Nellie Pou, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Pou Proudly Votes for Ukraine Support Act * WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) tonight voted in favor of H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act, which would provide fresh funding to Ukraine in its fight for survival and help impose long-sought sanctions on Russia for its cruel and illegal war. "I voted proudly tonight to send vital aid to Ukraine and provide new tools to  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions Secretary Rubio About $400 Million In Stalled U.S. Assistance For Ukraine And Continuation Of Clean Water Programs For The World's Poor * June 03, 2026 "The $400 million that we appropriated to help the Ukrainian people fight this war has bounced back and forth... Are we going to send it to the Ukrainians?" Durbin asked during today's Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearin  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, June 5 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * Global Visiting Professors Enrich Scholarship and Community at Notre Dame Law School Author: Ali Hoefling Each semester, Notre Dame Law School welcomes a number of visiting faculty from institutions around the world. These international visitors make impactful contributions to the Notre Dame Law School community as they enrich the classroom with their diverse legal perspectives. The visit  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by senior fellow Ken Moriyasu to Asia Times: * * * Kyrgyzstan's UN Upset Signals Eurasia's Quiet Rise UN vote favoring Kyrgyzstan over Philippines for Security Council seat is a sign of the changing geopolitical times. - On Wednesday (June 3), Kyrgyzstan secured an upset victory over the Philippines to wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by senior fellow Ken Moriyasu to Nikkei Asia: * * * Trump Should Push Back on Xi's Narrative on Japan Chinese leader holds a distinctly different view of history from predecessors. - After meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, U.S. President Donald Trump made no public mention of Japan. Yet accordi  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by Daniel Kochis, senior fellow at the Center on Europe and Eurasia, to RealClearWorld: * * * NATO's Shield Must Not Weaken During Europe's Rearmament Friday's impact of a Russian drone in the Romanian town of Galati -- a drone that, while intended to murder Ukrainians, went astray and slammed into an apartm  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 3, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * Ukraine Military Situation Report | June 3 Executive Summary * Battlefield assessment. Russia's operational tempo remained heightened across Ukraine, with Pokrovsk absorbing the heaviest pressure and Moscow conducting large-scale missile and drone strikes ag  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by Alexander Taranov, an expert on Russian military and nuclear affairs, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia and Belarus Preparing for Escalation with Ukraine and NATO Executive Summary: * On May 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia is seeking to draw Belarus more deeply into the Kremlin's war against Ukraine. A Russian offensive from Belarusian territ  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Ukrainian Drone Attacks Exacerbating Tensions Between Moscow and Rest of Russia Executive Summary: * Ukrainian drone attacks are not only affecting the situation in ever more regions and republics of the Russian Federation but also exacerbating tensions between people there and   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 3 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * North Atlantic Council visits Kyiv, Secretary General highlights strong sign of NATO's commitment to Ukraine * NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) Admiral Cavo Dragone and the Ambassadors of the North Atlantic Council visited Kyiv on Wednesday (3 June 2026). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined for a historic meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC), which was the   more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 2 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Children killed and injured in one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine in recent months Save the Children responds to reports that a major attack on Ukraine last night has killed at least 18 people including two boys with children also among the dozens of people injured. - KYIV --   more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 5 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * From the World Cup to World Crises: How Soccer Transforms Children's Lives LONDON - As the world prepares to watch the 2026 World Cup, soccer is helping children to stay safe and recover from trauma on makeshift pitches, across refugee camps, and in communities impacted by conflict a  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton Confronts Secretary Rubio Over Foreign Conflicts of Interest Involving Trump Envoys Witkoff and Kushner * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (AZ-04) demanded answers from Secretary of State Marco Rubio over mounting evidence that Trump administration officials Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are personally profiting from foreign business dealings with the very governme  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 4 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Ukraine: Building the Future, Today * Earlier this month, I visited our partners in Lviv, Ukraine. Over the past year, I have immersed myself in Ukraine's healthcare system, the challenges facing its people, and the extraordinary work of Direct Relief's partners through briefings, reports, and conversations with colleagues and healthcare leaders. But it was my first time visiting the   more

BARCELONA, Spain, June 3 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * The world reaches the highest number of armed conflicts in the past decade * The UAB School for a Culture of Peace publishes today its annual report-one of the main yearbooks in Spain on conflictivity, human rights and peacebuilding. The report identifies 40 wars currently existing in the world, the highest figure in the past decades, and warns about the increase of international conflicts and  more