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December 2025
Investigating the Impact of US-Israeli Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Programme
In the early hours of June 13, Israeli missiles slammed into apartment buildings across the Iranian capital, Tehran
How Russia’s Invasion is Impacting Ukraine’s Youth
Last month, in the dead of a cold Autumn night, residents in the Ukrainian town of Balakliia were woken by the sound of two massive explosions
Maybe our parents can arrange something for us to meet,
I’ve talked about it with my mother,
This has a huge impact on children’s emotional state,
Profiting From Exploitation: How We Found the Man Behind Two Deepfake Porn Sites
But a Bellingcat investigation has found that the Hungarian national is the key figure behind, and the likely owner of, at least two deepfake porn websites — RefacePorn and DeepfakePorn — that until recently were selling paid subscriptions
These smaller players are often the ones that are more actively trying to stand out on social media to catch up with the bigger ones,
As the more established websites come under sustained regulatory pressure and others get litigated into oblivion, the minnows are ready to try and capture market share,
These websites are eminently replaceable and there's no reason to believe that there is any form of ‘brand loyalty’,
The incentive system will continue to exist until the tools become too toxic to handle for domain hosts and content delivery networks,
From School to Battlefield to Grave: How Russian Cossacks drive young people to war
Some do it out of patriotic motivations, others for political, economic or individual status gain, some even because this can protect oneself from future mobilisation to an actual fighting unit,
Mali Under Siege: Tracking the Fuel Blockade Crippling Bamako
The systematic attacks by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) have brought Bamako and other regions of the West African nation to a standstill as the Al Qaeda-affiliated militia uses economic warfare to pressure the military government