In his opening remarks at the Bucharest Nine (B9) meeting, Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki said that when the format was first established, “some believed that we were sounding the alarm too loudly,” The Guardian
13th May 2026 – (Beijing) China has condemned what it described as attempts to provide a platform for “Taiwan independence” advocates, following a video address by Taiwan leader William Lai Ching‑te to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
Belarus has continued to systematically direct migrants toward the Latvian border. According to the Latvian Border Guard, following a relatively calm winter, a steady flow of irregular migrants resumed in April 2026, and officials expect the influx this year to remain broadly at the level observed in 2025. The conflict in the Middle East is likely to further increase the number of migrants from the region attempting to reach the borders of Latvia and other Baltic states.
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Jurors are scheduled to hear opening statements in the case against Lu Jianwang, who is accused of being an illegal foreign agent for China.
Lu greeted supporters gathered outside the Brooklyn federal courthouse before entering.
Prosecutors say Lu and his co-defendant Chen Jinping opened and operated a local branch of China’s Ministry of Public Security in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood starting in early 2022.
Lu was arrested in April 2023 as part of a series of Justice Department prosecutions aimed at cracking down on "transnational repression,” in which foreign governments such as China work to identify, intimidate and silence dissidents in the U.S.
Lu had a longstanding relationship with Chinese law enforcement officials, according to prosecutors.
Over the years, they say, the Bronx resident, who was also known as Harry Lu, helped harass and threaten a Chinese fugitive living in the U.S. and also worked to locate a pro-democracy activist in California on behalf of China’s government.
The other defendant, Chen, entered a guilty plea on a single count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government in 2024.
(AP video by Emily Wang Fujiyama)
Exclusive: A novel China-linked threat group infiltrated more than a dozen critical networks in Poland, Asian countries, and possibly beyond, beginning in December 2024 and with activity uncovered as recently as this month.
In a report shared exclusively with The Register, TrendAI researchers say the new group, which they track as Shadow-Earth-053, targeted government agencies, defense contractors, technology firms, and the transportation industry. The Chinese spies typically gain initial access to victim environments via vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers.
Chi Leung Wai and Chung Biu Yuen convicted over surveillance of dissidents in ‘shadow policing’ operation
China is waging genocide against the Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims. It subjugates Falun Gong practitioners and Tibetan Buddhists and continues its decades-long campaign to suppress and control Christians, turning their churches into state propaganda organs under the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department. The CCP views religion as the last and greatest impediment to its total domination of Chinese cultural and civic life.
To address these concerns, former senator Sam Brownback, who served as ambassador at large for international religious freedom in the first Trump administration, will join Senior Fellow Nina Shea to propose new policies for the US government and actions for the American public. He will draw from his book, China’s War on Faith, which is scheduled for release on May 12.
Brownback and Shea will interview several survivors of CCP religious oppression, each of whom are profiled in the book, including a Buddhist high lama who was forced to flee Tibet and a Uyghur mother whose newborn son was killed by the CCP. Former congressman Frank Wolf, who introduced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, will also present. The legislation was key to institutionalizing religious freedom as a pillar of US foreign policy.
He died today, May 1st.
Chinese language media has reported it, but this is the first English-language media to report it.
Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) disclosed that cyberattacks targeting ICS (industrial control systems) and public infrastructure escalated sharply through 2024 and 2025, with several incidents coming close to causing real-world disruption to essential services. In its newly published annual report, the agency identified that water treatment facilities in Jabłonna Lacka, Szczytno, Małdyty, Tolkmicko, and Sierakowo were breached during 2025. Investigators found that attackers gained access to the operational systems that control water treatment processes, systems designed to ensure the safe delivery of water to local communities.
Donald Trump is planning a meeting with Xi Jinping to discuss a range of issues, including Beijing’s economic and military support for Russia, Reuters, citing Washington officials, reported on May 10.
The European Union has taken a major step toward establishing a special tribunal aimed at prosecuting Russia’s top leadership over the Ukraine war — including the possibility of charges against Vladimir Putin himself.
EU ministers voted to formally support the tribunal under the framework of the Council of Europe, with supporters comparing the proposed court to the post-World War II Nuremberg trials. The tribunal would focus on prosecuting the “crime of aggression” — the act of launching a war.
Ukrainian officials have called the move a historic breakthrough, saying the goal is to create legally enforceable accountability rather than symbolic condemnation. The Netherlands has already expressed interest in hosting the court, while preparations and evidence gathering are reportedly underway ahead of a targeted 2027 launch.
But the initiative is also triggering backlash and accusations of Western double standards. Critics argue similar tribunals were never created for NATO-led wars in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, or Yugoslavia.
Moscow has rejected the accusations against Russia, insisting the Ukraine conflict is tied to NATO expansion and broader geopolitical confrontation with the West. Russian officials have also accused Western governments of weaponizing international law for political purposes.
As the war evolves, the battle is increasingly shifting from the battlefield to the courtroom — raising major questions about global power, accountability, and who gets to define international justice.
The leader of the far-left party La France Insoumise (Unbowed France), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has publicly announced his intention to run in the 2027 French presidential election, which would mark his fourth attempt to reach the Élysée Palace. The politician, who placed third in the previous election (behind Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen), is known for his openly pro-Russian stance. He has also advocated for France’s withdrawal from NATO.