Good morning! Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for May 23, 2025—your quick intel on defense and global affairs.

After Artyom Uss, a Russian businessman and son of a powerful Kremlin-connected governor, escaped from Italian house arrest ...

Isle of Palms beach house owner Rom Reddy has completed his court challenge to a $289,000 fine over what the state’s coastal ...

OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap says he doesn't see the increasing use of artificial intelligence slowing job ...

Speaking at the parade, Putin hailed Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, saying that “we are proud of their courage and determination, their spiritual force that always has brought us victory”. The ...

Gazprom Neft and ITMO University have organized an open championship for young specialists in artificial intelligence. The winners will receive an invitation to internships and work in projects of the ...

The Russian Embassy and Russian House in Sri Lanka yesterday (29) commemorated the 80th Anniversary of Victory Day by laying floral tributes at the War Memorial in Colombo and unveiling a ...

Artificial intelligence “agents” are supposed to be more than chatbots. The tech industry has spent months pitching AI personal assistants that know what you want and can do real work on your ...

A high-ranking Russian general was killed Friday in an apparent car blast in the city of Balashikha near Moscow, domestic media reported. Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, who served as the ...

The artificial island was first built in the late 1960s and MSC Cruises, which holds a 100-year lease, redeveloped it in 2015 as a luxury destination. Now, the company is working to develop a new ...