Written by Vanguard investigations desk Published 14th November 2025 ARCTIC SEA GRID — The sanctions were sweeping. Export controls were tightened. Western tech firms were warned. But Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet didn’t stall—it evolved. In 2025, a cross-border investigation revealed that the Kremlin had quietly reactivated a stealth procurement network, acquiring sonar systems, fiber-optic sensors, and underwater drones from U.S., European, and Asian companies.

Written by Vanguard investigations desk Published 14th November 2025 KUNAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — At midnight on August 31, the ground split. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, leveling villages and killing over 2,200 people. But the quake did more than destroy—it destabilized. In a country already fractured by economic collapse, diplomatic isolation, and humanitarian gridlock, the tremor behaved like a sentient force, triggering systemic failure across every layer of governance.