US President Donald Trump asserts that the United States needs Greenland for national security, not to gain control of its minerals.   "We need Greenland for national security. Not for minerals. We have so many sites for minerals and oil. We have more oil than any other country in the world. We need Greenland for national security," Trump said talking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate near West Palm Beach, Florida.d "And if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the...

EU leaders are unlikely to agree on using frozen Russian assets due to differences between "irreconcilable camps" within the association, Politico reported, citing sources. Main information about the situation. Disagreements in EU EU diplomats worked for 11 hours to reach a compromise to retain the decision on a so-called reparation loan to Kiev, which is to be adopted at the summit on December 18-19, Politico said. Four EU officials told the newspaper that a key point in the discussion...

The "Coalition of the Willing" countries have raised the readiness levels of their armed forces ahead of a possible deployment to Ukraine, UK Defense Secretary of State John Healey said during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format, which was held via videoconference. "Through the Coalition of the Willing we are raising our readiness levels and I continue to direct funding to prepare our UK troops and Armed Forces, so that we are ready to deploy when peace...

The Bank of Russia intends to file a lawsuit against the Euroclear depository in the Moscow Arbitration Court today, the regulator's press service said. The lawsuit claims damages caused to the Central Bank by Euroclear's illegal actions. Main information on the situation. Filing the lawsuit The Bank of Russia intends to file a lawsuit against Euroclear in the Moscow Arbitration Court today, the regulator's press service reported. The lawsuit is related to damages caused to the...

Washington, D.C.- Today, Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced HR 6508, the NATO Act, to remove the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “NATO is a Cold War relic. We should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries,” said Rep. Thomas Massie. “NATO was created to counter the Soviet Union, which collapsed over thirty years ago. Since then, U.S. participation has cost taxpayers trillions of...

Fresh off a $140 million fine slapped on X by EU regulators, Elon Musk tweeted that the bloc should be abolished and “sovereignty returned to individual countries."  ‘Will Europe fail?’ 🔴 The end of the EU “is a realistic scenario,” Internationale Politik Quarterly (IPQ) argues (March, 2025)Due to rising Eurosceptic sentiment, geopolitical pressure, economic inequality, demographic shifts and institutional inertia, “centrifugal dynamics”...

Ukrainian attacks on tankers in the Black Sea are piracy, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters. He noted that Russia will consider measures against ships from countries that are helping Kiev with piracy and will expand strikes on Ukrainian ports in response to the attacks. At the same time, the head of state noted that Russia is currently acting carefully in Ukraine, using a "surgical" approach. However, if Europe continues to live under the illusion that it can inflict a...

"The vast majority of the Israeli public, between 75% and 80%, reject another Palestinian terror state, which this time would overlook Ben-Gurion Airport," Dani Diker said   In the hours leading up to the U.N. Council’s unanimous vote, 13-0, on Monday to approve a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing Washington’s 20-point plan for Gaza, experts told JNS that Israelis worry about the plan’s “pathway” to Palestinian statehood.     Bezalel...

President Donald Trump says he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster apologized for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but said it would not pay damages.   “We’ll sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably some time next week. I think I have to do it. They’ve even admitted that they cheated,” Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One. Trump’s lawyers sent the BBC a letter Monday accusing...

On October 31, 2025, in response to the 19th package of EU sanctions, Russia added numerous EU officials to its own stop list, the Russian Foreign Ministry. Statistics From 2022 to the present, Moscow has officially announced retaliatory sanctions against representatives of the European Union and European structures 11 times. The names of those subject to retaliatory sanctions and information on the number of such individuals are not published. Russia's retaliatory measures in 2022 On...

On last Friday night, France's Macron stunned Paris by re-appointing Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister    Just four days after Mr Lecornu had resigned, with his first government collapsing in record time. For decades, the French presidency has relied on what political scientists call the fait majoritaire – the automatic parliamentary majority that traditionally followed a newly elected head of state. That era is over! Since Macron lost his absolute majority in...

The lower house of Madagascar's parliament has voted to remove President Andry Rajoelina from power as youth protests rage on the island.   Shortly after the vote, a military group led by Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who supports the protesters, said it was taking power and dissolving all previous governing bodies. General information about the country The Republic of Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. It covers an area of...