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FP: Welcome to the Age of Chaos – The top global risks of 2026 show an ever more unstable world

10:32 10.01.2026

FP: Welcome to the Age of Chaos – The top global risks of 2026 show an ever more unstable world

Every year since 2017, ‘Foreign Policy’ has given their predictions for the greatest threats facing the world. If some of the top risks this year seem to echo those we anticipated for 2025, it is not that they are static, but that the peril continues, without reaching a denouement. The …

POLITICO: Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela – The companies are in thought and doubt

10:29 10.01.2026

POLITICO: Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela – The companies are in thought and doubt

The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas. American oil companies have long hoped to recover the assets that Venezuela’s authoritarian regime ripped from them decades ago. Now the Trump administration is offering to help them achieve …

Can mice defeat a cat? Can Europe defend Greenland in its conflict with Trump?

10:28 10.01.2026

Can mice defeat a cat? Can Europe defend Greenland in its conflict with Trump?

If European governments didn't realize before that Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland were serious, they do now, POLITICO writes. Policymakers are no longer ignoring the U.S. president's ramped-up rhetoric — and are desperately searching for a plan to stop him. “We must be ready for a direct confrontation with …

The West became wary – Russia strikes western Ukraine gas infrastructure with Oreshnik ballistic missile, one of its most advanced weapons

10:25 10.01.2026

The West became wary – Russia strikes western Ukraine gas infrastructure with Oreshnik ballistic missile, one of its most advanced weapons

Russia fired a hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in western Ukraine overnight Thursday, near the border with NATO member Poland, in what has been labeled a brazen “warning” to the wider continent and the United States, CNN stresses. Russia said it launched its latest attack in response to Ukraine’s …

Russian forces launch Oreshnik strike in response to Kiev's attack on Putin's residence

19:46 09.01.2026

Russian forces launch Oreshnik strike in response to Kiev's attack on Putin's residence

In response to Kiev's attack on President Vladimir Putin's residence, Russian servicemen launched a massive strike, including with the Oreshnik missile, on critical Ukrainian targets, the Defense Ministry reported, TASS quotes. "In the early morning hours, in response to the terrorist attack by the Kiev regime on the residence of …

Foreign Ministry Official Spokeswoman on developments regarding Russian nationals on board oil tanker Mariner

18:03 09.01.2026

Foreign Ministry Official Spokeswoman on developments regarding Russian nationals on board oil tanker Mariner

Comment by Foreign Ministry Official Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on developments regarding Russian nationals on board oil tanker Mariner: In response to our appeal, US President Donald Trump has made a decision to release two Russian nationals from the crew of the oil tanker Mariner, which was previously detained during the …

Russian Foreign Ministry statement regarding the forcible seizure of the oil tanker Marinera

16:02 09.01.2026

Russian Foreign Ministry statement regarding the forcible seizure of the oil tanker Marinera

Foreign Ministry statement regarding the forcible seizure of the oil tanker Marinera: The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses grave concern over the illegal use of force by the United States Armed Forces against the oil tanker Marinera on January 7. The Marinera, which was temporarily authorised to fly the …

‘The Telegraph’: Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland

10:47 09.01.2026

‘The Telegraph’: Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland

Danish defence ministry confirms 1952 rule of engagement requiring soldiers to attack invading forces, following threat from US, ‘The Telegraph’ reports. Danish soldiers will be required to shoot first and ask questions later if the United States invades Greenland, under the army’s rules of engagement. On Wednesday the Danish defence …

New excuse to attack Trump – A woman is dead in Minneapolis after a shooting involving immigration officers

10:45 09.01.2026

New excuse to attack Trump – A woman is dead in Minneapolis after a shooting involving immigration officers

A woman is dead in Minneapolis after a shooting involving immigration officers, who were conducting targeted operations in Minneapolis on Wednesday. A statement from the Dept of Homeland Security said that “violent rioters weaponized” a vehicle and attempted to run over officers. “An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the …

Paul Craig Roberts: “2026 was the Beginning of the End for the Western World…”

10:44 09.01.2026

Paul Craig Roberts: “2026 was the Beginning of the End for the Western World…”

2026 is the year that the deterioration in Western civilization became irreversible, writes Paul Craig Roberts, an American economist and author, ex-United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy for the President Ronald Reagan. In the United States the Republic established by the Founding Fathers had deteriorated into …

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