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Iran calls on SCO to develop ‘Collective Security’ mechanism

11:03 20.07.2025

Iran calls on SCO to develop ‘Collective Security’ mechanism

At the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi proposed the formation of a collective security forum to tackle security challenges facing the member states, Mehr News Agency reports. Addressing the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign …

View from Washington: Something about America’s broken Foreign policy

10:23 19.07.2025

View from Washington: Something about America’s broken Foreign policy

When asked on July 7 whether the United States would be sending more weapons to Ukraine, President Donald Trump responded in the affirmative. “We have to, they have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump told reporters, referring to the Ukrainians. “They’re getting hit very hard. Now they’re getting hit …

EU’s Russian asset plan equals expropriation, warns Euroclear

10:23 19.07.2025

EU’s Russian asset plan equals expropriation, warns Euroclear

The EU’s plan to raise more money for Ukraine by putting frozen Russian state funds into riskier investments would amount to “expropriation”, the institution holding the bulk of the assets has warned. Euroclear chief executive Valérie Urbain told ‘The Financial Times” that plans to reinvest cash generated by the assets …

UK and Germany sign first bilateral treaty since WWII, focusing on war

10:22 19.07.2025

UK and Germany sign first bilateral treaty since WWII, focusing on war

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed a major treaty to deepen ties in areas ranging from defence to immigration on Thursday, the latest step in Britain's push to reset UK relations with the European Union, Reuters reports. On his first trip to London as chancellor, Merz …

Bloomberg: French budget is a ‘Ticking Bomb’ for Euro

10:20 19.07.2025

Bloomberg: French budget is a ‘Ticking Bomb’ for Euro

The French deficit story "is a ticking bomb for EU sentiment", according to currency strategist Franceso Pesole, who says "we could start seeing some FX spillovers in the coming months", Bloomberg quotes. French bonds "have been trading with an embedded risk premium for a long while" and "so much bad …

Russia must respond “in full” to the West’s actions – Medvedev

10:02 18.07.2025

Russia must respond “in full” to the West’s actions – Medvedev

Russia must give full-scale response to the West’s actions and, if necessary, launch preemptive strikes, the head of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev told TASS. Medvedev emphasized that the West has "not only treachery in its blood, but also a sick, very outdated view of its own superiority." "We must …

View from Washington: How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

10:00 18.07.2025

View from Washington: How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

The 'art of the deal' will likely result in the opposite of its intended effect on the Russian president. Here's why, notes Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, previously a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. In the first six months …

French Premier says country on cliff edge as debt soars

9:58 18.07.2025

French Premier says country on cliff edge as debt soars

France is on the cliff edge as its debt continues to balloon, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Tuesday as he set out plans to sharply narrow the budget deficit next year, Bloomberg writes. “We have a duty to take responsibility, we’re at the last stop before the cliff,” the …

French army leaves Senegal ending military presence in West Africa

9:57 18.07.2025

French army leaves Senegal ending military presence in West Africa

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent camps in either west or central Africa, ‘France 24’ informs. Ending the French army's 65 years in Senegal, the pull-out comes after similar withdrawals across the continent, with former colonies increasingly turning …

EU leaders may cheat Trump by walking back their pledge to ramp up defense spending - Shoigu

11:57 17.07.2025

EU leaders may cheat Trump by walking back their pledge to ramp up defense spending - Shoigu

In an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said that the authorities of European countries may deceive US President Donald Trump and fail to fulfill their obligations to increase defense spending. “It is no coincidence that the initial figures of the new defense budget will …

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