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Europe is raising tensions – EU council considers deploying ‘military advisors’ to Ukraine

11:25 17.04.2025

Europe is raising tensions – EU council considers deploying ‘military advisors’ to Ukraine

Increased military aid, new energy sanctions, accelerated EU accession for Ukraine, and the deployment of EU ‘military advisors’ inside the country are just a few of the initiatives the European Council will have to decide on next month after discussing them during the latest foreign ministerial meeting in Luxembourg on …

Destroy F-16! Shooting down an American fighter jet is not a problem for Russian air defense

11:24 17.04.2025

Destroy F-16! Shooting down an American fighter jet is not a problem for Russian air defense

Following the announcement by the Ukrainian Air Force on April 12 that it had lost an F-16 fourth generation fighter and its pilot during a combat mission, which had taken place under “extremely complicated conditions,” the Russian Defence Ministry reported that Russian air defences were responsible for destroying the aircraft. …

Vladimir Putin says many countries eager to cooperate with Russia in space industry

23:52 16.04.2025

Vladimir Putin says many countries eager to cooperate with Russia in space industry

Russia is an attractive international partner in space exploration as it has laid good groundwork since the last century for exploring deep space, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with students of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University on Wednesday. One of the students told the Russian leader …

Elephants Trumpet at Russia’s Arctic Forum

11:38 16.04.2025 Lily Ong

Elephants Trumpet at Russia’s Arctic Forum

Atop Murmansk, the world’s largest city north of the Arctic Circle, 1,300 participants from 21 countries gathered to discuss the socioeconomic potential of the region, including multilateral mechanisms for cooperative discovery and efficient development of the Arctic’s rich natural resources. In a panel dedicated to international cooperation and the environment, …

Partition plan for Ukraine to be discussed in Washington

11:35 16.04.2025

Partition plan for Ukraine to be discussed in Washington

Partition plan for Ukraine remains a possible option, just not Kellogg's version, stresses Stephen Bryen, a former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Is partition plan a realistic outcome for ending the Ukraine war. General Keith Kellogg’s proposal appears to have already encountered difficulties. However, that does not mean that …

New German government wants to play bigger role in disciplining EU-member states

11:34 16.04.2025

New German government wants to play bigger role in disciplining EU-member states

Perspective next New German government wants to play bigger role in disciplining EU-member states which are holding dissenting views. The new German government plans to play a larger role in EU decision-making, including by punishing states that violate the bloc’s foreign policy, according to POLITICO. The outlet reports that the …

AP: White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups

11:32 16.04.2025

AP: White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, slashing the number of diplomatic staff, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organizations, including the United Nations, many of its agencies and for NATO …

Trump, Putin and Xi could meet at a “New Yalta”

11:29 16.04.2025

Trump, Putin and Xi could meet at a “New Yalta”

‘Newsweek’ shows the outlines of the global agreement “New Yalta”. In 1945 in Yalta, in Crimea, the leaders of the USSR, USA and Britain – Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill - agreed on the post-war world order. Now the magazine writes about a possible new reorganization of the world order after …

USAID falls, exposing a giant network of US-funded “independent” media

12:00 15.04.2025

USAID falls, exposing a giant network of US-funded “independent” media

Cash flow crisis hits hard “independent” media; USAID has also created a number of covert apps aimed at regime change, reveals Alan MacLeod is senior staff writer for MintPress News. The Trump administration’s decision to pause USAID funding has plunged hundreds of so-called “independent media” outlets into crisis, thereby exposing …

Two views on the US-China trade war

11:57 15.04.2025

Two views on the US-China trade war

What Trump wants above all is to display dominance and extract submission. A better explanation is that Trump is motivated mainly by a desire to accumulate and exercise power, and tariffs are the best instrument of that power, stresses ‘The Financial Times’. Trump climbed down from his most extreme reciprocal …

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