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Political analyst: The U.S. seeks control over the Caucasus

10:41 10.08.2025

Political analyst: The U.S. seeks control over the Caucasus

President Trump hosted a signing ceremony tomorrow at the White House for a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, alongside the leaders of those countries, Axios reports. The big picture: The deal is one of Trump's most significant foreign policy achievements so far and could help end one of the …

WP: China is winning the trade war Trump started

10:39 10.08.2025

WP: China is winning the trade war Trump started

In January, President Donald Trump declared trade war on China. It gives no pleasure to report that China is winning. But the evidence is inescapable, ‘The Washington Post’ notes. You can see it in the economic numbers: China’s economy grew by an average of 5.3 percent in the first half …

WP: 18,500 Palestinian children who have been killed in Gaza

10:35 10.08.2025

WP: 18,500 Palestinian children who have been killed in Gaza

The Washington Post publishes the names and ages of 18,500 Palestinian children who have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught almost 22 months ago. The Post takes the numbers from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, which says that it relies on hospital and morgue records, vetted reports from …

An agreement was reached to hold a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States next Friday, August 15, in Alaska

12:35 09.08.2025

An agreement was reached to hold a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States next Friday, August 15, in Alaska

Comment by Aide to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov on the upcoming meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump: “The American side has just announced that an agreement was reached to hold a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States next Friday, …

View from India: “There is no other word for it – Imperialism!”

10:01 09.08.2025

View from India: “There is no other word for it – Imperialism!”

It will be a huge mistake for India to treat the trade negotiations with US President Donald Trump just as a trade negotiation. The “concede to America lobby” in India, which is surprisingly ideologically strong in elite circles, is spectacularly misreading the moment. They start with obvious truisms. India and …

Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza City

9:59 09.08.2025

Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza City

Israel's political-security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City early on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of the entire strip despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war, Reuters reports. "The IDF will …

View from London: Europe has hit rock bottom

9:57 09.08.2025

View from London: Europe has hit rock bottom

All four pillars of the EU’s economic strategy and great power project now lie in ruins. Every domino has fallen, ‘The Telegraph’ writes. Europe sub-contracted its energy supply to Russia, its defence to America and its manufacturing supply-chains to China. The hurricane of events over the last five years have …

WP: Putin could take advantage of Trump’s eagerness to reach a deal and use a face-to-face meeting

9:56 09.08.2025

WP: Putin could take advantage of Trump’s eagerness to reach a deal and use a face-to-face meeting

President Donald Trump intends to meet “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine, the president said, adding that he believes “there’s a very good chance” of reaching an agreement. It was unclear, however, whether Putin had offered any concessions to Trump in exchange for …

Orban calls on EU leaders to hold summit with Russia

13:05 08.08.2025

Orban calls on EU leaders to hold summit with Russia

After a personal meeting between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, it is necessary to organize a summit between Russia and the leading EU countries, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Kossuth Radio. Orban described as “good news” official Russian and US reports about ongoing preparations for …

NYT: “A one-on-one summit will give Mr. Putin an opportunity to sway Mr. Trump, long sympathetic to Russia, back to supporting the Russian leader’s views”

11:01 08.08.2025

NYT: “A one-on-one summit will give Mr. Putin an opportunity to sway Mr. Trump, long sympathetic to Russia, back to supporting the Russian leader’s views”

The Russian leader sees direct talks with Trump as essential to achieving his ultimate aims in Ukraine, ‘The New York Times’ writes. President Vladimir V. Putin has long said he wants to sit down with President Trump. The reason: He believes that such a meeting, rather than just progress on …

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