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Merz cancels UN visit after AfD election win puts his leadership on the ropes

10:45 18.09.2026

Merz cancels UN visit after AfD election win puts his leadership on the ropes

German chancellor gets support from state leaders but further far-right gains this weekend could spell the end, The Guardian notes. Powerful German state leaders from Friedrich Merz’s party have rallied behind him as speculation builds that his days in office may be numbered. The chancellor’s hold on power has looked …

Sergey Lavrov on West preparing for war, Moscow’s response to challenges: Europe’s support for the Nazi regime in Kiev is a disgrace

15:18 17.09.2026

Sergey Lavrov on West preparing for war, Moscow’s response to challenges: Europe’s support for the Nazi regime in Kiev is a disgrace

Western countries are actively preparing for a war against Moscow while spreading the myth of an alleged Russian threat, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the opening session of the Sixth Congress of the International Russophile Movement. He also stressed that Russia will find ways to adequately respond to …

Externals and Substance

11:11 17.09.2026

Externals and Substance

The Lord is reproaching the Pharisees [Mk.7:6-8] not for their external order of things and rules of behavior, but rather for obsession with them, for their fixation on the outside worship, for their carelessness about the inner condition of their hearts. We cannot do without externals. The loftiest innermost matter …

WP: Putin warns Europe of war if peacekeeping troops are deployed to Ukraine

11:11 17.09.2026

WP: Putin warns Europe of war if peacekeeping troops are deployed to Ukraine

Offering a grim assessment of Russia’s relations with the West, President Vladimir Putin pointedly warned European governments not to deploy any troops, including peacekeeping forces, to Ukraine, saying it would mean “war,” The Washington Post quotes. “They speak of contemplating the dispatch of troops to the territory of Ukraine,” Putin …

WSJ: Russia is churning out smart, cheap new weapons faster than Ukraine or the U.S.

11:10 17.09.2026

WSJ: Russia is churning out smart, cheap new weapons faster than Ukraine or the U.S.

Just as Ukraine was learning how to parry Russia’s drone attacks, Moscow has moved the goal posts with a new generation of innovative jet-powered weapons, The Wall Street Journal states. New Geran drones and Banderol cruise missiles are lethal reminders that Russia still has the resources and supply chains to …

View from Japan: Death of the dollar was “The news before it happens.” Now it happens

11:08 17.09.2026

View from Japan: Death of the dollar was “The news before it happens.” Now it happens

The petrodollar system underpinning U.S. financial dominance is breaking down as the Iran war disrupts both oil revenues and foreign demand for Treasurys, exposing limits to their safe-haven status, The Japan Times states. The virtuous loop that has seen America underwrite stability in the Middle East in exchange for Gulf …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized US underwater vessel near Strait of Hormuz

11:06 17.09.2026

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized US underwater vessel near Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that its naval forces had seized a US unmanned underwater vessel near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, amid heightened military tensions between Tehran and Washington, Middle East Monitor reports. In a statement carried by Iranian media, the IRGC Navy said it …

Lavrov’s statements: Western unreliability, military contingents in Ukraine

19:53 16.09.2026

Lavrov’s statements: Western unreliability, military contingents in Ukraine

Western countries have proven unreliable and cannot be depended on, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the International Youth Festival. He also stressed that the deployment of Western military contingents in Ukraine would amount to Europe declaring a direct, rather than hybrid, war on Russia. TASS has compiled the …

Faith and Morality

11:18 16.09.2026

Faith and Morality

The Lord is bringing forward the commandment of love of God and neighbor, immediately adding to it His teaching that He is the Son of God and God Himself. [Mt. 22:35-46]. Why is that? Because genuine love of God and men is out of the question unless our faith in …

GB news: Andy Burnham told he cannot stop break up of UK as PM faces calls to hold three independence votes

11:17 16.09.2026

GB news: Andy Burnham told he cannot stop break up of UK as PM faces calls to hold three independence votes

Andy Burnham has been told he cannot stop the UK's breakup as the Prime Minister faces calls to hold independence votes, GB news reports. Sinn Féin, the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, issued its warning to Mr Burnham after signing a pact with the SNP and Plaid Cymru. …

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