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View from China: Top nuclear power obliged to cut its arsenal

10:32 15.02.2026

View from China: Top nuclear power obliged to cut its arsenal

The specter of nuclear weapons remains one of the most daunting challenges to global peace and security, with recent developments casting a glaring spotlight on the United States. The country's irresponsible actions, including its refusal to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty after its expiration early this month, threaten …

Bloomberg: Rubio warns European leaders about danger of Western decline

10:31 15.02.2026

Bloomberg: Rubio warns European leaders about danger of Western decline

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Europe’s fate is intertwined with the US while faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from their shared Western values, Bloomberg reports. The double-edged message offered some reassurance to allied leaders gathered at the Munich Security Conference but did little …

Niger government member: We must prepare for ‘war’ with France

10:29 15.02.2026

Niger government member: We must prepare for ‘war’ with France

A member of Niger’s government has urged his country’s citizens to prepare for “war” with France, as relations with the former colonial power hit new lows. The military regularly has regularly said France is trying to destabilise the country since it came to power in July 2023, administration chief Abdourahamane …

Netanyahu tried to influence the US negotiations with Iran – In vain…

10:38 14.02.2026

Netanyahu tried to influence the US negotiations with Iran – In vain…

Israel intends to tighten the terms of the deal with Tehran so that it is not limited only to the nuclear program, ‘Isvestia’ notes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urgently arrived at the White House on February 11 for a meeting with US President Donald Trump in order to influence …

The English pirates are back: UK threatens to seize Russia-linked fleet tanker in escalatory move

10:37 14.02.2026

The English pirates are back: UK threatens to seize Russia-linked fleet tanker in escalatory move

The UK is threatening to seize a Russia-linked shadow fleet tanker in an escalatory move that could lead to the opening up of a new front against Moscow at a time when the country’s oil revenues are tumbling, ‘The Guardian’ writes bravely. British defence sources confirmed that military options to …

NI: Russian newest frigates are ‘Sea Terminators’ for America’s carriers

10:35 14.02.2026

NI: Russian newest frigates are ‘Sea Terminators’ for America’s carriers

The ‘Admiral Amelko’ is the fifth of 10 planned Project 22350 frigates, the only ocean-going warships to be produced in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, ‘The National Interest’ writes. The Russian Navy has no plans to operate an aircraft carrier in the immediate future. Instead, the Kremlin …

NYT: On the brink of a new nuclear arms race

10:34 14.02.2026

NYT: On the brink of a new nuclear arms race

Already, there are signs that the Trump administration is planning to break out of the numeric limits of New START in ways that could set off a new arms race, ‘The New York Times’ stresses. Last week, the United States and Russia allowed their last nuclear arms control treaty, known …

Zelenskyy decided to lecture Trump? That's a bad idea

10:33 14.02.2026

Zelenskyy decided to lecture Trump? That's a bad idea

If Trump wants to cement his legacy as a peacemaker and improve his chances of winning the midterm elections, he should seize this moment to end the war in Ukraine, already the deadliest Europe has seen in generations, ‘The Atlantic’ notes. It’s also, Zelensky said, a path to success for …

FA: Europe’s next Hegemon – The perils of German power

12:01 13.02.2026

FA: Europe’s next Hegemon – The perils of German power

“I give you my solemn warning that under the present trend, the next world war is inevitable,” declared the French military leader Ferdinand Foch. It was 1921, and Foch, the commander in chief of the Allied armies during World War I, was raising alarms in a speech from New York …

France deploys Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group to Atlantic for ORION 26 war exercise

12:00 13.02.2026

France deploys Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group to Atlantic for ORION 26 war exercise

The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its carrier strike group had shifted from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic in order to participate in ORION 26, France’s largest joint and allied high-intensity exercise cycle scheduled to conclude on April 30, 2026. The movement followed the group’s departure from the naval …

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