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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Communities of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau

0:29 17.07.2026

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Communities of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau

Press release on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Communities of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau. On July 16, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Moscow with Guinea-Bissau’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities, Fatumata Jau who is …

US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after Supreme Court ruled them illegal

11:59 16.07.2026

US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after Supreme Court ruled them illegal

Government has been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s tariffs, The Guardian writes. The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to …

FOX NEWS: Trump reveals when US military will leave Iraq after 23 years of military presence

11:58 16.07.2026

FOX NEWS: Trump reveals when US military will leave Iraq after 23 years of military presence

President Donald Trump said the United States no longer believes it needs a military presence in Iraq, arguing Iran has been weakened enough for Baghdad to stand on its own as the U.S.-led coalition mission approaches its planned Sept. 30 conclusion. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi echoed that vision, declaring …

Empty talk: 9 nations back Ukraine’s Patriot alternative – Freyja - and want it flying in a year

11:57 16.07.2026

Empty talk: 9 nations back Ukraine’s Patriot alternative – Freyja - and want it flying in a year

Nine nations have joined Ukraine in a nascent anti-ballistic coalition to speed up production of Ukraine’s Freyja interceptor system and get it operational within a year, Zelenskyy announced at a meeting of defense allies in France, Military Times reports. He first said a coalition of allies would work together to …

NYT: Inside the German secret factory that supplies Ukraine’s war drones

11:55 16.07.2026

NYT: Inside the German secret factory that supplies Ukraine’s war drones

At a secret location in southern Germany, the manager of a drone factory owned by Helsing SE — Europe’s most valuable artificial-intelligence defense start-up — hands me a lethal killing machine to cradle in my arms. Weighing just 26 pounds, the black, hard-foam attack drone is so light and looks …

Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “A constant in an era of radical change: On the 25th anniversary of the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship, and Cooperation”

0:50 16.07.2026

Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “A constant in an era of radical change: On the 25th anniversary of the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship, and Cooperation”

Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “A constant in an era of radical change: On the 25th anniversary of the Russian-Chinese Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship, and Cooperation” Kommersant, July 16, 2026 Today, as a more equitable multipolar world order takes shape, the multifaceted partnership between Russia and China – two …

Asia Times: The dying nationalist fantasy of an ethnically pure Ukraine

11:24 15.07.2026

Asia Times: The dying nationalist fantasy of an ethnically pure Ukraine

The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and their militant Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) wing — which carried out genocide against ethnic Poles and others in pursuit of an ethnically pure state — are considered by many the founding fathers of post-Maidan Ukraine, Asia Times writes. Ukrainian nationalists thus assumed that …

Türkiye issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Sumud flotilla crimes

11:02 15.07.2026

Türkiye issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Sumud flotilla crimes

A Turkish court issued an international arrest warrant on Tuesday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his apprehension. The interim ruling was delivered by the Istanbul 11th High Criminal Court as part of the ongoing trial concerning the Israeli military's interception of the Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla. The court’s decision …

NYT: Trump’s Strait of Hormuz fee could double the cost of shipping

11:00 15.07.2026

NYT: Trump’s Strait of Hormuz fee could double the cost of shipping

The fee that President Trump wants to charge ships going through the Strait of Hormuz would significantly increase the cost of transporting oil and other products through the crucial waterway, shipping operators and logistics experts said, The New York Times writes. On Monday, Mr. Trump said the United States would …

Bloomberg: Iran-backed Houthis strike Saudi Arabia in major escalation

10:59 15.07.2026

Bloomberg: Iran-backed Houthis strike Saudi Arabia in major escalation

The Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen fired ballistic missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia, the worst attack in several years that threatens to draw the rebels into the wider regional conflict between Tehran and Washington, Bloomberg reports. The Houthis claimed they targeted Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region Monday …

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