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View from Middle East: How the Houthis came out on top after Israel's multi-front war

11:50 14.10.2025

View from Middle East: How the Houthis came out on top after Israel's multi-front war

The Yemeni group's steadfast attacks over two years turned it from insurgent rebels to a key regional player, ‘The Middle East Eye’ writes. As a fragile ceasefire takes hold in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, another military actor in the region has also apparently halted hostilities: the Houthis in Yemen. …

A big bet on gold pays off as price tops $4,000

11:47 14.10.2025

A big bet on gold pays off as price tops $4,000

Russia’s central bank switched from being a net seller of gold to a net buyer in 2006 and has amassed one of the largest stockpiles in the world. The gold reserves are part of Putin’s plan to construct a “fortress Russia” economy impervious to sanctions, ‘The Telegraph’ writes. Putin’s ploy …

View from Washington: “NATO goes mad!” – Do European and American policymakers want a real war with Russia?

11:47 13.10.2025

View from Washington: “NATO goes mad!” – Do European and American policymakers want a real war with Russia?

Despite the hysteria fanned by DC and European think tanks alike neither Putin nor other serious Russia officials have expressed their desire to conquer Europe, writes Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and a former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Despite the enormous frustration over Europe’s …

Jacques Attali about Europe, lost control over its destiny and wartime economy

11:45 13.10.2025

Jacques Attali about Europe, lost control over its destiny and wartime economy

This is a very revealing article at ‘Horizons’ magazine (Serbia) by Jacques Attali, a renowned French economist, social theorist, and writer. He was a Special Adviser to the French President François Mitterrand and the founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He is a man …

Public support for EU defence spending past its peak

11:43 13.10.2025

Public support for EU defence spending past its peak

Overall, 52% of Europe is unconvinced that the continent is prepared, in terms of military strength, for a prolonged conflict, ‘Euractiv’ reports Support to spend more on national defence is on the decline, an exclusive poll produced for Euractiv by Polling Europe shows. In light of continued Russian aggression and …

View from Britain: “Many streets in London are at 20pc occupancy. The number of people who have left is dramatic and it’s the wealthiest who have left”

11:42 13.10.2025

View from Britain: “Many streets in London are at 20pc occupancy. The number of people who have left is dramatic and it’s the wealthiest who have left”

Tech investors will quit Britain if Labour keep raising taxes, one of Britain’s most influential entrepreneurs has warned. Brent Hoberman has said Britain’s goal of becoming an AI hub could be difficult over high energy costs. Brent Hoberman, who co-founded Lastminute.com and now invests and supports start-ups, said venture capital …

TASS: Kremlin aide points to Anchorage agreements as “guiding star” for Ukraine settlement

19:45 12.10.2025

TASS: Kremlin aide points to Anchorage agreements as “guiding star” for Ukraine settlement

The "guiding star" on the issue of a Ukrainian settlement is the agreements reached by the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, in Anchorage, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin. He also noted that continued military pressure …

View from Washington: Is Europe’s top diplomat diplomatic enough?

15:27 12.10.2025

View from Washington: Is Europe’s top diplomat diplomatic enough?

Kaja Kallas’s reputation for tough talk has proved correct, ‘Foreign Policy’ notes. She was seen as the right woman at the right time to be plucked out of domestic politics and placed into the EU’s top echelon. Her reputation as a Russia hawk denied her a chance to lead the …

POLITICO: Trump’s trade war has India hugging Britain close

15:26 12.10.2025

POLITICO: Trump’s trade war has India hugging Britain close

Donald Trump’s tariffs are accelerating Britain’s dash to strengthen ties with India — even if that means putting trade before morals, POLITICO notes. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spent this week leading the U.K.’s largest-ever trade delegation to India, flying with 125 business chiefs to Mumbai to sign investment-driving agreements. It …

NBC: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act

15:25 12.10.2025

NBC: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked, NBC informs. White House officials have held increasingly serious discussions in recent days about President Donald Trump’s invoking the Insurrection …

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