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View from London: The slow death of the Coalition of the willing

11:33 04.08.2026

View from London: The slow death of the Coalition of the willing

With Starmer gone and Macron soon to be replaced, a leadership vacuum could leave Europe rudderless, The Telegraph notes. Sir Keir Starmer bowed out from the world stage with a round of applause from his colleagues and, in a first for a serving British prime minister, France’s highest honour. Emmanuel …

WP: U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel

11:33 04.08.2026

WP: U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel

The top U.S. general in Europe privately warned the Pentagon this week that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting Israel from incoming ballistic missiles, officials said, illustrating how the ongoing Iran war has imposed constraints on the military, The Washington Post writes. Gen. AlexusGrynkewich, the head of U.S. …

Vucic stated the risk of stopping navigation on the Danube

11:31 04.08.2026

Vucic stated the risk of stopping navigation on the Danube

Serbia may face restrictions on navigation on the Danube due to a decrease in the water level in the river. This was announced on August 2 by the country's President Alexander Vucic. "We will do our best, and I hope that we won't have to shut down the refinery. — …

India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass

11:29 04.08.2026

India and China revive Himalayan trade at high-altitude pass

The Nathu La Pass, a remote border trading post connecting India’s Sikkim state with China’s Tibet region at 4,310 metres (14,140 feet) above sea level, reopened to commerce on Saturday for the first time since 2020, South China Morning Post writes. High in the eastern Himalayas, where yak caravans once …

Mass violation of the Spanish and EU border: Not just an Invasion — but Surrender

11:25 03.08.2026

Mass violation of the Spanish and EU border: Not just an Invasion — but Surrender

The footage from Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish enclaves in North Africa where thousands of illegal migrants have rushed past the Spanish borders, ought to be of grave concern to all patriotic or sovereignty-minded people in Europe and beyond, European Conservative stresses. The scale and pace of this mass violation of …

The real reason Russia is wooing an African island nation

11:23 03.08.2026

The real reason Russia is wooing an African island nation

Russia has been working hard to build closer ties with Madagascar’s new rulers since they staged a coup in October, Bloomberg writes. The question was why, given the massive but relatively sparsely populated Indian Ocean island is one of the world’s poorest nations, has little diplomatic heft and is of …

The Telegraph: Merz’s secret plan to stop German AfD blocking NATO troops

11:22 03.08.2026

The Telegraph: Merz’s secret plan to stop German AfD blocking NATO troops

Friedrich Merz is drawing up secret plans to prevent German pro-Kremlin “traitor states” from obstructing NATO’s plans to defend against a Russian invasion, The Telegraph reveals. German officials fear the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could frustrate the movement of allied forces through two eastern states it is expected to …

CNN: Saudi Arabia is getting dragged into a war it has tried desperately to avoid

11:21 03.08.2026

CNN: Saudi Arabia is getting dragged into a war it has tried desperately to avoid

Saudi Arabia has spent five months trying not to get dragged into a regional conflict, keeping open channels of communication with Tehran even as Iranian drones targeted its oil industry, CNN reports. Now it appears hemmed in, facing enemies in three directions. In the last week, the kingdom has faced …

View from London: Multipolarity must be understood as more than a fall from the American order into disorder

9:40 02.08.2026

View from London: Multipolarity must be understood as more than a fall from the American order into disorder

America is in decline. And so is Pax America: the American-led world order. While there are many genuine dangers of American decline, there has never been a better chance to say clearly how much the unipolar order always left to be desired, and to imagine a multipolar world that might …

Bloomberg: North Korea’s economy expands

9:38 02.08.2026

Bloomberg: North Korea’s economy expands

North Korea’s economy expanded for a third straight year in 2025, boosted by arms exports to Russia, stronger trade with China, and Kim Jong Un’s drive to develop regional industries, according to estimates by South Korea’s central bank, Bloomberg quotes. Gross domestic product grew 3.5% in 2025 from a year …

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