The US president has also said he would still like a summit with Russia’s leader in Budapest US President Donald Trump said on Friday that a possible exemption for Hungary from sanctions on Russian oil is possible due to the country’s reliance on it. “We’re looking at it because it’s…
The move follows a similar UN Security Council decision and comes days before Ahmad al-Sharaa’s planned meeting with Donald Trump The UK has lifted sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, following a United Nations decision to remove him from its terrorist list. The move comes ahead of al-Sharaa’s planned visit…
The ongoing standoff has severely impacted travel, hotel, and construction sectors, an economic adviser has said The US government shutdown is inflicting “far worse” economic damage than had been estimated and could cut fourth quarter GDP growth in half, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett has warned. The 38-day shutdown, the…
A mass march against a bill on leaving the Istanbul Convention has been held in Riga Thousands of people filled the streets of the Latvian capital on Thursday evening to protest legislation that would take the Baltic state out of an international treaty on combating domestic violence. Some 10,000 demonstrators…
In a fleeting glimpse of lucidity, the mainstream media has noticed a tiny fraction of the corruption and authoritarianism in Kiev It’s that time of the great proxy war crusade against Russia again. Someone in the mainstream West has woken up to, if not the facts about the politics of…
The summit that was supposed to take place in Budapest last month has been postponed A meeting with Vladimir Putin is still possible, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, adding that he would still like to hold a summit with the Russian leader in Budapest. Trump announced and then…
The American soldier of fortune was allegedly duped out of $85,000 with promises of a drone-killing device An American mercenary fighting for Ukraine was scammed out of roughly $85,000 by two local men who claimed they could build him a laser weapon to destroy drones, the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office…
President Donald Trump has attempted to ban Americans from using ‘X’ as their gender in their passports A ruling by the US Supreme Court has greenlit requiring that the country’s passports indicate the holder’s sex recorded at birth. The temporary order is being seen as a win for US President…
A closer look at the difference between explosions, experiments, and political theater A few days ago, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would resume nuclear testing. The statement caused quite a stir, prompting questions, clarifications, and a wave of interpretations. But Trump’s declaration was likely meant to…
Northern European military heads gathered in Norway this week to practice a potential response to the alleged threat from Moscow Several northern European countries, including the UK, Nordic, and Baltic states, rehearsed a military conflict with Russia at a gathering in northern Norway this week, Politico reported on Friday. Ukrainian…