Europeans are gloomy about pretty much everything. Who can blame them? – POLITICO
Respondents also backed higher investment in European security, with 57 percent supporting more “spending on defense and security.” …
Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns – POLITICO
Rutte went on to insist that the EU allow Ukraine to spend part of the bloc’s upcoming €90…
Germany slams Russia’s ‘stubborn insistence’ on Ukraine territorial claims
Published on 26/01/2026 – 14:33 GMT+1 Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul denounced Russia’s “stubborn insistence on the crucial…
Putin drops chilling WW3 ‘genetic weapons’ threat – ‘Bigger than nuclear bomb’ | World | News
Putin (Image: Getty) Vladimir Putin has evoked Frankenstein-like fears by boasting that weaponising genetics could be “even more…
One of Russia’s Last ‘Old Believers’ Still Lives in Siberia
Soviet geologists expected rocks, not a religion-fueled time warp, when they spotted a lone garden deep in…
New US defense strategy downgrades Europe, elevates Greenland to American priority – POLITICO
The document argues that Europe is economically and militarily capable of defending itself, noting that non-U.S. NATO members…
Ukraine, Russia conclude second day of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi – POLITICO
The talks brought together senior military and intelligence officials from all three sides. Ukraine’s delegation included Defense Minister…
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
But it’s the international friendships where one can most clearly see the costs mounting in real time. Just…
Russia reiterates demand for Ukraine to abandon territory as first trilateral talks with U.S. begin
As the first trilateral talks between Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. officials were set to get underway Friday in…
‘We need support, we need help,’ Ukraine energy provider CEO says during Kyiv blackout
Published on 22/01/2026 – 15:35 GMT+1 The CEO of Ukraine’s largest energy provider DTEK is in Davos and…
We’d like to join your Board of Peace, but we can’t – POLITICO
Seeking a diplomatic way out, Rome and Berlin both turned to their constitutions. “We are ready. But of…
Document reveals EU-US pitch for $800B postwar Ukraine ‘prosperity’ plan – POLITICO
The funding strategy stretches until 2040 alongside an immediate 100-day operational plan to get the project off the…