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Multiple fatalities in Hamburg shooting
A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses building in the Alsterdorf district of Hamburg has left multiple people dead…
Ukrainian Group Suspected of Sabotaging Nord Stream Pipelines
New intelligence reveals the possible involvement of a pro-Ukrainian group in the attack on Nord Stream pipelines that…
Why EU aid to Turkey are not useful
Despite the strong earthquake, Turkey is bombing Kurdish areas in northern Syria. The blockade of Kurdish areas worsens…
Germany Refuses to Allow Exports of German-Made Tanks to Ukraine
Senior German officials have said that until the United States agrees to supply American-built Abrams tanks, Germany will…
President Biden and Chancellor Scholz Discuss Support for Ukraine
Once more, President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) chatted over the telephone. The White House…
Putin accuses Ukraine of escalating hostilities during a phone conversation with Erdogan
In a recent telephone discussion with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian leader Vladimir Putin attributed the current…
SPD Condemns Controversial Statement by Thomas Bäppler-Wolf regarding New Year’s Eve Riots
On New Year’s Eve, there were disturbances throughout Germany, particularly in the central city of Berlin, where 33…
The EU will impose new sanctions on Belarus
The European Union will impose new sanctions on Belarus, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der…
Annalena Baerbock made a surprise visit to Ukraine
During a surprise visit by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to Ukraine, she promised to provide Ukraine with…
SPD accused of ignoring controversial comments by Frankfurt politician Bäppler-Wolf
On New Year’s Eve, there were widespread riots in Germany. In the capital city of Berlin, 33 emergency…
There is no “mercy” for Bolsonaro’s supporters
Brazilian security forces have arrested 1,200 people for the violent entry of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro…
Stoltenberg: It is time for Sweden to join NATO
The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has declared that it is time for Sweden to join NATO,…
Israel orders police to remove Palestinian flags
Israel’s new far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has instructed police to remove Palestinian flags from public…
Sweden: Turkey wants things that we cannot give
Turkey has demands that Sweden cannot and does not want to fulfill, the Swedish Prime Minister said on…
Borrell: In 2022, the world became a worse place to live
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell stated that in 2022, the world…
Thousands of Israelis protest against the new government
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets to protest against the new government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.…
Biden visits the border with Mexico
President Joe Biden goes today to the border between the United States and Mexico, his first visit since…
Kevin McCarthy is elected president of the US Congress
Republican lawmaker Kevin McCarthy has been elected the new Speaker of the House of Representatives after winning the…
Mexico does not extradite the son of “El Chapo” to the USA
A Mexican judge on Friday granted Ovidio Guzmán’s request not to extradite him to the United States. The…
How a German actor compares New Year’s Eve perpetrators to apes in a xenophobic video
Thomas Bäppler-Wolf, a German actor, entertainer, drag artist, dance instructor, and choreographer, recently spoke out in a video…
US sanctions Iranian drone companies
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Friday against officials linked to an Iranian military equipment manufacturer that designs…
The US allocates about three billion dollars in aid to Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $2.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine on Friday. It…
Zelensky thanks Scholz for the powerful defense package
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He thanked the German for…
The race to oust Putin is underway
The race to topple Russian President Vladimir Putin and take the Kremlin crown is on, says Russian war…
France supplies Ukraine with tanks
France is expected to provide light battle tanks to Ukraine, becoming the first country to send Western combat…
Macron: France will send armored combat vehicles to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday and said France will bring…
Russia is having difficulty in taking the city of Bakhmut
Weeks of fighting around the eastern city of Bakhmut continues, with Russia making little – if any –…
Americans start preparations for elections
As the year 2023 approaches, in the United States of America, attention is shifting to next year’s presidential…
Information about the joint summit between EU and Ukraine
A joint summit between the European Union and Ukraine is expected to be held on February 3 in…
NATO countries will discuss the increase in defense spending
NATO countries will discuss their defense spending targets in the coming months as some of them call for…
Japan is offering families $7,500 per child to leave Tokyo
The Japanese government is offering 1 million yen ($7,500) per child to families fleeing the capital Tokyo, with…
CDU member’s tweet on role of people with ‘West Asian’ and ‘darker skin type’ in combating riots draws criticism
A member of Germany’s CDU party, Christoph de Vries, has caused controversy with a tweet suggesting that the…
Lula was sworn in as president of Brazil
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as Brazil’s new president – his third time in…
Britons disappointed with BREXIT
Almost two-thirds of Britons now support a referendum on rejoining the European Union, two years after Britain left.…
Russia will bear responsibility for war crimes
The head of the European Union’s foreign policy, Josep Borrell, declared that Russia will bear responsibility for war…
Erdogan removed the retirement age
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lifted the retirement age limit on Wednesday. With this act, more than two…
Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday made a dramatic comeback as Israel’s prime minister after being sworn in as the…
Meloni: Russia does not want peace in Ukraine
There are no particular signs that Russia wants peace, says the Italian Prime Minister. There are no particular…
At least 100 people sentenced to death in Iran
At least 100 people have been sentenced to death or charged with capital crimes in connection with the…
France will continue military aid to Ukraine
The French defense minister went to Kiev to discuss the increase in military aid. Sebastien Lecornu, the French…
Kim Jong Un reveals his “wish list for 2023
North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, has today revealed his “wish list” for 2023 for his military.…
Russian state television admits the war is “exhausting Russia”
A Russian television presenter has admitted that the war in Ukraine “exhausts” Russia in “every way”. Even, according…
Medvedev predicts a war between France and Germany
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a staunch Vladimir Putin loyalist who was given a new job this week,…
Putin says he is ready to “negotiate with all involved”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to “negotiate with everyone involved in this process for acceptable…
The wealth of the oligarchs must be taken to finance the war
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin and head of the Wagner mercenary military group,…
Turkey does not lift its veto, for Sweden to join NATO
Sweden has failed to lift Turkey’s veto on NATO membership. Foreign ministers met in Ankara on Thursday to…
Zelensky’s trip shows that Ukraine does not want peace
Russia has sharply criticized Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington, accusing the US of an indirect war against it.…
Zelensky travels to the USA – filmed in Poland
A Polish television has published footage showing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in that country by…
Putin says the losses in Ukraine are a common tragedy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech today is going on longer than many might have predicted, perhaps at least…
Zelensky is expected to meet Biden at the White House
Planning is underway for US President Joe Biden to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House…
The EU reached an important agreement on gas prices
The energy ministers of the European Union member states agreed today that the gas price cap mechanism will…
Germany has frozen more than five billion euros of Russia
Germany has frozen 5.046 billion euros of Russian assets as part of European Union (EU) sanctions over the…
US Congress recommended charges be filed against Trump
The January 6 House of Representatives committee voted unanimously at the end of the final public meeting on…
Former American commander: Ukraine will liberate Crimea
Ben Hodges, the former commander of US forces in Europe, has made a bold prediction about how the…
The EU gives Ukraine another two billion euros for weapons
The European Union has agreed to pay an additional two billion to the fund used to purchase weapons…
Russia is using 40-year-old ammunition
A senior US official has said that Russia is using 40-year-old ammunition, and as a result is facing…
Zelensky: If Putin dies, the war in Ukraine will not continue
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is convinced that the war in Ukraine would automatically end if Russian leader Vladimir…
MEPs react after the Qatar scandal
Various MEPs have called to go to the end of the corruption affair, as such a phenomenon damages…
Putin threatens to use more advanced weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow could adopt what he described as the US concept of pre-emptive military…
Russia-Iran, global threat
Washington warns that Russia and Iran are in close cooperation with each other, aiming for a full partnership…
Germany will increase arms supplies to Ukraine
Germany understands Ukraine’s needs for weapons and will increase its supplies. This is what the Ukrainian media reports…
Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’
A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and surprised his boss by suddenly declaring…
Britain, Italy and Japan join forces for 6th generation jet
Great Britain, Italy and Japan have formed an alliance in the defense sector to design and manufacture the…
Who is the Russian that was released by the US?
Washington and Moscow exchanged imprisoned basketball player Brittney Greiner for arms dealer Victor Bout, who spent 12 years…
Putin: Prisoner exchanges with the US are possible
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 9 that further prisoner exchanges between the United States and Russia…
UN: Investigation into forced abortions in Nigeria
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an investigation into forced abortions allegedly carried out by the…
Netherland wants suspension of visa liberalization for Serbia
On December 8, the Dutch Parliament passed a resolution calling on its government to advocate in Brussels for…
Russia has no plans to take more territory from Ukraine
Russia began an aggressive mobilization in Ukraine early in the war on February 24, and Ukraine launched a…
American and Russian diplomats meet in Istanbul
Diplomats from Washington and Moscow met today in Istanbul to discuss a number of technical issues in their…
The Russian critic is sentenced to 8.5 years in prison
A Moscow court sentenced oppositionist Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years in prison for criticizing the…
Croatia is admitted to the Schengen area
The Ministers of Internal Affairs of the European Union approved on December 8 Croatia’s entry into the Schengen…
US to send more troops to Estonia
The United States will deploy additional infantry troops to Estonia “over the coming weeks” to bolster defenses on…
USA: Sweden and Finland soon to become part of NATO
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington will soon be able to call Finland and Sweden “NATO…
The EU will help the Ukrainian army with two billion euros
European Union countries will add another two billion euros to a fund that has been used to pay…
San Francisco reverses decision to use ‘killer robots’
San Francisco authorities have reversed a decision that allowed local police to use robots that can kill people.…
The US has approved the sale of aircraft parts to Taiwan
The US State Department on Tuesday approved the potential sale of $428 million in aircraft parts to Taiwan…
Hungary blocks the support package for Ukraine
Hungary has vetoed the European Union’s proposed 18 billion euro financial aid package for Ukraine for 2023. Instead…
Fight in the Parliament of Turkey
A Turkish opposition lawmaker was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care in Ankara after being hit…
Turkey welcomes the extradition of the Kurdish militant
Turkey has welcomed Sweden’s extradition of a convicted Kurdish militant, but has signaled it expects more action before…
The EU blocks the import of oil from Russia
A package of European Union sanctions on Russian oil imports, which was approved in June, came into effect…
Scholz: We will buy American F-35 fighter jets
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has today confirmed his government’s plans to purchase American F-35 fighter jets, which…
Putin does not accept the conditions of the USA and Germany
The White House has confirmed that President Biden is ready to talk to President Putin, if the latter…
The Pentagon inaugurates the “B-21” plane
America’s new nuclear-capable, radar-evading jet made its debut on Friday after years of secretive production. Its testing comes…
Iran to Disband “Morality Police”
Iran’s morality police, tasked with enforcing the Islamic dress code, are being disbanded, the country’s attorney general has…
US will oppose the construction of new Jewish settlements
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned today that the United States will oppose the construction of new…
The G7 joins the EU in limiting the price of Russian oil
Group of Seven nations and Australia have joined the European Union in adopting a price cap of $60…
El Salvador mobilizes 10,000 troops near the capital
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Saturday the mobilization of 10,000 security forces in a…
Putin ready to talk with Biden about Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement in Ukraine, but the United States’ refusal to…
The MP slaps a colleague in the Senegalese parliament
A violent brawl broke out in Senegal’s parliament after a male opposition lawmaker punched a female colleague in…
Scholz asked Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine…
Europe would be in trouble without the US
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said that Europe is not “strong enough” to withstand the Russian invasion…
Biden: I didn’t expect Russia to be so brutal in Ukraine
Joe Biden has said at the press conference that the US stands with its allies “as strong as…
Biden says he would meet Putin only to end the war
The American president has welcomed the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to the White House. Joe Biden said he…
Sweden is taking steps towards NATO, but it is not enough
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that Sweden’s new government is more determined to address Ankara’s security concerns…
European Commission recommends freezing funds for Hungary
The European Commission recommended on Wednesday the blocking of 7.5 billion euros of European Union funds for Hungary…
Scholz promises to send more anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday pledged to send more Gepard anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine. “We will continue…
US confirms Russia cut off nuclear weapons negotiations
The US State Department spokesman confirmed that Russia has unilaterally postponed nuclear weapons talks that were supposed to…
NATO is running out of reserves
Two-thirds of NATO countries have exhausted their capacity to supply Ukraine with weapons. “Armament reserves of 20 of…
Klitschko responds to Zelensky’s criticism
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko hit back at the Ukrainian president’s criticism of measures to help residents cope with…
Germany will make it easier to obtain citizenship
Germany’s government is pushing ahead with plans to ease citizenship rules in the European Union’s most populous country,…