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Photo: Getty Images In 2026, Russia’s economy is entering a phase of so-called “expensive money,” which is becoming a new norm amid the ongoing war against Ukraine and prolonged macroeconomic inst

Photo: EPA Trump to chair new “Board of Peace,” sets $1 billion fee for permanent membership Former President Donald Trump plans to become the first chair of a newly proposed international “Bo

Photo: getty images Members of the European Parliament are preparing to suspend the approval of the EU–US trade agreement amid plans by President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries that sup

Photo: EPA US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday, January 17, that Washington will impose tariffs on imports from eight European countries that do not support the idea of US control over G

Photo: reuters U.S. officials are reportedly considering creating a separate “Peace Council” to oversee a resolution of the war in Ukraine, modeled on the body that monitors the ceasefire in Gaza, a

Photo: RBC On January 17, Ukrainian and U.S. delegations will meet in Miami to work on a security guarantees agreement for Ukraine, Ambassador to the U.S. Olha Stefanishyna announced on Facebook. S

Photo: Getty Images On Friday, January 16, a South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on some of the charges related to his declaration of martial law. Th

Photo: Getty Images The European Commission is discussing the introduction of a two-stage EU accession model that could allow Ukraine to join the bloc much faster, but with limited powers at the ini

Photo: EPA French President Emmanuel Macron described the work of the “Coalition of the Willing” as a historic and significant breakthrough. Speaking at the Istre airbase, Macron said that the coal

Photo: Pexels Russia’s budget revenues from oil and gas fell to a five-year low last year, dropping 24% compared with 2024, Bloomberg reports. The decline comes amid lower crude oil prices and reduc

Photo: Getty Images IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Kyiv on the morning of January 15 for an unannounced visit to hold talks with Ukrainian leadership, Reuters reports, citing

Photo: Getty Images Iran has announced the closure of its airspace to all flights except for selected international routes amid increased military readiness. According to data from Flightradar24, t

Photo: Getty Images The US State Department has temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to citizens of 75 countries, including Russia, Iran, Somalia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, T

Photo: Getty Images US begins evacuation of troops from Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar amid Iran tensions The United States has started evacuating hundreds of soldiers from its largest airbase in the

Photo: Getty Images U.S. presidential envoys Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner are reportedly planning a trip to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and discuss a peace plan. The meeting

Photo: getty images U.S. billionaire Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is providing Starlink satellite internet services free of charge in Iran due to the deadly nationwide protests, Bloomberg reports. Ah

Photo: Getty Images According to him, the killers and oppressors will “pay a heavy price.” U.S. President Donald Trump addressed Iranian protesters, saying that “help is already on the way.” On the

Photo: EPA A meeting is planned for next Wednesday, January 21. Ukraine’s G7 allies intend to meet U.S. President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum in Davos next week to secure his perso

Photo: Getty Images Iran has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles worth $2.7 billion since October 2021 to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reports, citing a Western official. A

Photo: reuters The United States condemns Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and considers the January 9 “Nutcracker” missile strike on Lviv a “dangerous and inexplicable

Photo: getty images Norway will provide Ukraine with $7 billion in aid over 2026. In addition, the country will allocate $400 million to support Ukraine’s budget and restore energy infrastructure.

Photo: Getty Images During the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, Russia-supplied air defense systems in Venezuela were not connected to radar networks, and parts of the

Photo: Getty Images Moldovan President Maia Sandu has said she would vote in favor of unification with Romania if the issue were put to a referendum, stressing that it is becoming increasingly diffi

Photo: Getty Images Iran’s former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has called on Iranians to seize government institutions and diplomatic missions worldwide, announcing what he described as the beginning o

Photo: pixabay Germany plans to propose the creation of a joint NATO mission to monitor and protect security interests in the Arctic region in an effort to ease tensions with the United States, whic

Photo: president.gov.ua Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been hospitalized after suffering kidney failure, sources say. According to the sources, Kadyrov is currently in hospital, while the Kre

Photo: GettyImages The United Kingdom has begun talks with European allies on the possible deployment of military forces to Greenland to strengthen security in the Arctic and ease concerns voiced by

Photo: EPA HRANA says the exact death toll is impossible to determine due to prolonged communication blackouts in Iran. At least 65 people were killed and more than 2,300 arrested during recent ant

Photo: sabrangindia Russia ranked first worldwide in 2025 by total duration of internet shutdowns, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD). Monitoring services show that c

Photo: Getty Images The Telegraph reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, seeing him as the main obstacle to peace rather t

Photo: president.gov.ua Meetings on the sidelines of the “coalition of the willing” summit in Paris and subsequent talks in Cyprus involving President Volodymyr Zelensky produced new political commi

Photo: Getty Images The United States on Friday, January 9, detained the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad, marking the fifth such interception in recent weeks, the Wall Street

Photo: EPA Youth in Iran are increasingly expressing discontent with the government’s priorities, as anti-government demonstrations escalate and external pressures mount. According to Reuters, the c

Photo: Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he is willing to commit the United States to supporting Ukraine’s defense in the future, provided he is confident that Russia will not att

Photo: Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that after the fall of Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, Washington plans to intensify actions against drug cartels in Mexico. In an

Photo: Getty Images The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine advises Ukrainian citizens to leave Iran due to the deteriorating security situation. Currently, departure is possible via: Imam Kho

Photo: Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron said the United States is gradually distancing itself from some allies and freeing itself from international rules, warning of dangerous shifts i

Photo: EPA German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed that deploying Western peacekeepers in Ukraine will not be possible without Russia’s consent, noting that Moscow’s approval of any peace agreemen

Photo: Getty Images During the U.S. operation in Venezuela, 100 people were killed , including members of President Nicolás Maduro’s security detail and Cuban military and intelligence officers

Photo: Getty Images European governments are taking Trump’s threats to seize Greenland seriously, Politico reports. EU and NATO officials are exploring ways to prevent U.S. action, with four main o

Photo: Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a bipartisan bill to strengthen sanctions against Russia. This was reported by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on X following his meet

Photo: EPA The U.S. administration has announced the start of sales of Venezuelan crude oil and petroleum products on global markets, the Department of Energy said. According to the statement, lead

Photo: Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump claims that without his intervention Russia would have taken control of all of Ukraine. Writing on Truth Social, Trump argued that most NATO countrie

Photo: getty images The operation took place in the North Atlantic. The United States is attempting to seize an oil tanker linked to Venezuela but recently re-registered under the Russian flag, acco

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine is discussing security guarantees with its partners on land, at sea and in the air, but talks do not include any “nuclear umbrella” for the country. President Volodymyr Z