North America
NATO
With Trump at Summit, ‘No News Will Mean Good News For NATO’: Western Diplomats
NATO members agree to increase defense spending to 5 percent. US officials say Trump will urge Alliance leaders to revitalize industrial capacities for minerals and weapons. Zelensky will attend.
June 23, 2025
Trump
‘What Have the Americans Accomplished?’ – Medvedev Says Iran Will Get Nukes
Russia’s “herald of the apocalypse” has a new one: “A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads,” he said.
June 23, 2025
Zelensky
Washington Has ‘Had It’ With Yermak, Reports Say
Observers reportedly say that Yermak, a former movie producer, “still struggles to navigate the corridors of power in Washington almost six years since he rose to become Zelensky’s closest aide.”
June 20, 2025
Iran
Familiar Deadline: Trump to Make Iran Decision ‘Within Two Weeks’ – White House Says
A “Trump Fortnight,” his ever-present “magic” period, sparks questions about his decision-making on global matters. One policy analyst sees these actions as a strategic move to confuse adversaries.
June 20, 2025
NATO
Putin Says NATO Rearmament ‘Not a Threat’
The Kremlin strongman said he was ready to meet with the Ukrainian president, but only during a “final phase” of negotiations on ending the three-year conflict.
June 19, 2025
War in Ukraine
Trump Increasingly Irate at Isolationists on His Team
“I don’t care what she said,” US President says of his Director of National Intelligence’s warnings against attacking Iran, in the latest rift between Team Trump and isolationists in his party.
June 19, 2025
HUR
‘A Smokescreen for Militarization’ – HUR Warns Russia Building Arctic Power
Although Russia’s Arctic scientific institute formally carries out “scientific missions,” Cherniak noted that it actually functions as part of Moscow’s resource-military project.
June 19, 2025
G7
G7 Minus Trump Rallies Behind Ukraine as US Blocks Statement
The US objected to language condemning Russia, saying it wanted to preserve its role as a mediator with Putin, an official said: “That is not the position that we take.”
June 18, 2025
War in Ukraine
US Condemns Attack on Kyiv That Left American Dead
State Department confirms death of US citizen in Ukraine: “Our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected.”
June 18, 2025
Zelensky
‘I Hope They Understand’ – Trump Skips Zelensky Meeting, Leaves G7 Early
US President is “mistaken” about Russia, Western diplomat tells Kyiv Post; “I have to be back, as soon as I can,” Trump told reporters in response to a question Monday night about his plan change.
June 17, 2025
US
What’s Not Being Discussed at G7 as Trump Shapes Agenda
“Liberal issues” such as climate change, biodiversity, poverty and others are absent from list of topics missing at the summit in Canada, as Trump’s oligarchic administration takes point.
June 17, 2025
Zelensky
Trump Calls Russia’s Expulsion From G8 a ‘Mistake’ as Leaders Meet
Trump said it was a mistake to exclude Russia from the G8 group of wealthy nations, as the remaining members, now known as the G7, meet in Canada.
June 17, 2025
US
Anti-Trump Protests in US Out-Attended Military Parade by Millions
Protests were organized in all 50 US states, with organizers heralding them as the largest of their kind since Trump returned to office in January.
June 16, 2025
Israel
US Explains Why Defenses for Ukraine Sent to Israel Instead
“It’s a different landscape in defense these days,” said Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who claimed that the reason for the redirection was to protect Americans and US assets.
June 16, 2025
G7
Trump Due in Canada as G7 Confronts Russian Invasion and Israel-Iran Crisis
Macron said Sunday he would ask Trump at the upcoming summit whether he was open to further sanctions against Russia. Zelensky is among the invited guests and hopes to speak to Trump as well.
June 16, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘Reagan Stood His Ground’ – Republicans Lose Patience With Trump’s ‘Escalation Management’
Key Republican senator Chuck Grassley: “Had the West given the Ukrainians what they needed earlier, they might have pushed Russia out of their country by now.”
June 13, 2025
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