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Update (1440ET):Moments ago President Trump announced that the United States will provide insurance for "ALL Maritime Trade"via the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and will provide Navy escorts, "if necessary." · Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade,…

Leaked documents reportedly shows the administration’s push to remove “anti-American” narratives from parks and museums · US President Donald Trump. ©  The White House via X Account/Anadolu via Getty Images · The administration of US President Donald Trump is seeking to purge “anti-American” narratives from the country’s national parks and museums, several media outlets have reported, citing a leaked government database.…

Any conflict could be the trigger, the former Russian president has warned · Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a press conference in Gorki, Russia, January 29, 2026. ©  Oleg Molchanov/RIA Novosti · [RT] US President Donald Trump could set off World War III with his “criminal” regime change operations, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned. · In an interview with TASS published on Monday, Medvedev, who…

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has long fought to publicize the files related to the late pedophile · Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) at a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, Washington, DC, February 11, 2026. © Getty Images / Nathan Posner/Anadolu · [RT] A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a…

Friedrich Merz says Iran deserves being the target of war because it hasn’t bent the knee to sanctions ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/@tarikcyrilamartarikcyrilamar.substack.comtarikcyrilamar.com · FILE PHOTO: German…

As the conflict expands, threatening to engulf the entire Middle East, the region needs someone with working connections to all parties By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow). https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/murad-sadygzade/Telegram · ©  Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev · The Middle East has seen many crises that began as ‘limited’ operations and turned into…

US President Donald Trump has claimed cutting off Ukraine helped create “unlimited” stockpiles for hostilities with Tehran · Vladimir Zelensky, Kiev, Ukraine, February 24, 2026. ©  Leon Neal / Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine fears that the US war with Iran could trigger crucial ammunition shortages for Kiev, as supplies of American weapons face disruption, Vladimir Zelensky said on Monday. · The Middle East conflict…

The White House · Over the past 36 hours, the United States and allied forces have launched a major military offensive referred to as Operation Epic Fury. Officials describe it as one of the largest and most complex coordinated strikes in recent history. · Military Action: · According to U.S. military sources, hundreds of targets inside Iran were hit, including Revolutionary Guard facilities, air defense systems, and naval assets. Reports…

by Tyler Durden · Authored by 'eugyppius', · Old friends may remember the farce we experienced last May, when outgoing Marshmallow Interior Minister Nancy Faeser pushed her gaggle of goons in the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) to upgrade their political classification of Alternative für Deutschland. · No longer did the BfV consider the national political party to lurk under mere “suspicion of right-wing…

The negotiations could be held in Türkiye or Switzerland instead of the United Arab Emirates, the Ukrainian leader has said · FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Global Look Press / Kay Nietfeld · [RT] Moscow, Kiev, and Washington are expected to hold the next round of talks on the Ukraine conflict later this week, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said, adding that the negotiations could begin as early as…