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The US president has forced the bloc’s members to focus more on their own defense, Mark Rutte has said · RT: FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp / Anadolu · European countries should be grateful that Donald Trump is US president, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said, claiming that Trump’s pressure has forced the continent to boost its own defense spending.  · Speaking at…

The Palestinian militants have reportedly struck a deal with the US · RT: Hamas fighters oversee a hostage exchange in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, February 8, 2025 © Getty Images / Abed Rahim Khatib · Palestinian militant group Hamas has agreed to surrender its arms in exchange for free passage out of Gaza for its leaders and a transition to solely political activity, Sky News Arabia has reported. · Citing an anonymous Palestinian source,…

The US special envoy is in Moscow to discuss a settlement of the Ukraine conflict with the Russian president · RT: Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who is in Moscow to discuss settling the Ukraine conflict. · Witkoff is being accompanied by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. · Witkoff initially announced the meeting with Putin on Wednesday on the sidelines of the…

A US delegation is expected in Moscow on Thursday for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin · RT: US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. ©  Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images · The Ukraine peace talks have been narrowed down to a single unresolved issue, according to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, who said he would travel to Moscow later on Thursday. The trip was later confirmed by the Kremlin. ·…

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Tuesday that he rejected a “ridiculous” proposal from the Clintons to conduct an unofficial, off-the-record meeting as Congress begins contempt proceedings against the former first couple in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. · In a post on X, the Kentucky Republican said lawyers for Bill and Hillary Clinton offered an arrangement that would have required him to travel to New…

The contribution would come from the Russian assets frozen in the US · Moscow is ready to contribute to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative, President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Security Council on Wednesday. He suggested donating $1 billion to the body out of the Russian assets frozen in the US to support the recovery of the Palestinian enclave. · The initiative envisages an…

The globalist world order ‘left American workers behind’, Howard Lutnick has said · RT: Howard Lutnick speaks during an event at the White House in Washington DC, December 19, 2025 © Getty Images / Alex Wong · Globalization is a “failed policy” that has “left America behind,” US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared in Davos on Tuesday, accusing the World Economic Forum (WEF) of pushing a globalist agenda that…

Business as usual is ‘impossible’ while the US is attempting to seize Greenland, the European Parliament has said · RT: Ursula von der Leyen meets with Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025 © Getty Images / Andrew Harnik · The European Parliament has halted approval of the EU’s landmark trade and tariff deal with the US, citing US President Donald Trump’s “continued and…

Countries that long participated in the system knew it was “partially false,” Mark Carney told the Davos forum · RT: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp;  Anadolu · Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that the “rules-based international order” was always a partially false narrative that countries knowingly upheld for…

Alex Krainer · I was hoping to round up President Trump’s speech in Davos, Switzerland in this report today, but as I write this, Trump is still speaking and it looks like he’s gone off script: he’s not looking at teleprompters but at the audience and he’s clearly ad-libbing which could go on a while. · The prepared remarks - the part Trump appears to have read off the teleprompters - was interesting but not surprising in substance.…