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Pope Francis could resign as the head of the Roman Catholic Church if his health deteriorates further, the former head of the Vatican’s department of cultural affairs warned on Thursday. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi said the pontiff would not want to…

Liz Truss has called for a “Trump revolution” in Britain after claiming she was sabotaged during her tenure The UK can only be saved by a movement similar to US President Donald Trump’s MAGA, former British Prime Minister Liz Truss…

The US Secretary of State skipped the event amid a feud with Pretoria over a new land ownership policy President Cyril Ramaphosa has downplayed the absence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, calling it “not…

The meeting in Saudi Arabia aimed to revive diplomacy between nuclear superpowers, according to the US secretary of state The US and Russia sought to restore normal diplomatic relations during this week’s talks in Saudi Arabia because global nuclear powers…

Moody’s has downgraded the South Asian nation’s GDP growth projection to 6.4%, calling for fiscal policy reforms India’s economic growth will slow to 6.4% in 2025, down from 6.6% in 2024, as new US tariffs and softening global demand weigh…

The bloc has faced soaring costs in recent years after choosing to phase out cheap Russian energy Soaring energy prices could cripple the EU economy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. Having cut itself off from Russian energy resources,…

There is widespread opposition to the Ukrainian leader within the White House, according to the New York Post Vladimir Zelensky should leave Ukraine “immediately” and move to France so as not to impede peace talks with Russia, a source close…

Having been thoroughly snubbed by Trump in favor of actual peace efforts, Kiev and Brussels may be hatching a new plan The US and Russia are sitting down for some grand strategy global chess. Serious moves are being made. US…

Former colonies are not seeking a handout but an “appropriate apology,” the Grenadian prime minister has said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been told that former colonial powers must apologize and pay compensation for their historical involvement…

The bloc should reduce its dependence on the US military, the French president has said The EU needs to develop a “massive defense plan” and boost military investment due to rising tensions with Russia and US President Donald Trump’s stance…

Media representatives have suggested that the envoy seek asylum in Britain, Andrey Kelin has claimed Russia’s envoy to the UK has claimed that members of the British media told him he should defect to the UK. The mainstream media and…

A Romanian official reportedly said that Russia demanded to the US that the bloc removes its troops from Eastern Europe during talks in Riyadh The Kremlin has rejected a senior Romanian official’s claim that Russia demanded to a US delegation…

Are we witnessing a new blossoming in relations between West Jerusalem and Washington? By Farhad Ibragimov – expert, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National…

Europe should make it clear to President Trump that failure to back “liberal democracies” will come at a price, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has insisted Europe should not hesitate to put pressure on the US if it fails to fall…

The Ukrainian leader’s presence would only “make it very hard to make deals,” the US president has said Ukraine’s leader Vladimir Zelensky is actually “not very important” to have at meetings, US President Donald Trump has said, adding he only…

Domestic solutions are often better than foreign alternatives, the president has said at the Future Technologies Forum Western sanctions have inadvertently bolstered Russia’s economic and technological sectors, President Vladimir Putin said at the Future Technologies Forum in Moscow on Friday.…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that all G20 nations welcomed recent US-Russia talks in Riyadh, which aimed to restore dialogue and address the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Lavrov made the remarks at a press conference on Friday, following the…

By Andrey Kortunov, Ph.D. in History, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member For years, Russian-American relations seemed to be in an irreversible coma. Diplomacy was dead, overtaken by hostility, sanctions, and a growing risk of military…

The power tool popularized by the South American nation’s leader has become a symbol of his push to slash public spending Argentine President Javier Milei has given Elon Musk a chainsaw as a symbolic gesture reflecting their shared commitment to…

The president has reiterated that the Ukraine conflict can only be resolved at the negotiating table Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected an approach by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to purchase arms for Ukraine. The Brazilian head of…