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Trump’s Hot War with Iran Could Trigger Inflation Apocalypse – Expert
Sputnik - Apr 1st 2025 3:59am EDTDonald Trump’s ultimatum-style approach to revisiting nuclear talks with Iran sparked a new escalation of tensions. It comes against the backdrop of the US President’s tariff and trade war with Europe, China and other countries.
Finland’s Energy Gamble: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts Down
Sputnik - Apr 1st 2025 2:29am EDTFinland is pulling the plug on coal early, as Tuesday’s power plant closure puts the country on the verge of a full phase-out, four years ahead of schedule.
1Houthis Say Shot Down US Drone MQ-9 Over Northeast Yemen With Locally Made Missile
Sputnik - Apr 1st 2025 12:52am EDTThe Ansar Allah movement (Houthis), which rules northern Yemen, said that its air defense forces had shot down a US reconnaissance drone MQ-9 over the northeastern province of Ma’rib with a locally produced missile, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said.
Wang Yi: China Will Not Accept ‘America First’ Built on ‘American Bullying’
Sputnik - Apr 1st 2025 12:48am EDTChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarked on a three-day official visit to Russia Monday for talks with top Russian officials, including his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and President Putin. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with Sputnik, Wang outlined the current state of play in world affairs.
What Rare Earths Does Russia Have and Where are These Riches Located?
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 2:49pm EDTRussian officials have already kicked off discussions with the US on cooperation in rare earths projects, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev has revealed.
Denmark Drains Defenses Arming Ukraine, Leaving Little to Defend Greenland Against Trump
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 1:28pm EDTPresident Trump has refused to take “military force off the table” in discussions on a potential US acquisition of Greenland. Denmark has vocally rejected Trump’s claims to its autonomous territory, but doesn’t have the military muscle to walk the talk, having gambled its security away to arm another country 1,000 km away.
USAID in Myanmar: A Legacy of Soft Power Manipulation?
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 12:56pm EDTDemocrats and the mainstream media continue to blame US President Donald Trump’s USAID cuts for crippling Myanmar’s earthquake response, despite his pledge of aid.
Le Pen’s ‘Politicized Conviction’ Signals EU’s Existential Fear of Eurosceptic Politicians
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 12:38pm EDTA Paris court has convicted veteran National Rally politician and former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on charges of embezzlement of EU funds, barring her from running for political office for five years, fining her €100k and confining her to house arrest for two years. Sputnik asked a former Le Pen ally what the case […]
Dugin: Putin & Trump Share Respect for Traditional Values
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 8:21am EDTCNN gave airtime to Alexander Dugin to hear out his views on a Ukraine settelement, Russia-US relations, and “common points” between Moscow and Washington.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Continue to Strike Russian Energy Facilities – MoD
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 7:44am EDTThe Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out a new series of strikes on Russian energy facilities, continuing a pattern of targeting critical infrastructure despite official claims from Kiev that such operations would not focus on energy-related sites, the Russian the Defense Ministry said.
Pepe Escobar: From Sana’a to Saada — Yemen During Wartime
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 6:42am EDTSAADA, northwest Yemen – It’s 2 pm on Wednesday, March 26, and I am standing in a deserted boulevard in Saada during Ramadan, in silence, surrounded by mountains, and watching a road sign telling me the Saudi border is only a two-hour drive away.
Paris Court Finds Le Pen Guilty of Embezzlement of European Parliament Funds
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 5:46am EDTMOSCOW, (Sputnik) – A court in Paris found Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally faction in the French parliament, guilty of embezzlement of European Parliament funds by hiring fictitious assistants to party members, the judge announced on Monday.
Armed Vehicle Plucked from Lithuania Swamp Could Contain Missing US Soldiers
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 5:10am EDTRescue crews had worked for days to extract the M88 Hercules that disappeared during a military training exercise in Lithuania on March 25 only to be found in a muddy bog.
Gold Blasts Past $3,100 for the First Time Ever Amid Trade War Jitters
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 3:17am EDTGold is also viewed as protection against political troubles that could weigh on the world economy. Its run-up at the close of last year also came amid heightened tension over developments in the Middle East and a dollar battered by US interest rate cuts.
Mission Failed: UK & US Helped Orchestrate Ukraine’s 2024 Crimean Bridge Attack
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 1:25am EDTRussian air defenses thwarted a group strike of 12 US-made ATACMS tactical missiles on the Crimean Bridge in August 2024, with all the missiles destroyed.
Szijjarto Asked Ukrainian Energy Minister to Stop Attacks on Russian Energy Infrastructure
Sputnik - Mar 31st 2025 1:24am EDTMOSCOW, (Sputnik) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that he asked the Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko to stop attacks on the Russian energy infrastructure leading to Hungary.
Zelensky Wants to Abandon US-Ukraine Minerals Deal – Trump
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 10:51pm EDTMOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to abandon the US-Ukraine critical minerals deal.
New US Nukes Europe Violate Nonproliferation Commitments Amid Phony Trump-Europe Defense Divorce
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 2:41pm EDTNo amount of “demagoguery on the part of European leaders” about “distancing themselves” from the Washington will convince Russia that the US is going to fold up its nuclear umbrella over Europe, says veteran Russian military analyst Viktor Litovkin.
US Hand in West’s Proxy War in Ukraine Revealed
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 12:25pm EDTThe depth of US involvement in the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine has been laid bare by a New York Times investigation.
China Sounds Alarm Over Blackrock-Led Takeover Bid of Key Panama Ports
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 11:25am EDTNational security adviser Mike Waltz told reporters last month that the leadership of Panama had entered into “negotiations about addressing the ports on either side of the canal,” in a reference to the Balboa and Cristobal terminals.
What is the US Institute of Peace, the Latest USAID-Style Soft Power Tool Dismantled by DOGE?
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 10:52am EDTMost of the US Institute of Peace’s 300 staff got pink slip emails Friday night following the drama earlier this month involving DOGE and FBI agents and police storming the think tank’s extravagant $111M DC headquarters after the White House accused “rogue bureaucrats” of trying to “hold agencies hostage.” Here’s what to know about its […]
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Master the Art of ‘Retreat’
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 10:04am EDTIn a stunning display of ‘strategic planning’, the elite 6th Regiment of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SDF) has reportedly escaped from the Guyevo settlement in Russia’s Kursk region, leaving infantry units to fend for themselves.
Pentagon’s Playbook: Leaked Memo Names New Potential Threats
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 9:07am EDTA new nine-page document outlines priorities for senior Pentagon officials and a vision for achieving them, according to The Washington Post. The Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance reportedly closely mirrors the Trump administration’s conservative “Project 2025” from the Heritage Foundation.
Scapegoat for Nature’s Fury: Democrats, Lib Media Spin Myanmar Tragedy to Blame Trump’s USAID Cuts
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 8:11am EDTAfter months of cuts to USAID, which Trump had branded as fraudulent and corrupt, the US State Department finally announced in a memo on Friday that it would officially “retire” the agency’s “independent operation.”
Militarization Gamble: Poland Eyes Reinstating Compulsory Military Service Amid ‘Russia Threat’ Hype
Sputnik - Mar 30th 2025 7:29am EDTPoland is mulling reinstating compulsory military service, Major General Maciej Klisz told Polish Radio.
