Ukraine faces a critical moment in the Donbas as Russian forces push forward, threatening key cities and testing the resilience of exhausted defenders. Meanwhile, Sweden’s escalating gang wars spill across Nordic borders,

The Trump administration is also issuing bans and restrictions on legal immigration, including refugees displaced by violence.

An international affairs consultant discusses the status of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and how the new Trump Administration might help secure peace.

A victory for Putin means, in due time, a re-charting of the entire map of Europe, to suit his vision of a Russian empire that never lost the Cold War. The only way to end the war in Ukraine is to ensure that Russia loses and that Ukraine wins.

It was the No. 1 issue for Democrats during the campaign. It was also a winning issue for them in the 2022 midterm election, and one that Trump was able to apparently neutralize in the presidential race with his promise to leave the issue of abortion access to the states in the post- Roe era.

Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.

Trump followed through on several of his Day One promises with a flurry of executive orders, but he left some on the table, including imposing tariffs and ending the war in Ukraine.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

Trump has said he will issue executive orders on his first day in office to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico if the two US neighbors do not clamp down on the flow of drugs into the US and people entering the country illegally.

Most Democrats and even some Republicans seemed uneasy with Tulsi Gabbard and her answers to their questions during her confirmation hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Ms. Gabbard, President Trump’s pick for national intelligence director, was repeatedly asked during a confirmation hearing whether Edward Snowden’s leaks made him a traitor. Ms. Gabbard told senators only that he “broke the law.

US President Donald Trump has warned BRICS nations against introducing a new currency or backing an alternative to the U.S. dollar. He stated that if they proceed, they would face 100% tariffs.