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US to Implement Gaza Peace Plan Regardless of Netanyahu's Objections - Reports
18 January 2026 @ 5:10 am
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to continue implementing the Gaza peace plan regardless of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's objections, Axios reported citing a US official.
Approval of EU-US Trade Deal Impossible Due to Trump's Threats - European People's Party
18 January 2026 @ 5:05 am
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Manfred Weber, the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament, said that Trump's tariff threats make approval of a trade deal with Washington impossible at this stage.
Trump Wants Countries to Pay $1Bln for Permanent Seat in Gaza Board of Peace - Reports
18 January 2026 @ 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The administration of US President Donald Trump is asking countries to pay over $1 billion for the right to a permanent seat on the Gaza Board of Peace, Bloomberg reported citing the board's draft charter.
Trump Invites Turkiye, Argentina, Canada to Join Gaza Peace Council
17 January 2026 @ 6:57 pm
ANKARA (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inviting him to become a member of the Gaza Peace Council, the administration of the Turkish leader said on Saturday.
Trump Puts Tariffs on Eight Countries Over Greenland
17 January 2026 @ 4:46 pm
WASHINGTON (RIA Novosti) - US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States will introduce a 10% tariff against eight European countries in February, which will later increase to 25% should a deal for the US to purchase Greenland is not reached.
Throwback: The Horrors of Finland's WWII Concentration Camps for Russians
17 January 2026 @ 4:03 pm
After invading Russia together with Nazi Germany in 1941, Finland showed no mercy to the civilians in the Russian territories occupied by their troops.
Interference in Iran Could Bring War, Flow of Refugees - Germany's AfD Co-Chair
17 January 2026 @ 4:00 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-chair Tino Chrupalla warned that interference in Iran's internal affairs could risk war and trigger a new wave of refugees.
‘Hands Off’: Danes Protest Against US Push to Acquire Greenland
17 January 2026 @ 2:55 pm
People have gathered outside the US Embassy in Copenhagen with flags and banners to protest against Donald Trump's plans to annex Greenland.
Ukraine's Terms for Returning 12 Russians From Ukraine Unacceptable - Russian Ombudswoman
17 January 2026 @ 1:55 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine’s conditions for the return of 12 residents of the Kursk region who are being held in Ukraine are unacceptable, Russia's Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Saturday.
Peaceful Finland? Think Twice: Nazi Alliance Was Pre-Planned Before WWII
17 January 2026 @ 1:38 pm
The Western-spun fake image of Finland as a peaceful nation reluctantly dragged into wartime alliances is a “deliberately constructed myth,” Bair Irincheev, historian and director of the Karelian Isthmus Military Museum, tells Sputnik.