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Putin Trump
Europe

How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

The 'art of the deal' will likely result in the opposite of its intended effect on the Russian president. Here's why.

Trump White House reporters
Europe

Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

The president who insisted that the Biden era policies did not work finds himself in a rerun of his own first term on Ukraine policy.

Syria sanctions
Middle East

Lifting sanctions on Syria exposes their cruel intent

As Trump shifts US policy, former defenders now concede what was long denied — the economic war killed more than it helped

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham
QiOSK

Graham: Trump ready 'to move' on Russia sanctions

Frustrated with Putin, the president also reversed last week's Ukraine aid halt

Havana, Cuba
North America

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

The president’s new national security memo on Cuba reaffirms his old policy of punishment, which does nothing for US interests

Ukraine war
Europe

Europe's risky war on Russia's 'shadow fleet'

The EU wants to target illicit oil tankers, a move that could expand the Ukraine war and drag the US in further