On December 15, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin handed a list of specific proposals for a new European security architecture to then-Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried. This framework was meant to take Russia’s interests into account. Essentially, this open letter to NATO was the last attempt to resolve issues peacefully without resorting to force. At the time, Washington ignored Russia’s proposals. Just two months later, Russia started the military operation in Ukraine.

What does Moscow want beyond Ukraine? The talks are offering a clearer answer

Russia and the US are discussing a broader security settlement, while divided European leaders struggle to turn financial power into diplomatic influence

BY Sergey Poletaev

US war and proxy war around the globe continues as the US seeks to reassert its primacy over a rising multipolar world. As this global war on multipolarism unfolds upon Earth, the US is increasingly seeking to establish an advantage above the Earth — in orbit.

In a great many countries, we are witnessing protests against the high cost of living, as well as elections that result in the rejection of political leaders. While the specific justifications, implications, and consequences vary from one country to another, the underlying facts remain the same everywhere. 

The Collapse of Our Societies

by Thierry Meyssan

The "Chinese spy" narrative surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is falling apart. When you look past the mainstream media headlines, a massive $7.5 billion shadow pipeline, a D.C. political ambush, and a trove of leaked WeChat photos tell a completely different story.

Honey Trap?

Just days before the high-stakes APEC Summit in Shenzhen, an explosive leak wiped $15 billion off Jensen Huang's net worth and knocked Nvidia from its throne. The story? A classic Cold War honey trap involving an alleged Chinese operative named Alice Huang. But why would an elite intelligence asset post selfies and whiskey shots with her billionaire target on WeChat for the world to see?

There is a ganglands war in Sydney’s West. Yet Premier Chris Minns sends NSW Police to Dover Heights in the East. By Andrew Brown.

On Monday morning a 15 year old boy was stabbed repeatedly in the stomach outside Casula High School as children arrived for class. In Western Sydney that is not a headline. It is a Monday.

How the West was lost. Ganglands war out West but Minns sends troops to leafy East

by Andrew Brown

The west is in the grip of a gang war. Since Bondi it has buried an 85 year old pensioner kidnapped by mistake, a tradie stabbed to death by children, and two men shot dead in one week because the gunmen got the wrong target.

The security of Australia’s Defence assets has been entrusted to a group with significant ties to the Chinese leadership. Michael West reports on a new disclosure to Parliament. 

Red Alert … oops! After years of huffing and puffing about the security threat from China, it appears our politicians have twigged that the contract for monitoring – and providing security for – Australia’s bases and assorted Defence assets is being operated by none other than … wait for it … the Chinese.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - European leaders hope that the European Political Community (EPC) summit will not survive the departure of French President Emmanuel Macron from office in 2027, media reported on Thursday.

Some EU leaders soured on the forum, launched at Macron's initiative in late 2022 to intensify the confrontation with Russia, media reported, citing European diplomats and officials.

According to media reports, European leaders are weary of numerous meetings that are increasingly perceived as a talking shop. This partly explains the cool response of the European countries to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to establish yet another political forum, the European Security Council, one of the diplomats noted.

‘Operation Carthage’ is more than just another anti-corruption purge in Ukraine. It’s the story of a criminal empire built by, and relying on, the protection of Vladimir Zelensky’s security services. The Western media won’t touch it. RT will.

‘Carthage must be destroyed’: How Ukrainian cops and criminals worked hand-in-hand
Ukraine’s secret police and prosecutors have become private security agencies for scammers and drug cartels

The slow international response to climate change has placed the world on a path to destruction, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told heads of state and government during opening statements at this year's COP31 climate conference. 

"The ⁠brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us," he said, as world leaders gathered in the Turkish resort city of Antalya to set the tone for negotiations at the UN climate summit.

Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to defeat the effort.

Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events and others accused Speaker Mike Johnson of closing the vote early. Many of those not in the Capitol said they support the effort to impeach Hegseth.

Last week’s elections might see Netanyahu lose power, but Israel has the Occupied Palestinian Territory in an ever-tightening vice, and potential new PM Gadi Eisenkot won’t change that. Cathy Peters with the reality check.

To oppressed Palestinians, a change of Israel’s leader will mean very little.

Gaza and West Bank status quo. A new Israeli PM won’t make any difference

by Cathy Peters

Israel’s relentless dispossession and subjugation of Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and its ongoing genocide in Gaza, will continue under a government led by former military general and IDF Chief of Staff, Gadi Eisenkot.

In 2015, Bill Browder published Red Notice – purportedly a true story about his experience in Russia between 1996 and 2005. Upon closer scrutiny however, his story doesn’t add up and demonstrably fails to stand up in a court of law. Nonetheless, on the dubious strength of that story, Browder has been able to lobby the U.S. Congress to pass the Magnitsky Act in 2012 which needlessly damaged the relations between the U.S. and Russia.

Grand Deception

The Truth About Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act, and Anti-Russian Sanctions

BY ALEX KRAINER

Accepting a free speech award on Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s behalf, Louise Adler details a coordinated campaign of intimidation, censorship and vilification aimed at silencing Palestinian voices.

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been awarded the Liberty Victoria’s Empty Chair award in recognition of her advocacy in the face of an unrelenting campaign to silence her.

Louise Adler

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has put a knife to the EU’s throat, demanding more cash “for Ukraine.” So what’s got into him?

What Merz wants is to make every EU member state bankroll Germany’s Ukraine-linked defense industry, whether they like it or not. If not, he’ll block the EU’s budget.

Why has Merz sparked a hostage crisis in the EU?

The German chancellor is threatening to block the bloc’s budget unless Ukraine gets more aid – except it’s not really for Ukraine

BY Rachel Marsden