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The Foreign Minister on the USA: "A Lump in the Stomach"

Look at what the USA does – not what is said. This is the message from Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) who urges calm and coolness after an extraordinary meeting about the situation in Ukraine.

The Foreign Minister on the USA: "A Lump in the Stomach"

Putin may open up for talks with Zelenskyj

Ukraine has every right to join the EU – but not in military alliances, the Kremlin emphasizes as the first talks with the USA begin. With several caveats, President Vladimir Putin is also said to be willing to negotiate with Ukraine's counterpart, "if necessary".

Putin may open up for talks with Zelenskyj

USA and Russia Resume the War "in Due Time"

USA and Russia have held a first meeting on the way to some form of agreement on the Russian invasion war in Ukraine – without Ukraine. They say they have taken "important steps" towards continued talks and re-established diplomatic ties that were severed.

USA and Russia Resume the War "in Due Time"

Russia sends Lavrov: "Europe will beg"

Russia is sending Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to negotiations with the USA. There, they will plan for a top-level meeting between Trump and Putin.

Russia sends Lavrov: "Europe will beg"

Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right

Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies, shutting out negotiating partners and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages.

Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right

Netanyahu threatens to "open the gates of hell"

Hamas must be annihilated, emphasizes USA's Foreign Minister Marco Rubio on a visit to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latter promises in turn to "open the gates of hell" if not all those who are held hostage by the terrorist-stamped Hamas are released.

Netanyahu threatens to "open the gates of hell"

War Expert: Risk that Europe Gets the Blame

The USA is expected to initiate peace negotiations about Ukraine as early as next week – but European leaders are not invited. It is hard to shake off the feeling that the Trump administration wants to try to make a deal with Russia, and then let Europe take the blame for not solving the problem, says war researcher Oscar Jonsson.

War Expert: Risk that Europe Gets the Blame

American Bomb Delivery Arrives in Israel

A shipment of American MK 84 bombs has arrived at the port of Ashdod in Israel. .

American Bomb Delivery Arrives in Israel

Top trio from USA meets Russia in Saudi Arabia

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio is said to be accompanied by the US national security adviser and the president's special envoy when he travels to Saudi Arabia this week to negotiate with Russia. The meeting appears to take place over Ukraine's head and without European involvement.

Top trio from USA meets Russia in Saudi Arabia

Crisis Meeting in Paris – USA Meets Russia

EU leaders meet in Paris on Monday with concerns that Europe is being excluded from peace talks on Ukraine. American and Russian delegations are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks there – something that President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has stated that Kyiv has not been invited to.

Crisis Meeting in Paris – USA Meets Russia

Europe Excluded from Ukraine Talks – Swedish Criticism

Europe will not be sitting at the negotiating table in the planned peace talks between the USA, Russia, and Ukraine, according to the USA's special Ukraine envoy. Sweden's government expresses concern and criticizes the message.

Europe Excluded from Ukraine Talks – Swedish Criticism

Maria Malmer Stenergard in conversation with Rubio

Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) has spoken with the US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio. During Thursday's phone call, they discussed, among other things, the Ukraine war.

Maria Malmer Stenergard in conversation with Rubio

Promises new plan for Gaza after meetings in the USA

Pressed, Egypt is to present a new plan for the Gaza Strip as an alternative to the large-scale displacement of Palestinians that the US President proposes. .

Promises new plan for Gaza after meetings in the USA

The Aid Organization Norwegian People's Aid Lays Off 1,700

The Norwegian aid organization Norwegian People's Aid is forced to lay off 1,700 employees as a direct consequence of the US aid being stopped by President Donald Trump's administration. .

The Aid Organization Norwegian People's Aid Lays Off 1,700

Egypt: The Arab World Says No to Trump

The Arab world is saying no to Donald Trump's plans for Gaza Strip, according to Egypt. If the US President gets his way, the Palestinians there will be forced out without the right to return.

Egypt: The Arab World Says No to Trump

USA Agency Warns: Lost Track of Billions

The American aid agency USAID warns that they have lost control of where 8. 2 billion dollars have gone.

USA Agency Warns: Lost Track of Billions

Fury after Trump stops aid

"Inhumane and ruthless". Aid organizations around the world are outraged over the White House's decision to shut down the aid agency USAID and lay off its staff.

Fury after Trump stops aid

Trump's New World Order: Might is Right

Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages.

Trump's New World Order: Might is Right

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

Soup kitchens that assist hundreds of thousands of starving people are being shut down. HIV-positive people around the world are potentially left without medicine.

So Trump's aid stop hits the most vulnerable

Rubio to the Middle East after Trump's Gaza Gambit

The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first visit to the Middle East in February, according to a high-ranking official at the American Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rubio will first participate in the security conference in Munich, Germany next week and then visit Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

Rubio to the Middle East after Trump's Gaza Gambit

Judge pauses blow to USA's aid agency

The Trump administration has presented its plan to dismantle the USA's aid agency USAID, the world's largest aid donor. The staff of 8,000 is to be reduced to barely 300, according to media reports.

Judge pauses blow to USA's aid agency

USA seizes additional planes from Venezuela

The USA has seized an aircraft belonging to the Venezuelan government for the second time in less than a year. .

USA seizes additional planes from Venezuela

Guatemala wants to receive migrants from the USA

Guatemala wants to receive migrants with other nationalities who are deported from the USA. It is the second country to sign a similar agreement with the USA.

Guatemala wants to receive migrants from the USA

The President: Panama Withdraws from Chinese Investment

Panama is leaving China's global infrastructure project "One Belt, One Road", also known as the new Silk Road. The decision follows pressure from the USA to, among other things, reduce Beijing's influence over the Panama Canal.

The President: Panama Withdraws from Chinese Investment