Earlier in the day, the president boasted that US jets had unchallenged primacy in Iranian airspace President Donald Trump is seriously considering getting the US directly involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran as he meets with his national security team on Tuesday, multiple media outlets have reported. The president has lauded the Israeli bombing campaign…
Aleksandr Khinshtein has condemned the attackers as “cruel and merciless” Two elderly people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the village of Zvannoe in Kursk Region, western Russia, Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein said on Tuesday. The victims were identified as a woman, 59, and a man, 69, Khinshtein said on Telegram, expressing condolences to their…
Brussels has pledged to stop importing fuel from Russia by 2028, despite growing backlash from some member states The European Commission has proposed phasing out all remaining Russian gas imports to the EU by the end of 2027. Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen unveiled the plan which would ban new gas contracts with Russia from 2026…
The Jewish state’s attacks on Iran are illegal and threaten global stability, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said Israel’s ongoing strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities pose unacceptable threats to international security and risk plunging the world into a catastrophe, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said. Israel began bombing Iran on Friday, claiming Tehran is nearing the…
Iran’s supreme leader would be “an easy target,” according to the US president US President Donald Trump has suggested that Washington has the ability to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, while demanding that Tehran unconditionally surrender. America’s main ally in the Middle East, Israel, bombed Iranian nuclear and military facilities last week, calling it…
Moscow’s embassy in Stockholm says its diplomatic buildings in Sweden have been targeted by repeated acts of vandalism An unidentified drone targeted the Russian trade mission in Sweden in an act of vandalism on Tuesday, Moscow’s embassy in Stockholm has said, while accusing Swedish authorities of systematic inaction. Russia’s diplomatic mission in Sweden has reportedly…
Why the Israel-Iran war may not go according to Netanyahu’s plan There are no quiet days in the Middle East. Armed conflict is a constant presence, but this time the stakes are higher. Israel has found itself in direct confrontation not with a proxy or insurgent group, but with Iran – its principal geopolitical adversary…
Iran’s skies are under the “total control” of the US and its allies, the American president has claimed US President Donald Trump has demanded an “unconditional surrender” from Iran, which has been locked in a heated military conflict with Israel, over the past days. In a series of posts on his Truth Social Trump also claimed…
The Netherlands has promised to $1.7 million to “strengthen Moldova’s democracy” The Dutch government has announced funding for Moldova aimed at “strengthening… democracy” and combating what it described as “Russian hybrid threats” to the EU-aspirant. The move comes as the ex-Soviet republic’s pro-Western government pursues closer ties with Brussels, amid rising discontent at home. Dutch Foreign Minister…
The US president says he is in no rush to tighten restrictions despite pressure from allies US President Donald Trump has said he is not ready to introduce tougher sanctions against Russia despite pressure from allies, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Trump expressed concern that additional punitive economic measures would cost his country “a lot of…
The early morning hours of 17 June 1972, exactly 53 years ago today, turned out to be the start of a historic series of events that led to the—so far—absolutely unique resignation of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon. So, what happened that fateful night? It was certainly more than just a ‘third-rate…
I’ve covered a lot of speech crime indictments here at the plague chronicle. Before Covid, these things hardly ever happened. Occasionally you’d find the odd article about a dumb tourist who was cited for throwing a Nazi salute in public or something, but that was it. The whole area just didn’t matter. eugyppius: a plague…
At least 90 people have died in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province following torrential rains, according to authorities The Eastern Cape provincial government has confirmed the identification of 80 individuals who lost their lives in the devastating floods that have severely impacted the province. The adverse weather has impacted households in the wake of recent floods, resulting in multiple…
The task force halted operations in May after Trump refused to take a more confrontational stance towards Moscow, according to the outlet US President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly halted the work of a special task force that was developing strategies to pressure Russia, Reuters claimed on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. The inter-agency workgroup, the…
Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill take stock of the US-China trade framework in the wake of last week’s negotiations in London. Topics include: US escalations that brought the PRC side back to the table, PRC rare earth leverage that forced a compromise but no additional export control concessions, and variables to watch…
Tímea grew up in Körösfő, Transylvania (Izvoru Crișului, Romania), immersed in a rich Hungarian folk culture. After attending a teacher training college in Nagyvárad (Oradea), she studied psychology at the university in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca), and later pursued financial studies in Los Angeles. Her family, community, and teachers gave her guidance and values that she continues…
The summits of the group looked like a crowd of “zombies” even a decade ago, the former Russian president has said The G7 has long lost its relevance and cannot provide a sufficient answer to existing challenges, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. He also praised US President Donald Trump’s conduct at the latest…
New Delhi is believed to have 180 nuclear-stored warheads, according to the Stockholm-based institute India expanded its nuclear arsenal in 2024 and continues to develop new types of delivery systems for the weapons, according to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published on Monday. SIPRI is an independent international institute that…
Some 6,000 troops will assist in demining and rebuilding Kursk Region after the Ukrainian incursion, Sergey Shoigu says North Korea will deploy thousands of military personnel to Russia’s Kursk Region to aid in demining operations and reconstruction efforts, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday. North Korean troops fought alongside Russian forces to…
Netanyahu has vowed to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities as experts warn of a broader western agenda In his first public address since the beginning of Operation Rising Lion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to strip Iran of the ability to develop nuclear weapons, eliminate its ballistic missile capabilities, and remove what he called an…
Austria has reportedly backed a proposal previously put forward by Hungary and Slovakia The EU should keep the option of resuming Russian gas imports on the table once a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev is reached, the Austrian energy ministry told the Financial Times on Tuesday. The Austrian proposal, previously voiced by Hungary and…
At the Budapest Global Dialogue 2025 conference, North Macedonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Timčo Mucunski delivered a forceful keynote speech calling on the European Union to abandon complacency and embrace a future of purposeful leadership. Citing Hungary as an example of strategic renewal, he emphasized the need for open dialogue across Europe amid a fast-changing…
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has sounded the alarm over “galloping escalation” Israel has so far shown no interest in peacefully settling the conflict it initiated with Iran, despite Russia’s offer to mediate a dialogue between the two nations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Commenting on the recent series of mutually devastating strikes between Israel and…
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó opened day two of the Budapest Global Dialogue 2025 with a keynote speech, declaring that a new world order is taking shape after 15 years of continuous global crises—from the 2008 financial collapse to ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. These events, he argued,…
Prominent conservative figures are calling on Donald Trump to stay out of the Israel-Iran war, but is it the rebellion it seems to be? Steve Bannon – the smart, stubborn, and irrepressible right/far-right public intellectual and once ally as well as chief strategist and bestie of US President Donald Trump – is back in the news….
A recent New York Times article accused the billionaire of using a “cocktail of substances,” including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and ketamine Elon Musk has shared a laboratory drug test showing a negative result for a range of substances. The billionaire took the test in light of a New York Times article from late last month…
The following is an adapted version of an article written by Anna Demeter, originally published in Hungarian in Magyar Krónika. Tiny, bright purple flowers, precious oil. The history of lavender in Tihany began almost a hundred years ago, and thanks to a few dedicated individuals, it will continue into the future. Magyar Krónika spoke with Eszter Bittmann, managing…
Togo’s media regulator has accused France 24 and RFI of undermining national stability through inaccurate coverage Togo has suspended French state-funded broadcasters France 24 and Radio France Internationale (RFI) for three months, accusing them of repeatedly violating journalistic standards, including “impartiality, rigor, and verification of facts.” The West African country’s High Authority for Audiovisual and…
Air India, Lufthansa and British Airways have cited technical issues for the diversions Four Boeing 787 Dreamliners on international flights to India have been forced to turn back due to technical issues over the past few days, according to media reports. On Sunday, a Hyderabad-bound Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt returned to the German airport midway…
The developer of ChatGPT has signed on to “prototype frontier AI capabilities” for the US Defense Department OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT language model, has received a $200 million contract from the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon announced Monday. The company says it is part of a drive to “defend democracy” against rising…
Iran was “very close” to obtaining a nuclear weapon, US President Donald Trump has said US President Donald Trump has said he believes that Iran was “very close” to obtaining a nuclear weapon, contrary to the assessment of his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. In late March, Gabbard said that the US intelligence community…
The White House said the US president had to leave the G7 summit due to the ongoing Israel-Iran stand-off US President Donald Trump has left the G7 summit in Canada early, despite having a scheduled meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, the White House has said, citing the recent escalation in the Middle East. White House…
The airline has canceled flights to Beirut, Amman, Baghdad, and Erbil in the face of regional conflict EgyptAir has suspended operations to several key regional destinations in response to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East, the airline announced on Sunday. The decision comes amid intensifying hostilities between Israel and Iran. On Friday, Israel…
The attacks targeted facilities in Kiev and a part of Ukraine-controlled Zaporozhye Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said The Russian military has launched a series of attacks on Ukraine’s defense industrial sector, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Click this link for the original source of this article. Author:…
The US president’s family company has launched a self-branded cellular service featuring US-made mobile devices The Trump Organization has launched a new self-branded mobile phone service featuring US-assembled devices. Announced on Monday, the move marks the latest commercial venture of the family company of US President Donald Trump. The new mobile venture, Trump Mobile, will…
A 44-year-old man from Bölcske, Tolna County, Hungary has been arrested for allegedly plotting an assassination attempt against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary. The local court has ordered his detention for one month, according to the news site Teol.hu. The suspect has published a video on the social media site TikTok in which he…
Kiev has shelled a residential area in Donetsk, leading to reports of fatalities among civilians, according to Mayor Alexey Kulemzin Russian civilians have reportedly been killed and at least ten injured by a Ukrainian strike on a residential district in the city of Donetsk, the city’s mayor, Alexey Kulemzin, said on Tuesday. “Three or four…
The State Department has reportedly cited weak identity document systems, government fraud, and overstays as reasons for their inclusion The United States plans to expand its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, including 25 African nations, The Washington Post reported over the weekend, citing an internal State Department memo. The move would…
The conservative talk show host has been criticizing “warmongers” who advocate US involvement in the hostilities US President Donald Trump blasted conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson on Monday, calling him “kooky” after the journalist questioned Washington’s support for Israel following its strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Israel launched attacks on Iran’s uranium enrichment and…
In the spirit of connectivity, Budapest proudly engaged with Vietnamese soft power on 15 June 2025, when the forum Positioning Vietnamese Values Abroad in the Digital and Artificial Intelligence Era was held in the Senate Chamber of the Hungarian Parliament Building. The main topic of discussion was how diasporas are using technology—especially AI—to preserve and…
S. Jaishankar has said there are rising voices in the BRICS+ nations condemning the unfairness of global affairs Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said that “strong sentiments” in the Global South regarding the perceived unfairness of the present international order are fueling a desire for change, according to the news agency AFP. Jaishankar’s statement,…
Moscow was among the targeted regions, with the raid prompting a brief shutdown of several airports Russia’s air defenses have destroyed 147 incoming Ukrainian drones overnight, including several targeting Moscow, the country’s Defense Ministry has said. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said the intercepts occurred across several areas, including Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh,…
Israel is among the nations “believed to be modernizing its nuclear arsenal,” the Stockholm-based SIPRI institute has said The world risks plunging into a “new dangerous arms race” as most nuclear powers seek to modernize and expand their arsenals, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has warned in its annual review. The pace of…
The Pentagon has confirmed the deployment of additional “defensive capabilities” to the Middle East US President Donald Trump has issued a cryptic warning on Truth Social, urging “everyone” to leave the Iranian capital as soon as possible, without confirming whether Washington will intervene in the ongoing tit-for-tat hostilities between Israel and Iran. The two states…
Summary of today’s top items: 1. Xi goes to Kazakhstan – Xi traveled to Kazakhstan for the second China-Central Asia Summit, coincidentally meeting at the same time as the G7 leaders are in Canada. After Xi arrived in Astana, he had a bilateral meeting with Kazakh President Tokayev. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson laid…
In 2002, the Bush administration was met with scant resistance from the mainstream media or wider establishment as it drummed up the case for toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. But there were a handful of dissenters, above all Brent Scowcroft. The two-time former national-security adviser (under Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush) urged…
Outside the wartime use of rape as a weapon, it’s hard to think of anything comparable in scale and brutality to the “Asian grooming gangs”. We are all now sickeningly familiar with the stories of very young girls being gang-raped, trafficked, doused in petrol, kept in cages, tortured with broken glass, violated with anal pumps,…
Reading René Girard’s careful, scholarly writing, you wouldn’t bet on him inspiring Silicon Valley. The rather old-fashioned literary scholar focussed on “great books” — Proust, Shakespeare, Greek tragedy, the Bible — and eschewed deconstruction and other postmodern trends. And yet US Vice President JD Vance ascribes his adult conversion to Catholicism partly to the influence…
Any consideration of peace talks must come after Iran loses the capability to pursue the program, Simona Halperin has told RT Israel wants to entirely dismantle both Iran’s nuclear program and destroy its ability to resume it in the future, Israeli Ambassador to Moscow Simona Halperin has told RT. West Jerusalem will only consider talks…
Israeli firms have been blocked from displaying offensive weapons used in Gaza at the Paris Air Show Israel has blasted France for blocking several of its weapons manufacturers from displaying their products at the Paris Air Show, calling the move anti-Semitic, discriminatory and politically driven. According to media reports, French officials ordered black partitions to…
Killing the Iranian supreme leader would end the conflict, the Israeli prime minister has claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out trying to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as the clash between the two nations continues to escalate. Israel and Iran have been exchanging strikes since West Jerusalem bombed Iranian…
