Jan 4, 2026, 11:09 p.mJan 4, 2026, 11:09 p.m Prime Minister of Latvia: Evika Silina.Image: keystone A submarine cable in the Baltic Sea has been damaged again – this time off Latvia. “Damage to a fiber optic cable belonging to a private company was discovered in the Baltic Sea near Liepaja,” said Prime Minister Evika […]
Continue ReadingDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday urged Washington to stop “threatening” Greenland following President Donald Trump’s claim that the US ‘absolutely’ needs the territory for national security. This came a day after the US operation in Venezuela, sparking further concerns over Trump’s intentions for the Danish autonomous region.
Continue ReadingJan 4, 2026, 7:34 p.mJan 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m Former US President Barack Obama is said to have been wiretapped on Air Force One.Image: EPA/dpa The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has according to “Zeit” journalist Holger Stark the then US President Barack Obama was wiretapped. In the podcast by Bild deputy Paul Ronzheimer, Stark said […]
Continue ReadingAleks Phillipsand Nikos Papanikolaou Getty Images Thessaloniki Airport closed entirely after air traffic communication was knock out Thousands of passengers are stranded across Europe after a communications failure forced Greece to close its airspace, causing widespread cancellations and delays. Officials are working to understand why radio communications were disrupted on Sunday morning, prompting the temporary […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 4, 2026, 1:35 p.mJan 4, 2026, 2:03 p.m Fewer and fewer people are applying for asylum in Germany. According to a statement from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the number of initial applications was 113,236 in 2025. In the previous year there were 229,751. In 2023, the number of initial applications was 329,120. […]
Continue ReadingBritain and France conducted a joint strike late Saturday against an underground arms cache in Syria used by Islamic State (IS), the U.K. defense ministry said. Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were joined by French aircraft in the strike near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, the ministry said in a statement. “Careful intelligence […]
Continue ReadingUnlike Venezuelans abroad, those inside the country dare not celebrate the arrest of dictator Nicolás Maduro.image: keystone/watson While Venezuelans abroad celebrate the overthrow of Nicolás Maduro, who was arrested by the US on Saturday, the mood in the country itself is very different. Even without the president, the regime is still in power. An eyewitness […]
Continue ReadingU.S. President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the U.S. used cyberattacks or other technical capabilities to cut power off in Caracas during strikes on the Venezuelan capital that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. If true, it would mark one of the most public uses of U.S. cyber power against another nation […]
Continue ReadingTens of thousands of people in Berlin are affected by a power outage. This was triggered on purpose. Jan 4, 2026, 7:43 amJan 4, 2026, 7:43 am Claudia Zehrfeld / t-online An article by A major power outage cut off numerous households in southwest Berlin from their energy supply on Saturday. The police assume sabotage. […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump said Washington will “run” Venezuela until a political transition can occur, hours after US bombs exploded over Caracas and the country’s President Nicolas Maduro was seized by the US military. “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump told […]
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