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According to media reports, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clashed in a conversation over further action against Iran. May 21, 2026, 04:29May 21, 2026, 04:29 The reason for this is different ideas about how to deal with a new proposal to end the Iran war, reported the portal “Axios” and […]

The NATO foreign ministers will meet in Sweden on Thursday and Friday. The EU partners are pressing for commitments from their counterpart Marco Rubio. May 20, 2026, 10:57 p.mMay 20, 2026, 10:57 p.m Peter Riesbeck / t-online An article by Nervousness in Europe is increasing. First the USA announced the withdrawal of 5,000 men from […]

According to Iranian information, 26 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, which is important for energy trade, in the past 24 hours. May 20, 2026, 3:21 p.mMay 20, 2026, 3:21 p.m This was done in coordination with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy, according to a report by the Iranian news agency Tasnim. These […]

Tensions are heating up between Russia and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. May 20, 2026, 3:13 p.mMay 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m The trigger was the painful Ukrainian drone attacks on the northwest of Russia – Moscow blames the Balts for some of the blame. On the other hand, Ukrainian drones repeatedly stray […]

Several mammal species in Europe are affected by the bird flu virus – now including the first polar bear. (symbol image)Image: imago images May 20, 2026, 1:06 p.mMay 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m Norway has reported the first case of bird flu in a polar bear in Europe. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute reported that the virus […]

May 20, 2026, 12:05 p.mMay 20, 2026, 12:05 p.m A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the eastern Turkish province of Malatya. The quake occurred at 9 a.m. local time in the Battalgazi district at a depth of around seven kilometers, according to the Turkish civil protection agency AFAD. The tremors were also felt in several surrounding […]

The Samsung booth at the World IT Show in Seoul, South Korea.Image: keystone May 20, 2026, 10:24 amMay 20, 2026, 10:26 am At Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest semiconductor producer, around 48,000 unionized employees have threatened an 18-day general strike. The strike planned for Thursday would be by far the largest in the company’s history. […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far stuck to his maximum demands.Image: keystone Leaked internal documents from Russia’s presidential administration show what a possible end to the war would look like and, above all, how this could be sold as a victory. May 19, 2026, 4:35 p.mMay 19, 2026, 4:35 p.m The front line hardly […]

Thick air in Iraq: protective masks are essential.Image: keystone May 19, 2026, 2:29 p.mMay 19, 2026, 2:29 p.m According to authorities, 837 people were registered with symptoms of suffocation within two days in Iraq as a result of a severe sand and dust storm. As the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, several provinces in the […]