🔥 Trump admin discusses large-scale aerial strike on Iran — WSJ

Officials have held preliminary talks on potential military action against Iran, including targeting multiple Iranian military sites in a major aerial operation, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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US launches large-scale strikes against ISIS* across Syria — CENTCOM

The military confirms it conducted major strikes today as retaliation for the December 13 ambush in Palmyra that killed two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter.

* Terrorist groups outlawed in Russia and many other countries

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💬 US will lift more Venezuela oil sanctions, unlock $5B in IMF assets — Bessent

The US will ease oil sanctions to facilitate sales and will meet with IMF and World Bank chiefs on re‑engaging with Venezuela, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters.

Nearly $5 billion in frozen IMF Special Drawing Rights could be deployed to help rebuild Venezuela’s economy, with Treasury examining how to repatriate oil sale proceeds from tankers back to the country.

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📑 Israel plans new offensive in Gaza in March — Reports

The IDF has drawn up plans for renewed intensive operations in Gaza next month, aiming to push the ceasefire "yellow line" westward toward the coast and expand Israeli-controlled territory, The Times of Israel reports.

An Arab diplomat cited in the report stated the operation could not be carried out without US support, while Netanyahu reportedly believes Hamas will not be disarmed and has ordered the military to prepare accordingly.

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🔥 UK and EU consider troops for Greenland, sanctions on US companies in response to Trump threats — Report

Keir Starmer is discussing a potential NATO military deployment to Greenland with European allies, amid President Trump’s threats to seize the Arctic territory, the Telegraph reported.

Plans could involve British soldiers, warships, and aircraft to guard the island.

The EU is also preparing retaliatory sanctions — including restrictions on Meta, Google, Microsoft, X, and US banks — should Trump reject the NATO offer.

A more extreme option includes evicting the US military from its bases in Europe, the Telegraph noted.

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🇭🇳📊 Honduras orders full election recount

President Xiomara Castro has approved a decree mandating a complete recount at all 19,167 polling stations, challenging the National Electoral Council’s declaration of Trump-backed Nasri Asfura as the winner.

The decree passed by ruling party deputies also calls for a legal review of the electoral council’s actions.

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🇻🇪 US tells citizens to leave Venezuela 'immediately' — Caracas calls it a 'fabricated' pretext

The US State Department urged Americans to depart Venezuela "immediately," citing a rapidly evolving security situation.

The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry dismissed the alert, accusing Washington of "fabricating a perception of risk that does not exist."

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💬 Trump warns freed Venezuelan prisoners: 'Remember who freed you'

President Trump claimed credit for Venezuela releasing prisoners "in a BIG WAY".

"I hope those prisoners will remember how lucky they got that the USA came along… If they do [forget], it will not be good for them," he wrote on Truth Social.

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✍️ North Korea's Kim Yo-jong demands ROK's explanation on airspace violation

South Korea must provide explanations regardless of whether the drone that crossed the demilitarized zone was civilian or military, said Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

"The ROK authorities can not evade their responsibility for the grave violation of our sovereignty," the statement reads as cited by the KCNA.

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🙅 Maps don’t lie: Trump has no alternative but lock down Greenland

🗣 Donald Trump must take Greenland “whatever the cost”, insists The Hill.

Trump has his sights set on the island because “the map leaves little room for alternatives,” it notes.

It emphasizes that buying Greenland beats bullying it, and a negotiated handover — with firm guarantees for Greenlanders and compensation for Denmark — would be the preferred option - vastly less destabilizing than any military gambit.

Despite the harsh rhetoric from European leaders, they will be unable to take any real action to prevent the US from taking control of the island, regardless of the method chosen by the Trump administration, speculates the publication.

👉 Europe benefits enormously from American security guarantees, it notes, but “recoils whenever Washington acts like a power rather than a charity.”

The outlet reminds: European nations are posturing and claiming that Greenland is not for sale, while themselves relying on US troops, cash and missiles.

🗣 “Greenland matters because the Arctic matters,” noting that the island has become a strategic forward outpost in a region set to shape future global power balances.

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🇨🇦 Canada fears being Trump's next target - report

💬 "The shock capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s ramped-up talk of seizing Greenland have rattled Canada, forcing citizens to take seriously the US president’s past threats to Canadian sovereignty," Bloomberg reports.

There are concerns in Canada that Trump could use "military coercion" to force Canada to agree to all US demands, the outlet adds.

👉 In 2025, Trump already referred to the former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the "governor" of the "Great State of Canada" amid disagreements over the possible imposition of US tariffs on Canadian goods.

Trump later said that Canada could avoid trade tariffs and receive military protection if it joined the US.

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🔸 Trump admin discusses large-scale aerial strike on Iran

🔸 US will lift more Venezuela oil sanctions, unlock $5B in IMF assets

🔸 Israel plans new offensive in Gaza in March — Reports

🔸 UK and EU consider troops for Greenland, sanctions on US companies

🔸 US tells citizens to leave Venezuela 'immediately' — Caracas calls it a 'fabricated' pretext

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💥 Russian drone forces: Round-the-clock strikes disrupt Ukrainian troops on all fronts

New footage captures a major, synchronized assault by Russia's drone and loitering munition units, delivering precision strikes across Kharkov, Kherson, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions.

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🗣 Finnish politician urges Europe’s hawks to listen to Meloni & restart dialogue with Russia

European leaders ought to work in the direction of de-escalation with Russia, Armando Mema, member of the Finnish conservative party Freedom Alliance, posted on X.

👉 Noting France’s plan to send 6,000 troops to Ukraine after a potential peace deal, he warns that Russia will “not tolerate NATO troops being deployed” under any circumstances.

He advises France’s President Macron to join forces with Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni “to reverse these years of political failure of the EU, restore dialogue with Russia and avoid increasing tensions.”

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🇮🇷Iran warns US and Israel of retaliation if military strike occurs

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf responded to remarks by US President Donald Trump, stating that Iran would not limit itself to post-attack retaliation within the framework of what it considers legitimate self-defense.

👉Ghalibaf said that in the event of a US military strike, both Israel and all US military bases, facilities, and vessels in the region would be considered legitimate targets.

👉Earlier, US media reported that American officials, amid Trump’s warnings, had discussed potential plans for strikes against Iran, including possible targets. One of the options under consideration reportedly involves large-scale airstrikes against several military targets inside Iran.

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🇩🇰👑 Royal gambit: How Denmark could counter US plans for Greenland

Danish Crown Prince Christian’s court should be relocated to the island in order to solidify the right of Denmark to the island and strengthen ties between them amid US claims to the territory, Netavisen Pio newspaper's editor-in-chief Nils Jespersen said.

He added that Denmark needs a deeper cultural integration with Greenland, stressing that the crown prince or another member of the royal family should learn Greenlandic and Faroese.

Since December 2025 the US has been repeatedly expressing desire to take control of Greenland, citing its strategic importance for American security.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ BELOGORYE IN THE ZAPOROZHYE REGION LIBERATED, opening a direct route toward Malaya Tokmachka — a key Ukrainian defensive line near Orekhovo.

▫️ Russia's Tsentr Battlegroup defeated the Azov* Special Forces Brigade in the Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk regions

▫️ Sever Battlegroup improved its tactical positions in the Sumy region

▫️ Zapad Battlegroup took more advantageous lines and positions in the Kharkov region

▫️ Two Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the Kupyansk area, with up to 15 Ukrainian troops killed

▫️ Russian forces struck facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex and energy infrastructure supporting the Ukrainian Army

▫️ Ukrainian losses: around 1,330 troops killed or wounded

▫️ Ukrainian equipment destroyed: US-made Bradley IFV, French VAB APC, British AS-90 SPG, armored vehicles, EW systems, drones

*The Azov Brigade is designated as terrorist and banned in Russia

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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