(2025-09-24). Trump tells Nato nations to shoot down intruding Russian planes. scmp.com US President Donald Trump said Nato nations should shoot down Russian aircraft that violated their airspace and struck a more sympathetic tone on Ukraine's chances of winning the war. | He spoke as he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following recent jet incursions that have alarmed allies.
(2025-09-24). Behind the Rhetoric: Is Trump Quietly Backing Away From Ukraine? moderndiplomacy.eu U.S. President Donald Trump has taken observers by surprise with remarks supporting Ukraine's goal of reclaiming all territory occupied by Russia. The comments, made on Truth Social, mark a sharp rhetorical departure from his earlier position, where he suggested Kyiv might have to cede land to Moscow to end the conflict. Just last month, Trump …
(2025-09-24). Trump's 'Paper Tiger' Taunt: Will Shoot-Down Orders Ignite Russia Clash? thinktank.pk In a stunning escalation of rhetoric amid Russia's brazen airspace incursions into NATO territory, U.S. President Donald Trump has urged alliance members to take lethal action: Shoot down Russian jets that violate their skies. The directive, delivered during a high-stakes UN General Assembly sideline meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marks a departure from Trump's long-professed …
(2025-09-24). 'Judging Freedom' edition of 24 September 2025: Trump embraces Ukraine! gilbertdoctorow.com In today's discussion with Judge Andrew Napolitano, I was able to set out more completely arguments that I have made over the past several days regarding the linkage between the alleged Russian drone attacks on Poland and the alleged incursion into Estonian air space of Russian military jets, all of which I say add up …
(2025-09-24). Ukraine Receives Weapons from Azerbaijan via Sudan. globalresearch.ca The conflict in Ukraine has been a focal point of complex diplomatic and military maneuvers. Nothing epitomizes this more than the new revelation about Sudan, a country devastated by civil war and political instability, positioning itself as a logistical hub …
(2025-09-24). Russian finance ministry proposes VAT hike to fund war in Ukraine. tribune.com.pk 
Russia's finance ministry proposed raising the rate of value-added tax on Wednesday to 22% from 20% in 2026 to fund military spending in what would be the fifth year of the war in Ukraine. | The proposal comes as US President Donald Trump called Russia a "paper tiger" for "fighting aimlessly for three and a half years" and said that President Vladimir Putin and Russia were in "big economic trouble". | Putin signalled last week that he was open to raising certain taxes to make financial ends meet during the war, noting that the United States had raised taxes on wealthy people during the Vietnam and Korean war…
(2025-09-24). EU Attempting to Provoke 'Georgian Maidan' Attempting to Engineer a Coup d'Etat. globalresearch.ca Apparently, the EU continues to deeply interfere in Georgia's internal affairs. In a recent statement, prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze claimed that Western countries are attempting to stage a coup d'état in the country, similar to the one that occurred in …
(2025-09-24). EU attempting to provoke 'Georgian Maidan' – prime minister. infobrics.org According to the Georgian leader, pro-EU protests aim at a regime change in the country.
(2025-09-24). Multipolarity Without Justice is Just More Poles. orinocotribune.com By Junaid S Ahmad — Sep 21, 2025 | The decline of US hegemony has elites celebrating "new alliances." But a NATO of the East is no liberation—it's just another racket for the ruling class. | Saudi royals, Pakistan's military, and India's rulers all use insecurity as theater. Their alliances protect elites, not the people—and replicate the very empire they denounce. | Gaza is burning. Children are being buried beneath rubble, hospitals are starved of fuel, and the world watches in horror as one of the most grotesque spectacles of militarism in our time unfolds. And what are the region's so-called…
(2025-09-24). Turkey facing worst drought in 50 years. tribune.com.pk 
Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27 percent compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week. | Between October 1, 2024 and August 31 this year, precipitation in Turkey averaged at 401.1 millimetres (15.8 inches) compared to 548.5 mm between 1991 and 2020, the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM) said in its monthly report. | "Over 11 months, rainfall in Turkey has dropped to its lowest level in the past 52 years," the MGM said, noting a reduction of more than 60 percent in southeastern Anatol…
(2025-09-24). Finding Beauty in a Burnt Forest: Toward a Paradigm Shift on Wildfire. counterpunch.org 
I attended the University of Montana as an undergraduate back in the 1970s. I had many professors who I felt were exceptional. The common denominator in the teachings of all my professors was to look at things from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Of all my professors, Richard (Dick) Hutto had the greatest influence on
(2025-09-24). At OIC session, Dar urges immediate, permanent Gaza ceasefire. geo.tv 
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing the Meeting of the OIC Committee of Six on Palestine on September 23, 2025. — X@ForeignOfficePkPakistan seeks safe, open aid corridors and full backing for UNRWA.A halt to forced displacement and…
(2025-09-24). Petro calls on UN to create "powerful army" to liberate Palestine. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro called on the global south to muster an international army to "liberate Palestine" and defend itself against "tyranny and totalitarianism" promoted by the United States and NATO. In his last speech before the United Nations' General Assembly, Petro called on countries "that do not accept genocide" to muster "an armed force …
(2025-09-24). Big Thinking for the Survival of Birds. counterpunch.org 
Prologue Tim Birkhead, a British ornithologist, introduced me to the extremely ancient and flightless sea bird, Auk, that made a living in the North Atlantic for millennia. Birkhead, who has written several other books about birds, published a timely history of the savage extirpation of Auk: The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and
(2025-09-24). The US Is Expected To Tacitly Back Poland's Nuclear Weapons Plans. thealtworld.com Accusations of hypocrisy will abound due to its opposition to others' reported such plans, but negative media coverage is the only consequence that'll likely follow since Russia probably won't risk war with NATO by launching a preventive strike against French nukes in Poland or Polish nuclear facilities. | Polish President Karol Nawrocki