With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands in Paris, France, 6 January 2026.

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan hosts talks between delegations from Ukraine, Russia and the United States at Abu Dhabi’s Al Shati Palace, United Arab Emirates, 23 January 2026.

Elena Katishonok’s novel “Return” is a family chronicle and psychological prose, where the characters are in an abusive relationship with the past Cover of Elena Katishonok’s book “Return” Boris Akunin's publishing house BAbook has released a new novel by Elena Katishonok, “Return.” The writer from Riga, who has lived in the United States since 1991, became famous at the turn of the 2000s and 2010s: then her saga about the Ivanovs was published in Russia - the novels “Once Upon a Time There Were

Milwaukee cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer asked to be treated without leniency - and received 16 life sentences Jeffrey Dahmer, January 29, 1992. Photo: Benny Sieu / AP Photo / Scanpix / LETA When Jeffrey Dahmer, dubbed the “Milwaukee Cannibal,” was arrested, he told police that all his actions were aimed at cleansing society of scum, which he considered African Americans and homosexuals.

The murder sparked a new wave of protests Photo: media In Minneapolis, US, the second US citizen in a month was shot dead during protests against the actions of the immigration service ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The New York Times reports this. Murdered Alex Geoffrey Pratty. Photo: media Journalists have already identified the dead man - he turned out to be 37-year-old paramedic Alex Geoffrey Pratty. He was a US citizen with no criminal record.

Belgorod was subjected to the “most massive” shelling from Ukraine of all time, said the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. Energy facilities and outbuildings were damaged. In the village of Tavrovo, the roofs of two private houses were damaged. Gladkov wrote that Belgorod was probably hit by HIMARS missiles. The local channel “Ashes” writes that the city was hit by a missile strike from the Grad MLRS.

Negotiations in Abu Dhabi, January 24, 2026. Photo: IMAGO / SNA / Scanpix / LETA After the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Washington is optimistic and believes that the parties managed to take a path that will reduce differences between Russia and Ukraine. Axios reports this with reference to American sources. “We did not leave a single issue out of the discussion, and we did not have to push anyone.

And is it necessary to strike at narco-terrorists in order to defeat them? National Guard personnel arrive in Morelia as part of a plan to curb violence and fight drug cartels in Michoacan state. Mexico, November 10, 2025. Photo: Ivan Villanueva/EPA Since the beginning of the year, US President Donald Trump has already threatened several times with strikes against the positions of Mexican drug cartels.