Moscow launched nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine within 24 hours in one of its biggest-ever daytime attacks, killing at least eight people and damaging a UNESCO heritage site in Lviv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday slammed Moscow’s “absolute depravity” and said Russia “has no intention of actually ending this war”.
Continue ReadingSoldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division. (Archive image, 2020)Image: AP The USA is continuing to expand its military presence in the Middle East: thousands of paratroopers are to be relocated. Mar 24, 2026, 9:02 p.mMar 24, 2026, 9:02 p.m An article by According to insiders, the US Department of Defense will deploy thousands of soldiers […]
Continue ReadingVolkswagen is in talks with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems over a deal that would shift production at the carmaker’s Osnabrueck plant from cars to missile defence, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the plan. The companies aim to convert the German factory to make components for the Israeli state-owned group’s Iron Dome air […]
Continue ReadingFrançois Picard is pleased to welcome former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. According to NATO’s Secretary General, Europe is entering a decisive strategic rupture, one that forces a long-delayed reckoning with its own dependency structures and security assumptions. The erosion of American commitment to European defence is not a hypothetical risk but an unfolding […]
Continue Reading“Orbán’s foreign minister confirmed that he systematically informed Moscow about what EU leaders were saying behind closed doors. What a disgrace,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on the social media platform X. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At the same time, Tusk indicated that the reports and admissions did not come as a surprise to him. He had […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court weighed a policy that would allow agents at U.S. borders to block migrants from entering the country to seek asylum.
Continue ReadingIt’s the first time a Lithuanian tree has won the prize in the contest’s 15 annual iterations. The Oak of Laukai’s victory follows a change in the online voting system that used to favor bigger countries and last year fueled a bitter feud between Polish and Spanish tree lovers. Poland has won the last four […]
Continue ReadingThe Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 3,000 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, adding to the thousands of Marines already headed to the region to assist with operations in Iran. No decisions have been made for troops to enter the country, according to two defense officials who confirmed the […]
Continue ReadingBarrot praised Lebanon’s government for expelling the ambassador of Iran, calling the move “courageous” after Hezbollah — backed by Tehran — fired rockets into Israel earlier in March. Israel subsequently re-invaded Lebanon, having pulled back in 2024 after a short conflict during which it also targeted Hezbollah. “I want to commend the statements and actions […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 03/24/2026 – 18:01 GMT+1 Copa-Cogeca, the EU’s influential farmers’ lobby, said in a statement on Tuesday that the EU’s concessions to Canberra in the newly signed trade deal with Australia are “unacceptable” as they fail to sufficiently protect European farmers. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “In a post-Mercosur context, the cumulative impact of successive trade agreements […]
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