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French President Emmanuel Macron has denied claims that the CIA had informed France of a possible Russian drone operation targeting southern Europe. In a joint interview aired on broadcasters France 2 and TF1 he said "We can deny this piece of information, the CIA did not inform France of this information and the Italian defence […]

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an agreement Wednesday to expand defense and security cooperation, including in drone technology, Finland’s Defense Ministry said. The agreement, signed in New York, provides for technology and knowledge transfers, joint research and development, and industrial production projects between the two countries, according to a […]

The UK said Wednesday that it launch a new Royal Air Force squadron to protect satellites and counter hostile activity in space. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said Britain must “keep pace in the new space race,” according to a statement by the government. The new unit, No III Space Effects Squadron, will bring together specialist […]

British Premier Andy Burnham on Tuesday called for a “single set of global principles and standards” to govern artificial intelligence. Burnham made the remarks at a business and investor roundtable in New York, where he met senior figures from the technology and business world, including Apple executive chair Tim Cook. The regulation of AI is […]

Paris authorized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane to fly through French airspace Tuesday as he traveled to New York for the UN General Assembly, according to a diplomatic source. “This is the fifth time. It is time to put an end to this France that humiliates itself and tramples on international law,” European Parliament […]

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday discussed regional and global issues, as well as the bilateral relations in their first face-to-face meeting held on the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly. During the meeting, President Erdogan said relations between the two nations were strengthening in all areas, […]

The European Commission struck a trade agreement with the Philippines on Tuesday, stepping up its diversification strategy across the Indo-Pacific region. The deal comes more than a year after the US introduced sweeping new tariffs on many of its trading partners, prompting retaliatory measures and adding to global trade tensions. Since then, the EU has […]

The US is planning to establish two new military bases in Greenland as part of efforts to expand its presence on the Arctic island, Danish public broadcaster DR reported on Tuesday. The locations have yet to be determined, but Washington has repeatedly expressed interest in the airport at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland, DR said, citing […]

The UK has joined a French-Mexican initiative calling for restrictions on the use of the UN Security Council veto in cases involving genocide and crimes against humanity, the French Foreign Ministry said late Monday. In a written statement, the ministry said 21 additional countries from the Caribbean, South America and Asia had endorsed the initiative […]

European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber warned that Morocco could face “obvious consequences” if the border with the Spanish exclave of Ceuta could not be stabilized, raising the prospect of further “uncontrolled situations” following the arrival of around 80,000 irregular migrants at the end of July. Weber was the first senior EU figure to visit […]