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The EU’s 20th sanctions package, approved last week after Hungary and Slovakia dropped their veto, targets another 20 Russian banks, cutting them off from euro transactions and business in the bloc. The breakthrough on the sanctions came after a dispute over the Druzhba oil pipeline — which carries Russian crude via Ukraine to Central Europe […]

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas struck a similar tone, warning that “political violence has no place in a democracy,” and noting that an event meant to celebrate a free press “should never become a scene of fear.” National leaders echoed the message. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “shocked by the scenes” […]

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said at the time. “These companies can find ways to change conduct to take action, frankly, on Kimmel or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” Within hours, Nexstar and Sinclair said they would refuse to air Kimmel’s […]

The president was joined at the event by a host of White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the status of the event. A […]

U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other attendees are safe after the Secret Service confirmed a “shooting incident” occurred at the Washington hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night, sending the festivities into chaos. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said law enforcement asked him to leave the […]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is stepping down after his party’s landslide election defeat earlier this month, said on Saturday that he is giving up his seat in Hungary’s parliament but intends to remain leader of the Fidesz party. In a video posted on Facebook, Orbán said the decision followed a Fidesz meeting during […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday abruptly canceled a planned trip by special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan, pulling back from what had been billed just a day earlier as a potential jump-start to fragile Iran talks. “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is [to] Islamabad, […]

The U.K. fighter jets were tracking the drones as they were flying over the Ukrainian port city of Reni, 1.5 kilometers from the Romanian border. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

“France is Greece’s true ally,” Mitsotakis said, adding that “the highlight of the Greece-France agreements is the commitments to mutual assistance.” On top of a broader “enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership,” the two governments signed agreements in areas from education to scientific research to nuclear energy. During the visit, French defense giant MBDA also signed a […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi touched down in Islamabad Friday night to negotiate a more lasting truce between Iran and the U.S. following a ceasefire agreement between the two countries. Araghchi met with Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Pakistan’s capital on Saturday to discuss the situation in Iran, […]