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This has now brought the prime minister more closely into line with British voters on the left, who are suspicious of Trump in general. A survey by YouGov this week showed 49 percent of people opposed U.S. strikes on Iran, compared with 28 percent who support the action. Levels of opposition are higher among Labour […]

Belgian authorities have arrested four people over suspected links to war crimes and crimes against humanity tied to Cameroon’s ongoing separatist conflict, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a press statement that since last summer it has been probing “possible crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Cameroon since […]

Iran’s warning comes as European governments scramble to define their role in an escalating Middle East conflict, weighing U.S. requests for military support against fears of being drawn directly into the war. Iranian retaliatory attacks have hit military bases where European soldiers are stationed, and France said on Monday that it will bolster its military […]

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Ireland officially nominated former EU agriculture and trade commissioner Phil Hogan to the top job at the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the government said today. Hogan’s name emerged last week as a potential contender for the role of FAO director, with Ireland’s Department of Agriculture signaling him as their preferred candidate. The Irish […]

The statement comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Greece agreed to engage with France on the country’s nuclear deterrent. Macron said France will set up “exchange bodies at the political level” in the coming days with the seven nations. Cooperation will include allowing […]

The push from Brussels is partly motivated by the fact that EU membership is a bargaining chip in ongoing U.S.-led peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeking EU membership by 2027. Accession is a carrot for Ukrainians who may be called upon to accept difficult compromises in any peace deal. […]

The warship could take several days to reach the region. France has already resolved to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus, while Greece has ordered frigates and fighter jets to the island following drone incursions on Monday. A Shahed-type drone hit Britain’s RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus in the early hours of Monday, […]

A quarter (25 percent) of those surveyed who backed the Labour Party in the 2024 general election said they will now back the Greens. A third (37 percent) said they would continue to support the governing party. The polling of 2,073 adults in Britain Sunday and Monday came just days after the Greens won the […]

The Bank of Russia is suing the European Union for keeping its state assets frozen “for an indefinite period” to serve as collateral against a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The lawsuit will test rare emergency powers that the European Commission used last year to keep Russian state assets across the bloc, worth some €210 […]