Merz said the decision by the U.S. administration had come as a surprise on Friday morning, crushing his hopes that Washington might refrain from taking such steps, as other G7 members had strongly urged Trump not to ease the pressure on Moscow during a joint video call on Wednesday. “We want to ensure that Russia […]
Continue ReadingA U.S. military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq and efforts were underway to rescue those on board, Central Command said Thursday. The crash of the Boeing KC-135 jet, which comes in the second week of a war on Iran launched by the U.S. and Israel, was not a result of enemy or friendly fire, […]
Continue ReadingPetro, a leftist and former rebel, has emerged as one of the world’s most vocal critics of this U.S. foreign policy, periodically landing himself on Trump’s blacklist. The Colombian president avoided any direct barbs against Trump, instead citing their February meeting in the White House as an example of the intercontinental dialogue he wants to […]
Continue ReadingThe determination marks a legal escalation. Earlier investigations had documented the removal of Ukrainian children from their homes but stopped short of classifying the practice as a crime against humanity — one of the most serious charges under international law. “The deportation and forcible transfer of children is a grave violation of international law,” Møse […]
Continue ReadingThe veto also defies the military, whose top brass have spoken out in favor of the SAFE loans. Chief of the General Staff Wiesław Kukuła in February described SAFE as a “game changer” for the military. President raises specter of “massive foreign loans” In his speech, Nawrocki reiterated the arguments he has been rolling out against SAFE for […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. spent about $11 billion last week on the Iran war, a Pentagon official said Thursday, offering the first public estimate of the conflict’s cost — and one Democratic lawmakers insist is much higher. Jules Hurst III, the Defense Department’s acting comptroller, said the figure was a “ballpark number” during a defense summit in […]
Continue Reading“‘We’ll stick to the deal.’ And less than 24 hours later, they are already threatening us with new tariffs. It is impossible to work with the Trump administration like this,” the Socialist group’s vice president for trade policy, Kathleen Van Brempt, said in a post on X Thursday. The EPP’s top trade lawmaker, Jörgen Warborn, […]
Continue Reading“The European Union’s indifference and acquiescence in the face of U.S. and Israeli aggression, brutalities and atrocities amounts to nothing less than complicity,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Continue Reading“The release of the information shows what was known. That led to further questions being asked,” Starmer told reporters Thursday. “Unfortunately, because of the Metropolitan Police investigation, we can’t release that information yet,” he said. The PM added: “But that doesn’t take away from the fact that it was me that made a mistake, and […]
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS — The European Commission has proposed sending a fact-finding mission to a contested Soviet-era pipeline in an attempt to resolve a bitter row between Kyiv and Budapest and unlock a major tranche of financial support for Ukraine. “We have proposed a mission to inspect the pipeline to Ukraine,” Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen told reporters Thursday, […]
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