European Parliament ECR group is ‘war-minded’ says ejected MEP Kartheiser
Ferdinand Kartheiser, an MEP from Luxembourg, has been booted out of what he says is the "war-minded" the European Conservatives and Reformist (ECR) Group in the…
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New Romanian President Dan aims to boost defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP
Romania's new President Nicușor Dan said he wanted to drastically increase military spending for his country. Dan proposed that 3.
Ukraine’s attack on Russian airbases, a masterpiece of underdog warfare
The Ukrainian attack on 41 Russian long-range bombers and intelligence aircraft on June 1 has been widely recognised as a triumph of scientific ingenuity and a tactical…
Climate warrior Greta Thunberg sets sail to Gaza
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and 11 others have embarked on a mission towards Gaza, aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege”.
NATO demands for major German military expansion ‘may speed reintroduction of draft’
The German military will have to vastly expand its personnel count to keep up with new demands by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) – which might bring…
France should ‘carve out piece of Riviera for Palestinian State’, says US ambassador
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has come out strongly against French calls for the recognition of a Palestinian State, saying France should give away…
Swiss-owned battle tanks will not head to Ukraine as country reaffirms neutrality
The Swiss government has approved the sale of 71 of the country's Leopard 1A5 tanks to Germany.
Trump’s space-based Golden Dome will revolutionise warfare
Recently, the United States has fully unveiled a new initiative under President Trump called Golden Dome – a missile defence project of unprecedented scope and…
Ukraine could collapse. What will that look like?
A scenario European leaders would do well to consider, as Kyiv enters the Washington-sponsored peace process with profound frustration: with the White House determined…
France, UK and Canada betray Israel with false and cowardly statements
No one should be in the slightest doubt of the cowardly and hypocritical posturing of the joint declaration of France, the United Kingdom, and Canada last week about…
Germany says allies lift range ties on weapons for Kyiv
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany along with Ukraine's other key Western backers have lifted range restrictions on weapons they send to Kyiv to fight…
Cooler heads in Middle East know Hamas must be removed
The evidence is in: The attack committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, was not a spontaneous uprising against “concentration camp-like” conditions as some pundits…
German tanks roll through Vilnius in first permanent foreign troop deployment since WWII
Germany’s new tank brigade was officially launched into service on May 22 in Lithuania, where it will be stationed permanently.
The Eurofighter charade: Turkey’s rise and the EU’s defence disarray
The European Union’s dream of strategic autonomy lies in tatters, undermined by the United Kingdom, a non-EU power, steering talks to sell 40 Eurofighter Typhoon…
China says ready to ‘expand practical cooperation’ with Russian army
China said on May 15 it was ready to "expand practical cooperation" with the Russian army, after President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Moscow for a lavish World…
US envoy ignites row with claim of Polish troops for Ukraine in peace deal
Poland has denied claims from Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, that it could be part of a force deployed to Ukraine under a peace deal to end the…
‘Peace project’ bank EIB now funding war drones
The European Investment Bank (EIB) was now for the first time funding “purely military projects”, said its president May 12.
Poland closes Russian consulate in Kraków, in protest over 2024 Warsaw mall arson
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said Russia's secret services were responsible for a massive fire that nearly destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024.
Ukraine busts alleged Hungarian spy ring
Ukrainian authorities have announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had uncovered an alleged spy network operated by Hungarian military intelligence…
India’s war on terror: Will the West ‘stand up or kneel ?’
Kashmir burns, and war looms. After the April 22 terrorist massacre in Pahalgam, India strikes back, hammering nine Pakistani sites with “Operation Sindoor.
Critics cry foul as Von der Leyen claims EU is ‘still a peace project’
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has stressed that the European Union remained a "peace project" amid commemorations of the end of the…
80 years after victory over the Nazis, Europe’s Russophobia stares into a new abyss
Eighty ago, the Nazi beast was slain - May 8th for the West, May 9th for Russia. Berlin lay in ruins, Europe a graveyard of dreams, and the world exhaled.
Spain ‘must boost defence spending’, says EC as Putin ‘hopes no need for nuclear weapons’ in Ukraine war
Spain will have to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of gross domestic product, European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space Andrius Kubilius said.
German President reassures NATO as Kyiv questions Putin’s three-day ceasefire
NATO can count on Berlin to step up its contribution to the defence of Europe as the Atlantic alliance faces a future more uncertain than 70 years ago when Germany…
Kashmir twinned with Sarajevo: another ‘multi-ethnic paradise’ triggers war?
Is the Islamist massacre of Indian tourists in Kashmir a prelude to major hostilities between Pakistan and India?
Car bomb kills senior Russian military officer near Moscow
A car bomb killed a senior Russian military officer in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow on April 25, Russian investigators said, in an attack that Russian…
Polish President backs Trump and tells Ukraine to ‘compromise’ for peace deal
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has said Ukraine would have to “make compromises” to achieve a durable peace deal with Russia.
Belgian Court of Appeals cuts sentences for terror group planning to attack PM
Members of an Islamist terrorist group who planned to attack Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever have received a much lighter sentence on appeal.
The drums of war: Lithuania sets out evacuation plan
Vilnius in Lithuania has unveiled an evacuation plan amid fears of a Russian invasion.
Moscow court finds Google guilty of disclosing Russian war casualties
A Moscow court has found Alphabet's Google guilty of disclosing personal data of Russian servicemen who died in Ukraine, Russia's TASS news agency reported on…