Germany to end aid to Rwanda amid DRC conflict while EC continues raw materials deal
Germany has decided to stop new development aid to Rwanda because of the African nation's role in the conflict in the neighbouring country, the Democratic Republic…
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‘Poland only has ammunition for three days of war,’ says presidential hopeful
Sławomir Mentzen, the Polish presidential candidate of the right-wing Confederation party, has claimed that if war broke out Poland would only have enough ammunition…
Europe still has no realistic plan on Ukraine
The emergency summit convened in London on Sunday by the UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was hailed as a major success – and in some ways it was.
Trump is Gary Cooper, the only sheriff who can confront the villain Putin
Oscars’ weekend, and the Oscar for best picture should really have gone to High Noon II, in which Europe replaced the US as the sheriff that confronts the villain…
France, Britain propose partial one-month Ukraine truce, Macron reveals
France and Britain are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine that would not cover ground fighting, French President Emmanuel Macron told…
US stuns the UN: Trump will not vote for impossible return of Ukrainian territory
Childbirth can often be painful, a breach-delivery especially, and what the world is witnessing now is the agonising birth of an entirely reconfigured US foreign…
US Secretary of State Rubio snubs EU foreign policy chief Kallas
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cancelled a planned meeting with the European Union's High Representative Kaja Kallas, leaving her to scramble for talks with…
Moscow refutes Trump’s claim Putin would ‘accept’ European troops in Ukraine
The Kremlin, asked about an assertion by US President Donald Trump that Russia was open to European peacekeepers being deployed in Ukraine, referred reporters…
Almost half of Germans want an end to Ukraine aid, new poll suggests
A new opinion poll has indicated that almost half of Germany no longer wanted to send either money or weapons to Ukraine.
Russia welcomes ‘more balanced’ US stance on Ukraine after UN Security Council vote
The Kremlin on Tuesday welcomed what it described as a much more balanced U.S.
Trump-Macron meeting exposes divides as Putin offers US minerals deal in Russia
A meeting between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed stark differences in their approach to Ukraine, exposing a divide between…
Trump goes into Kremlin’s rat-infested sewer and makes a deal
Realpolitik is the virtue-free art of the politically possible.
EU slaps Russia with 16th sanctions package
The European Union has adopted its 16th Russia sanctions package as Ukraine enters its fourth year of war with Russia.
Most Poles want country to host nuclear weapons, new survey shows
More than half of Poles want nuclear weapons stationed in the country, a new poll has shown.
Ukraine enters fourth year of war – does Trump hold all the cards?
Ukraine has entered the fourth year of all-out war with Russia unsure it can rely any longer on its staunchest ally, the US, as its exhausted troops fight to hold…
European Commission’s Kallas says Russia still wants Ukraine territory
Kaja Kallas, European Commission Vice-President and European Union foreign policy chief, has said interactions between the US and Russia showed Moscow had not given…
Commission chief urges Caribbean nations to ‘call for peace in Ukraine’
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pushed attendees at the Caribbean Nations Summit (Caricom) to call for peace in Ukraine, despite the Caribbean…
Europe: checkmate
This year will see the 80th anniversary of VE Day, i.e. Victory in Europe over Nazi Germany in May 1945.
Ukraine war : US acts, EU reacts with another round of statements
The European political elite have been left in disarray as the US took the lead in shaping a resolution to the war in Ukraine without them, leaving them scrambling…
Polish PM Tusk’s refusal to send troops to Ukraine a ‘grave error’, says ex-minister
Former Polish foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz has criticised Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s decision that Polish troops would not participate in any stabilisation…
US state secretary Rubio says Europe to be part of ‘any real talks’ on ending Ukraine war
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any "real negotiations" to end the war with Russia.
Doubts surface over continued US military presence in Poland
Pete Hegseth, the US Defence Secretary, has praised Poland’s efforts in ramping up military spending to 5 per cent of its GDP.
Russian drone damages Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelenskiy says
A Russian drone caused significant damage to the radiation containment shelter at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
My principles on Ukraine, ‘and if you don’t like them, well, I have others’
After the latest Trump-Putin “pas de deux”, in the ever-evolving theatre of international politics, the diplomatic ballet by European leaders that comes next…
European leaders’ alarm at Trump-Putin negotiations on Ukraine
European diplomats have condemned what they saw as the sidelining of both Ukraine and its European allies following a surprise agreement between former US President…
The Soviet Union erased Russia’s history as a European cultural nation
A crucial rule of successful diplomacy is that one does not have to approve of one enemy’s actions, but one does have to understand what motivates them.
Italy ends co-operation with UNRWA on Gaza aid but will still give funds
Italy has said it will no longer work with UNRWA, the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees, regarding aid in the Gaza strip.
France delivers Mirage warplanes to help defend Ukraine
France on January 6 delivered its first batch of warplanes to Ukraine as part of European efforts to strengthen Kyiv's hand in its war with Russia and show Paris'…
Putin questions Zelensky’s ‘legitimacy’ in new ceasefire push
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine could find a legal way to hold peace talks with Russia on ending their nearly three-year-old war, but…
Founding Israel: hatred, hypocrisy, dishonesty, hubris, all round
Eighty years ago last Sunday, Soviet troops “liberated” what remained of Auschwitz.