Italy plans 40,000-troop army expansion in major defence overhaul
Italian forces would grow in stages between 2030 and 2033, the reports said, filling personnel gaps that have opened up over recent years.
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Italian forces would grow in stages between 2030 and 2033, the reports said, filling personnel gaps that have opened up over recent years.
The US Navy has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports that has sharply reduced exports.
The EU's former foreign affairs chief urged the EU to cut its reliance on the US, particularly in technology and energy.
Healey announced his departure in a resignation letter, submitted to Starmer amid a deadlock between the defence and finance ministries.
Tusk also expressed dissatisfaction with the E3 format which comprises Britain, France and Germany but excludes Ukraine's other European allies.
The letter was sent ahead of a long-awaited announcement on the Defence Investment Plan.
We seem finally to have reached the dénouement in the long, extremely one-sided, and comparatively bloodless war the United States and Israel have conducted with…
The US President claimed the pact could be concluded in two or three days and that the strait would reopen the moment it was signed.
After a meeting of European leaders on Sunday, a spokesman for German Chancellor Merz voiced Europe’s readiness to take “the leading role in negotiations to…
The exchanges came after Iran and Israel traded their first direct strikes since a truce in April, straining a fragile ceasefire.
The vice president stressed that the central US aim was to ensure Iran never obtained nuclear weapons.
The European push has come as the US has increasingly turned its attention to the conflict with Iran.
US President said he had urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate.
Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12,187 warheads in January 2026, about 9,745 were in military stockpiles for potential use.
The European Union's foreign policy chief argued that both sides would eventually have to reach an agreement.
Zelenskyy had proposed a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an open letter on June 4.
The move means Russian clubs would again be absent from the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
The Russian Embassy in Bucharest has said the craft were Ukrainian and accused Kyiv of using such devices to attack civilian shipping.
Seen from Beirut, the ceasefire reached on the night of June 3, 2026 between Israel and Lebanon appears extremely difficult to implement in practice.
In the letter, Zelensky called for a firm date to be set and suggested a neutral venue.
She has also backed initiatives aimed at countering what she considers Russian influence operations in Europe.
The minister has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to put the deal, brokered by the United States, to a cabinet vote.
By 218 votes to 204, the House paved the way to vote on the Ukraine Support Act.
The US President swore at the Israeli leader and accused him of ingratitude during a tense call, telling him he would be in prison without American backing.
Under the proposal, Israel would stop attacks on the southern outskirts of Beirut while Hezbollah refrained from striking Israeli territory.
The 36-year-old, identified under German privacy rules only as Mahmoud M., was "driven by a radical jihadist mindset" when he carried out the assault.
Zelensky received the Order of the White Eagle from then-president Andrzej Duda during a visit to Warsaw.
"We will continue to enhance our readiness to deter and defend against any threat, including from drones. Russia's reckless behaviour is a danger to us all".
"Russia's war of aggression has crossed yet another line," von der Leyen said in a post on social media.
The country is a member of both the European Union and NATO, and shares a 650km land border with Ukraine.