Germany’s Habeck calls for hike to 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence spending
Robert Habeck, the German economy minister and Greens candidate for chancellor, has proposed a dramatic increase in the country's defence spending to 3.
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Ukraine probes French-trained brigade over ‘mass desertion’ allegations
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation is reportedly investigating the 155th Mechanised Brigade, dubbed “Anne of Kyiv”, after almost 2,000 soldiers were reported…
Scores of Ukrainian and Russian POWs head home after swap
Ukraine and Russia have carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war, with the two sides bringing home a combined total of more than 300 former captives.
Syria ‘hopes for strategic partnerships’ with Ukraine
Syria hopes for "strategic partnerships" with Ukraine, its new foreign minister has told his Ukrainian counterpart, as Kyiv moved to build ties with the new…
US President Biden pledges billions more in Ukraine aid
The US has announced almost $6 billion (€5.
Putin: Fico’s Slovakia ‘has offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks’
Slovakia has offered to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
Syria’s new leaders impose crackdown as violence flares in coastal area
Syria's new authorities launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed, vowing to pursue "remnants" of the ousted Bashar al-Assad…
Ireland aligns itself with Hamas and Iran, heading for terrible reckoning
A strange insanity is sweeping across Europe, with state after state seemingly dedicated to destroying both its own credibility and very existence.
Turkey and Israel in Syria: Common ground for the best of enemies
They are supposed to be geopolitical arch-rivals. They are also historical opponents.
Polish public ‘supports Ukraine losing territory to end war’, poll finds
An opinion poll has shown for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war that a majority of Poles favour ending the conflict, even if that meant Kyiv having…
EU agrees to use ‘all necessary means’ against Russia’s ‘hybrid campaign’
European Union leaders have agreed to utilise "all available means" to counter Russia's "hybrid campaign" against the EU, which they "strongly condemned".
EU leaders said to ‘fear Trump-led peace in Ukraine’ that could leave bloc ‘weakened’
The European Union is said to fear that US-President-elect Donald Trump will force a deal with Russia that would not only be bad for Ukraine with loss of territory…
The fall of Assad: four and a half implications
History is not merely on the move again – as we have become used to saying in response to the great succession of extraordinary political and military events since…
Zelensky admits: ‘Recapture of Donbas and Crimea impossible’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country lacked the capability to reclaim its former Donbas and Crimea provinces occupied by Russia.
Is it time for Neo-Imperialism?
Imperialism is making a comeback, which is why I decided to turn this column into a three-part series to put forward my argument as to why that is the case.
Ukraine kills top Russian general accused of chemical weapons crimes
A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine's…
European Council hits China with sanctions over ‘Russian help’ for first time
For the first time, the European Council has announced "fully-fledge" sanctions against Chinese companies and entities suspected of supporting Russia’s aggression…
Poland ‘will not send troops to Ukraine even after ceasefire’, says PM Tusk
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that Poland had no plans to send its troops to Ukraine if a ceasefire were reached.
Germany fumbling rearmament says CEO of leading European defence company KNDS
The German government is being far too hesitant in rearming the Bundeswehr, said the head of a leading European defence contractor.
Collapse of Syria final death knell of 1919 attempts by Allies to build nations
Whatever else it may be, the collapse of the Assad government in Syria must rank as the final unflattering death knell of the attempts at nation-building by the…
US State Secretary Blinken warns of ISIS resurgence after fall of Assad in Syria
A resurgence of Islamic State (ISIS) is likely following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned.
Moscow spy boss claims Russia ‘close to achieving goals’ in Ukraine war
Russia believes it is "close" to achieving its strategic goals in Ukraine, Moscow's spy chief has claimed.
Syria, a Petrie dish of rapine and warring baronies
Dystopia was once upon a time a filmic theme park, wherein a director could imagine all sorts of random tyrannies and arbitrary agents of terror.
EU leaders pledge support for post-Assad Syria amid warnings over new regime’s Islamist leanings
The European Union has hailed the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, with the EU's chief foreign affairs official calling it "a positive and long-awaited development"…
Von der Leyen has just turned the EU into a cheerleader for Islamist terrorism
Take a moment to read this tweet: “The cruel Assad dictatorship has collapsed. This historic change in the region offers opportunities but is not without risks.
No more precise documentation, now truth has gone missing in war
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
‘Third nuclear age’ threatens the West, UK defence chief warns
In an address to a defence think-tank in London, British Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has warned that Britain and her Western allies were…
Alleged Russian spy-ring in UK ‘targeted journalists and Ukrainian soldiers’, Old Bailey told
Alleged Bulgarian spies working for Russia targeted Ukrainian soldiers training in Germany, British prosecutors told jurors at the Old Bailey.
Russian minister accidentally reveals secret figures on Russian military casualties
Russian deputy defence minister Anna Tsivilyova has unintentionally shared figures relating to missing soldiers likely killed in the Ukraine war.