Reuters. Russia will expel an unspecified number of Hungarian diplomats in a retaliatory move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, after Budapest last month expelled 10 Russian diplomats. “As a reciprocal measure, a group of staff members from the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow and the Hungarian Consulates General in St Petersburg and Kazan must…
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog as it forges ahead with plans to disengage from international and multilateral organizations that it accuses of exceeding their mandates, being inefficient or not adapting to U.S. policies, ABC News reports. The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally…
Spain’s Senate rejected a friendship and cooperation treaty with France on Tuesday, the first day of French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Madrid, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reported. The agreement, previously approved by the lower house, received 106 votes in favor, 142 against, with one abstention in the Senate, where the opposition People’s Party…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and five other EU leaders have threatened to withhold agreement on the bloc’s next seven-year budget unless “hundreds of billions” of euros in spending cuts are secured, Financial Times reports. The ultimatum underscores divisions over the EU’s new spending priorities, including defence and efforts to shore up ailing industries against Chinese…
Sadiq Khan has reportedly called on Andy Burnham to lay the groundwork for Britain to rejoin the European Union – arguing that the case should be made well before the next general election. In a press interview ahead of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the Mayor of London said he believed the government should…
Through post-Soviet criminal networks, Russia has offered a $20 million reward for information on the whereabouts of Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces, The Wall Street Journal reports. “The Unmanned Systems Forces says the Kremlin has put out the word through post-Soviet criminal networks of a $20 million reward…
President Donald Trump predicted on Saturday that the US and Cuba will reach an agreement and that he does not think military action will be necessary, Reuters reports. “I would say that Cuba and us will make a deal. I don’t think we’ll need the military,” Trump told reporters at the White House. The Trump…
At least six people were killed and multiple people were injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over the past day, according to local authorities, Euronews reports. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine, two women died and seven people were injured following attacks on the region, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Saturday morning. “A total…
National governments are already laying the groundwork for a second round of EU migration legislation, just months after the bloc’s major overhaul of border security and asylum rules took effect, Euractiv reports. Ministers from a broad group of EU countries will gather in Munich on Saturday to discuss potential changes to the Pact on Migration…
US President Donald Trump welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping to the White House for a lavish state dinner where both leaders touted a new chapter in their friendship, the BBC reports. Xi said the countries “must act as responsible major countries to meet the expectations of our peoples” while Trump toasted a future of “harmony,…
The war in Ukraine is rapidly changing the technology of air attacks, while Europe is failing to keep pace with these developments. This creates new risks for NATO, says Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs in an interview with The Guardian. Rinkēvičs noted that technological development in the field of drone warfare in Ukraine is taking…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday cast Canada as moving quickly beyond its historical reliance on the United States after a whirlwind week in which he embraced the prospect of becoming the European Union’s first associate member, AP reports. Carney, who returned from Europe on Thursday night, said Canada and Europe had “launched…
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed the sweeping Russia sanctions bill into law, the White House said in a statement, paving the way for increased economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports. The legislation targets Russia’s energy and defense industries, as well as its “shadow fleet” of tankers that…
Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday, Reuters reports. “From today, Poland is part of this major project … we agreed on the forms and frameworks of this cooperation,” Tusk said in a video posted on X. Tusk attended a summit…
Reuters. The Kremlin said on Thursday (September 17) that further U.S. sanctions against Russia would make it harder to reach a peace deal in Ukraine. On Wednesday (September 16), the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping sanctions package intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, sending the bill…
Reuters. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 16) passed a sweeping sanctions and tariff bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, sending the bill to President Donald Trump to sign into law nearly 1-1/2 years after the late Senator Lindsey Graham introduced it. The bill, now…
The Kennedy Center board has voted to close the performing arts centre for two years, just as a US judge blocked it from adding President Donald Trump’s name back to the building, BBC reports. In May, the same judge ordered the removal of Trump’s name and blocked its temporary closure for proposed renovations. …
Russia’s war against Ukraine is moving ever closer to the border with Poland, DW reports. After a drone attack by Russia destroyed a gas station and the locomotive of a passenger train near the Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing between Poland and Ukraine early Sunday, Warsaw has demonstrated its determination in the face of the immediate…
Reuters. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday (September 15) said Canada and the United States will reach a trade agreement, but only “when it’s the right time,” emphasizing that Ottawa is prepared to return to negotiations if a deal respects Canadian economic interests. Carney, speaking at an investment summit in Toronto added “there…
European Parliament endorsed today the European Commission proposal to provide ATMs for Made In Armenia products in a vote 583 in favor, 49 against, Tigran Balayan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Luxembourg, Belgium and Head of Mission of Armenia to EU said. “Loyal to its principles and steadfast in its position, the temple of European democracy-…
EU capitals failed to extend one of the bloc’s sanctions programs against Russia after a disagreement over the inclusion of a controversial Russian tycoon, Politico reports. After three rounds of talks on Monday — with breaks to allow consultations with national governments — EU ambassadors were unable to reach a unanimous agreement on rolling…
Saudi Arabia has discovered 110 million tonnes of ore containing uranium, one of the most significant rare earth discoveries in the world, the kingdom’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has said. The discovery in the Madinah region comes as Saudi Arabia pushes to boost investments in its energy and mining sectors, Prince Abdulaziz…
Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coastguard and the navy raced on Monday (September 14) to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend as they searched for the 129 people still missing, officials said, with the confirmed death toll at six, Reuters reports. The Virgo Transport 8 ship…
A Russian official will attend a G20 energy meeting in Houston next week, a White House official said, Reuters reports, Reuters reports. Last month, the U.S. welcomed Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to a meeting of G20 countries in North Carolina. The move upset European officials, as it was the first time Russia’s finance…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West is trying to regain its global leadership “by any means necessary,” including through what he described as “unsavory” methods. In an address at a BRICS Business Forum panel in the Indian capital New Delhi, Putin said that behind each corporate success story lies intense…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, speaking at the Republican Party convention wrapping up in Texas, joked in response to shouts from the crowd calling him the future 48th American president, urging people to think first about the midterm elections coming up in November. “We have to take care of business this November. Then we’ll…
An Ozon logistics center and delivery hub was targeted in Saratov. No one has been reported injured in the attack, the Russian e-commerce retailer said, TASS reports. “Our logistics center and delivery hub in Saratov came under a drone attack. We acted promptly to evacuate staff, and there were no injuries, according to preliminary…
Pakistan is mulling to carry out airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen following a request from Saudi Arabia, according to security sources, as Islamabad considers operationalizing its defense pact with the kingdom, EFE reports. The development came a day after Houthi militants attacked civilian and economic targets in Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones….
Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has accused the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) of seeking “ethnic cleansing” with its “remigration” drive, after the nativist party’s seismic weekend victory in a state election, The Guardian reports. In his first public confrontation with the AfD since Sunday’s shock outcome in Saxony-Anhalt, Merz said at a raucous parliamentary…
Astronauts, heads of state, as well as major economic players in the space industry are set to unite on Wednesday and Thursday at the international space summit, co-hosted by France and Germany, at Paris’ Grand Palais, Euronews reports. Several US companies reportedly withdrew from the event, due to pressure from Washington over support for “EU…
