British prime minister Keir Starmer on Friday urged allies to “finish the job” on Russian assets as he told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr zelenskyy in London there was more that they could do to bolster Kyiv’s long-range missile capability.Starmer met zelenskyy at his London residence before holding talks with Ukraine’s key backers. Trump’s Tomahawk Snub ‘FORCES’…
London — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began his third visit to Britain this year with a highly symbolic show of support from one of his country’s most vociferous Western partners. Zelenskyy was greeted on Friday by both rare British autumn sunshine and King Charles III at Windsor Castle, ahead of a summit with Prime Minister…
Administration officials said a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been called off.Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington seeking more military support. Before that, Trump had announced he and Putin planned to meet within two weeks in Hungary to discuss the war in Ukraine. On Tuesday, the Kremlin…
Lawmakers from Brussels and Beijing clashed on Russia and Taiwan, during their first official talks for seven years in the Belgian capital on Thursday. EU lawmakers and other people present said delegates from the National People’s Congress (NPC) echoed Russian narratives on the cause of the three-year war in Ukraine, as they visited the European…
A prominent US think tank has urged Washington to streamline bureaucracy, strengthen institutions and recalibrate its policies with allies to solidify cooperation and consolidate its foothold in the escalating rivalry with China. Intelligence sharing, coalition planning and arms sales are suffering from structural flaws which hinder multinational effective collaboration, risking “potentially catastrophic” results, according to…
The world today is more unsettled and volatile than ever. The war in Ukraine has become Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Tensions between Israel and Iran cast a heavy shadow over the Middle East. Taiwan issues spark new threats almost daily. The gap between Europe and the United States is becoming increasingly evident….
With an eye on growing Russian aggression in Europe, Warsaw’s military planners built out the country’s armed forces, turning it last year into the largest European military in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It ramped up military spending to 4.7% of gross domestic product this year—the highest in the alliance. A multibillion-dollar spending spree has…
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The meeting was supposed to be the prelude to the purchase of Finnish icebreaker ships. But as United States President Donald Trump welcomed Finland’s President Alexander Stubb to the Oval Office on Thursday, he veered into a discussion of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) — and his ongoing feud with one of its members,…
Beijing is committed to a “fair” playing field for Italian investors, top diplomat Wang Yi pledged in Rome on Wednesday, as he courted international support for China’s next five-year plan. Addressing a joint press conference with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, the Chinese foreign minister also announced a further extension to Beijing’s unilateral visa-free entry…