Berlin’s pledge to send another battery to Kiev should encourage more military aid, Olaf Scholz has said
Berlin’s decision to pledge a third Patriot missile system to Kiev was a difficult one and will hopefully move other European nations to donate more arms, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.…
Hungary is reportedly opposed to restrictions targeting LNG imports
Hungary may veto the latest EU sanctions proposal against Moscow, Politico has reported.…
The move will backfire on the US economy, Moscow’s ambassador has warned
US President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill banning imports of Russian enriched uranium, despite warnings that the move could backfire on the American economy.…
Deputy Secretary Campbell expressed doubts that the IDF is capable of completely eradicating Hamas
The US does not believe that Israel can decisively triumph over Hamas in Gaza, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has said.…
The first fighter jets will arrive in the coming month, Mette Frederiksen has said
The first US-made F-16 fighter jets will arrive in Ukraine “in the coming month,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday.…
Kristi Noem claimed that she canceled a meeting with the French president over his supposedly “pro-Hamas” comments
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was never invited to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, his office has said, despite her claim that she canceled such a meeting over anti-Israel comments by the French leader.…
Jens Stoltenberg has presented a new justification for the US-led bloc’s pivot to Asia
Beijing is “enabling” Moscow in the Ukraine conflict, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has claimed, arguing that the US-led bloc has to be involved in Asia and not just in the North Atlantic.…
Americans attending religious services are more concerned about the rapidly developing tech than the public as a whole, according to a study
Practicing Christians and “scripture-engaged believers” in the US are more skeptical of rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) than the public as a whole, according to a new survey by the American Bible Society.…
The breakdown of ceasefire talks and the resulting civilian deaths are a result of weak and indecisive American diplomacy
Israel has been threatening a full-scale invasion of the Gazan city of Rafah for months, with the US government belatedly warning against the move and calling for a ceasefire.…
Poland’s new government discovered foul play while auditing the #StopRussiaNow initiative
Auditors have claimed that the #StopRussiaNow campaign to vilify Russia over the Ukraine conflict was in fact a thinly-veiled scheme to line the pockets of businesses close to the former ruling party, according to Poland’s largest online news portal Onet.…
Opponents of new law say it will turn pimps into state-sanctioned ‘managers’
A new labor law concerning Belgian sex workers will allow a pimp to demand that the government mediate in cases where a prostitute refuses sex with clients too frequently.…
Kuandyk Bishimbayev, who served as Kazakhstan’s economy minister, was found guilty of the torture and murder of his 31-year-old wife
A court in Kazakhstan on Monday sentenced a former cabinet minister to 24 years in prison for brutally beating his wife to death.…
A bipartisan group of MPs had earlier suggested creating a NATO-controlled area along the border with the EU
Berlin opposes any initiatives aimed at establishing a no-fly zone over any part of Ukrainian territory that would be controlled by NATO forces, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told a press conference on Monday.…
Democrats are polling normally in the Senate races, suggesting voters may see Biden himself as the problem
Former US President Donald Trump would beat the incumbent Joe Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania if the November election were held today, according to the latest poll by the New York Times and Siena College.…
After granting amnesty to hundreds of separatists, Spain’s socialists won regional elections in Catalonia
Pro-independence parties in Catalonia have lost their parliamentary majority, with the socialist allies of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez emerging as the region’s largest party. …
Sweden would accept nuclear weapons on its soil but only in the event of war, Ulf Kristersson has said
Sweden could potentially allow the US to station nuclear weapons on its territory, but only if the country is drawn into a military conflict, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said.…
An all-out attack on the city of Rafah in Gaza would only provoke “anarchy,” the US secretary of state has insisted
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has criticized Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, claiming that an all-out offensive on Rafah in the south of the Palestinian enclave would only provoke “anarchy,” rather than eliminating Hamas.…
Beijing’s close ties with Moscow “cast doubt” on its relationship with Europe, Germany’s ambassador to China has said
China’s stance on the Ukraine conflict and close ties with Russia call into question its relationship with Germany and Europe, Berlin’s ambassador to Beijing has said.…
The tech billionaire’s X platform has insisted that Canberra’s order to remove a stabbing video was invalid
An Australian Federal Court judge has decided not to extend an order banning Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) platform from displaying a video of a stabbing attack in a church in Sydney.…
Using NATO air defenses against Russian targets would be “playing with fire,” Rolf Mutzenich believes
Shooting down Russian missiles over western Ukraine by using air defenses stationed on NATO territory would be extremely dangerous, a top German lawmaker has warned.…
The incumbent US president is “only good at cheating on elections,” the Republican challenger told supporters
The White House has been infiltrated by “enemies from within,” former US President Donald Trump has claimed in a campaign speech, while lashing out at “crooked” Joe Biden.…
Some of the IDF’s actions have been inconsistent with international humanitarian law, the US Secretary of State has said
Israel’s airstrikes and ground offensive in Gaza have left more Palestinian civilians dead than Hamas fighters, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has acknowledged.…
The US president could be out of the Oval Office if he fails to secure the backing of moderate voters, Mark Penn believes
US President Joe Biden risks losing a potential election rematch with Donald Trump because his campaign is too focused on courting his left-leaning base, while neglecting swing voters whose support could prove decisive, a former adviser to Bill Clinton has warned.…
Gerard Larcher believes the French president has dropped the ball on multiple domestic issues
The president of the French Senate, Gerard Larcher, has openly criticized Emmanuel Macron’s leadership, claiming that the head of state appears to be out of touch with reality and the daily concerns of the people of France.…
Lindsey Graham tells West Jerusalem to do “whatever” it takes to annihilate Hamas
Israel must do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the United State was “justified” to disregard civilian casualties when it droped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has claimed.…
Reports about a recent assassination attempt on Mohammed bin Salman appear to have been false – but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen
Recently, several media outlets reported an attack on the convoy of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).…
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman had earlier claimed that promised fighter jets could be supplied as early as this month
Ukraine may receive the F-16 fighter jets promised to it by its Western backers “within weeks,” the British newspaper Evening Standard claimed on Friday, citing what it called a “high-ranking military source.”…
The defense minister is expected to officially present reforms to the draft system in early June
The German Defense Ministry has prepared several conscription reform proposals to tackle a chronic personnel shortage in the Armed Forces, Die Welt newspaper reported this week.…
Incoming Russian drones and missiles could be targeted from Poland and Romania, lawmakers have said
German lawmakers from both the ruling coalition and the opposition support the idea of NATO imposing a no-fly zone over western Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) has reported.…
The French leader said that EU needs to be “ready to act” if Moscow goes “too far”
French President Emmanuel Macron has said Paris seeks to avoid any direct involvement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but warned that an intervention may be necessary to deter Moscow from advancing too far.…