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Ukraine seizes cargo ship, alleging grain shipments via Crimea

The vessel under flag of Cameroon is suspected of visiting Sevastopol in November 2023 and May of this year.

July 11, 2024 5:43 pm CET

The world’s most successful military alliance. If you can keep it.

Trump or not in the White House, NATO has to embrace some hard realities to survive another five — much less 75 — years.

July 9, 2024 4:00 pm CET

Holocaust vote throws wrench in Montenegro’s EU bid

The tiny Western Balkan nation wants to join the EU by 2028 — but tensions with Croatia could scupper that.

July 1, 2024 7:12 pm CET

Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election

Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.

June 30, 2024 7:59 pm CET

With EU bid stuck, Georgia prays for Euro 2024 victory instead

Amid warnings of backsliding on key reforms, the ruling party is focusing on a different type of goal altogether.

June 30, 2024 11:31 am CET

Iran threatens ‘obliterating war’ if Israel attacks Lebanon

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the US to launch diplomatic efforts to prevent a full-scale war in the region.

June 29, 2024 2:13 pm CET

500 medical workers killed during Israel’s military assault on Gaza, UN says

“This equates to an average of two health care workers killed every day,” British charity warns.

June 26, 2024 6:16 pm CET

Famine will loom over Gaza as long as conflict rages, report warns

Latest data shows that more than half of the population often doesn’t have any food to eat, nearly nine months into Israel’s bombardment and siege of the enclave.

June 25, 2024 4:03 pm CET

Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill at least 50 people

The attacks coincided with a major anti-government protest in Tel Aviv, in which thousands demanded new Israeli elections.

June 23, 2024 12:26 pm CET

White House fears mount about Bibi’s Washington visit

The Israeli prime minister’s video this week, accusing the U.S. of withholding military aid, has raised the stakes (and the concerns) about his July 24 speech.

June 22, 2024 2:23 pm CET
The Home Front

For Geert Wilders, ‘housing’ is code for ‘immigration’

The Dutch firebrand promised to cut waiting lists by freezing out foreigners.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

French election: Your guide to a vote that is set to shake the EU and NATO

Global strategic and financial consequences hang on the outcome of the June 30 and July 7 ballot — a complex, two-round process that needs some explanation.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET
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Russia accuses France of fomenting war in the Caucasus with arms sale

Paris, meanwhile, believes that providing weapons to Armenia reduces the likelihood of further attacks from Azerbaijan.

June 19, 2024 7:51 pm CET

Putin and Kim pledge ‘mutual assistance’ against ‘aggression’ in colorful visit

Russia-North Korea treaty is the latest sign of close ties between the two pariah states.

June 19, 2024 4:39 pm CET

Russian trial of US reporter Gershkovich to be closed

The journalist has been detained in Russia for more than a year on charges of spying for the CIA.

June 17, 2024 1:55 pm CET

Russia’s ghost loomed over Ukraine peace summit

More than 80 out of 101 participants supported the final statement backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, but some key countries balked.

June 16, 2024 9:46 pm CET

Kyiv hopes to achieve peace with Russia through intermediaries

Ukraine will not talk to Moscow directly, but hopes Putin’s friends will help to push him toward peace.

June 16, 2024 11:04 am CET

Trump haunts stalled global climate talks 

A UN climate conference in Bonn ground to an irritated halt as everyone waits on the US election.

June 13, 2024 10:21 pm CET

Biden’s Israel policy may hasten Trump’s rise, US allies fear

As the president begins his last international trip before the election, the fear in the crowd is that conflict in Gaza is tripping him up.

June 13, 2024 12:48 pm CET

EU wants Azerbaijan to fuel Russian gas pipeline in Ukraine

The bloc had previously said it would let a Ukrainian gas transit deal with Russia expire at the year’s end.

June 13, 2024 12:13 pm CET

G7 leaders to talk both AI’s risks and opportunities at summit

National leaders will discuss how to both govern the technology and harness it for growth.

June 13, 2024 6:00 am CET

UN Security Council approves Gaza cease-fire resolution

The U.S.-led resolution increases pressure on Hamas and Israel to end hostilities.

June 11, 2024 6:19 am CET

UN to add Israel to blacklist for violations against children

The U.N. will also call out Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

June 8, 2024 5:18 pm CET

Israeli strikes kill 18, including refugee camp mayor

The mayor of the Nuseirat refugee camp was killed along with four children and one woman, officials said.

June 7, 2024 3:00 pm CET
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