By Sarah Marsh, Humeyra Pamuk and Andrew Gray BERLIN/MUNICH, Feb 13 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said transatlantic ties face a “defining moment” in a rapidly changing world but struck a warmer tone ahead of the Munich Security Conference on Friday after a year of unprecedented turmoil. At the same meeting of … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a chance the whirring of propellers heard over Ukrainian battlefields is coming from drones built in a country of just over a million people in southeastern Europe: Cyprus. Manufacturer Swarmly says there are more than 200 of its H-10 Poseidon drones that help Ukraine’s artillery batteries identify enemy targets on … Read more
Donald Trump represents a greater threat to NATO than said Vladimir Putin, one of the former commanders of the alliance in a powerful attack on Washington’s foreign policy. The American President caused alarm after a series of aggressive moves this year including the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, threats to invade Greenland and the … Read more
LONDON (AP) – No more fawning praise. No more polite solutions and old-style diplomacy. And no one is calling Donald Trump “daddy” now. The European leaders who took a year to figure out how to deal with an American President strengthened in his second term came closer to saying “no”, or something diplomatically like it, … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the solution in Ukraine with US President Donald Trump’s envoy during marathon overnight talks, and the Kremlin insisted that the territorial issue must be resolved to reach a peace agreement. The Kremlin meeting, which lasted past 3 a.m. on Friday, came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sharply criticized his … Read more
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he described as the continent’s slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia’s invasion nearly four years ago and its continued international aggression. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Zelenskyy listed a litany of complaints and criticisms of Europe … Read more
The Soviet Union spent more than 40 years trying to achieve what has just been handed to Vladimir Putin on a plate. During the Cold War, the main goal of the Kremlin was to divide the Atlantic Alliance (NATO) by turning America and Europe against each other. Every crisis over the security of West Berlin, … Read more
By Pap Saine BANJUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The death toll after a boat carrying migrants to Europe capsized off the coast of Gambia on New Year’s Eve has risen to 39, two government officials told Reuters, as survivors described the vessel as “overcrowded and dilapidated”. Gambia’s defense ministry last week put the death toll … Read more
In November, a train carrying nearly 500 people came to an abrupt halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had broken several windows, and the front track was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a moving freight train. No one was hurt in either case and the damage was limited, but Poland, … Read more
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV insisted on Tuesday that Europe must play a role in any peace deal between Ukraine and criticized what he said was the Trump administration’s effort to “break” the long-standing alliance between the United States and Europe. Leo spoke to reporters after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is on … Read more