World Mar 29 The EU plans to fast-track some financial aid to Egypt amid influx of migrants The funds are part of a bigger aid package under an EU-Egypt deal aimed partly at stopping migrants from reaching European shores.
World Mar 21 UN chief urges the EU to avoid humanitarian 'double standards' over Gaza and Ukraine European Union leaders are being urged to show the same respect for international law in Gaza as they aim to uphold in Ukraine. The appeal comes as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face possible famine in Gaza.
World Mar 21 EU leaders mulls ways to get more arms to outgunned Ukraine amid a new sense of urgency New plans are on the table, notably to use the profits from frozen Russian assets to help rearm Ukraine and give its defense industry a boost.
World Mar 11 Sweden's flag raised at NATO headquarters, cementing its membership in the military alliance Sweden set aside decades of post-World War II neutrality when it formally joined NATO on March 7. Finland joined last year in another historic move ending years of military nonalignment.
World Mar 07 WATCH: Sweden officially joins NATO The White House said that having Sweden as a NATO ally “will make the United States and our allies even safer.”…
World Feb 27 Head of NATO says no troops going to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of wider war French President Emmanuel Macron says that sending in Western troops should not be "ruled out" in the future.
World Feb 23 Russia hit with new sanctions for the Ukraine war's 2nd anniversary and Navalny's death The U.S. Treasury, State Department and Commerce Department plan Friday to impose roughly 600 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine in the largest single tranche of penalties since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
Politics Feb 14 NATO chief hails record defense spending while warning that Trump's remarks undermine security NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says European allies and Canada have ramped up defense spending to record levels.
World Feb 12 Chief of UNRWA in Gaza calls EU funds 'absolutely critical' but the bloc wants an audit The aid agency, UNRWA, has been the main supplier of food, water and shelter during Israel's war against Hamas. But it's reeling from allegations that 12 staff members participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
World Feb 11 NATO secretary-general says Trump puts allies at risk by encouraging Russian aggression The head of the NATO military alliance warned Sunday that Donald Trump was putting the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk after the Republican presidential front-runner said Russia should be able to do "whatever the hell they want" to…