Viktor Orbán arrives in Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is on a surprise visit to Ukraine Tuesday, his first since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, his spokesperson confirmed. Orbán, considered Russia’s top EU ally...
View ArticleIsrael assassinated top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Iran says
Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas, was assassinated in Tehran, Hamas and Iran’s foreign ministry announced Wednesday morning, marking a significant escalation in the Middle East conflict....
View Article‘Massive’ drone attack hits Russia’s Lipetsk region, as fighting continues in...
Authorities in Russia’s western Lipetsk region declared a state of emergency and evacuated four villages in the early hours of Friday morning after a “massive attack” by Ukrainian drones, the local...
View ArticleTrump’s X interview livestream goes down, Musk blames ‘massive’ cyberattack
Elon Musk’s livestreamed interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump on X was taken offline in the early hours of Tuesday morning, after an outage Musk blamed on a “massive” cyberattack. “There...
View ArticleTrump lauds ‘honorable’ Zelenskyy, slaps ‘bad’ EU in Musk interview
Donald Trump’s promised blockbuster interview with X-owner Elon Musk was mostly sizzle, no steak. The Republican candidate for U.S. president made no mention of Britain’s far-right riots, took a...
View ArticleUkraine snatching Russian territory to stop cross-border shelling, Zelenskyy...
Kyiv’s incursion into Russian territory is designed to stop Moscow’s forces from firing shells across the border at Ukraine and to capture prisoners of war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as more...
View ArticleRussian region declares state of emergency as Ukraine’s offensive causes chaos
Kyiv’s forces continued their incursion into Russian territory overnight, sending a barrage of missiles and drones into the Kursk region, and triggering a state of emergency in the entire Belgorod...
View ArticleUkraine to Belarus: Pull back from the border or risk ‘tragic mistakes’
Belarus must pull its troops back from the Ukrainian border and “cease unfriendly actions” or risk becoming further embroiled in the war, Kyiv warned in a statement issued late Sunday. “We warn...
View ArticlePutin says China, Brazil or India could act as intermediaries in Ukraine...
Beijing, Brasília or New Delhi — those are the capitals Vladimir Putin would consider honest brokers in talks to end the war in Ukraine, the Russian ruler said Thursday. Speaking at a panel discussion...
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Civil war at the top of the European People’s Party
BRUSSELS — There’s a major split at the top of Europe’s largest political family, the European People’s Party (EPP). A personnel dispute has revealed a spat involving heavy hitter Manfred Weber, who...
View ArticlePutin uses North Korean troops to fight in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
North Korea is sending its people to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, Kyiv said late Sunday. “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea,” Ukrainian President...
View ArticleSergey Lavrov to visit Malta next month: Russian media
Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plans to visit Malta next month to attend a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, according to Russian media. The trip to Malta,...
View ArticleEurope’s Greens ask Jill Stein to pull out of US election to prevent Trump...
Green politicians from across Europe on Friday called on U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to withdraw from the race for the White House and endorse Democrat Kamala Harris instead....
View ArticlePutin says he’s ‘ready’ to pick up if ‘manly’ Trump calls him
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his U.S. election victory, praising the Republican’s “manly” response to an attempted assassination — and saying he’s “ready” to speak...
View ArticleElon Musk calls Germany’s Scholz a ‘fool’
Billionaire Elon Musk labeled German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a “fool” on Thursday, after his three-party coalition imploded. Responding to a post referring to Scholz’s government collapsing, Musk said,...
View ArticleFormer UK Deputy PM John Prescott dead at 86
Britain’s longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott died aged 86, his family announced Thursday morning. Prescott was a former trade union activist who served at Prime Minister Tony Blair’s...
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Zelenskyy excoriates Europe in Davos speech
DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took aim at Europe in a fiery speech delivered at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, saying the continent “needs to step up” and “learn...
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Desperate for peace, Ukraine embraces Trump
DAVOS, Switzerland — Only months ago, Kyiv was terrified a second Donald Trump presidency would force Ukraine to capitulate to Vladimir Putin. Today, it’s pinning its hopes on Trump finally ending...
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The 11 tribes of Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — They train, plane, limo and helicopter into Davos every January for the World Economic Forum. Their status is denoted by the color of their badge (or — cringe — the absence of...
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Kiev place ses espoirs de paix en Trump
DAVOS, Suisse — Il y a quelques mois à peine, l’Ukraine était terrifiée à l’idée qu’un second mandat de Donald Trump la forcerait à capituler devant Vladimir Poutine. Aujourd’hui, elle place ses...
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