
UK’s Starmer says Europe ‘must take on a greater role in NATO’
London (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that Europe must take on a greater role in NATO and work with the United States to secure Ukraine's future.
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London (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that Europe must take on a greater role in NATO and work with the United States to secure Ukraine's future.
Feb 15, 2025

Warsaw (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday pressed Europe to urgently establish its own stances on Ukraine and security as the United States sows doubts about its commitment to Europe.
Feb 15, 2025

Manila (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 - President Ferdinand Marcos put Beijing firmly centre stage on the campaign trail on Saturday, saying his predecessor's administration was all too happy for the Philippines to be a province of China.
Feb 15, 2025

Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 - The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike in south Lebanon Saturday that targeted a senior militant from Hezbollah's aerial unit, accusing him of repeatedly violating a ceasefire.
Feb 15, 2025

Copenhagen (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - Under steel grey skies, the Dutch minehunting vessel Schiedam cuts through the waters dividing Denmark and Sweden, part of NATO's Baltic Sentry mission to protect underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
Feb 14, 2025

Warsaw (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday warned NATO allies in Europe against assuming that the American troop presence on the continent would last forever, as he urged them to spend more on defence.
Feb 14, 2025

Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Friday it would be difficult for Europe to substitute for US troops on the continent, amid speculation Washington could reduce its forces.
Feb 14, 2025

London (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - Britain unveiled Friday sanctions against four Russian officials and two subsidiaries of Russia's state-owned civil nuclear energy company, in the latest crackdown on the Kremlin following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Feb 14, 2025

The Hague (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - The international chemical weapons watchdog said Friday it had found the banned riot control agent CS in nine samples handed to it by Ukraine from the front line in its war against Russia.
Feb 14, 2025

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - The question of the United States' military presence in Europe will hang over the Munich Security Conference this week, which US Vice President JD Vance is attending.
Feb 14, 2025

Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - The EU will suspend strict rules on public spending to allow governments to ramp up defence investments, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday.
Feb 14, 2025

Beijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - Beijing said on Friday the United States should take the lead on reducing military spending after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to hold talks with Russia and China on the topic.
Feb 14, 2025

Bogota (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - Latin America has emerged as a key battleground in US President Donald Trump's confrontation with China, and the region is coming under pressure from Washington to choose a side.
Feb 14, 2025

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 - A Russian drone pierced a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine early Friday, causing damage but not releasing any radiation, officials said.
Feb 14, 2025

Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 - While NATO countries living near the Russian border pay well over two percent of their GDP on defence, those further away pay less.
Feb 13, 2025

Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 - Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.
Feb 13, 2025