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French Navy detains sanctioned tanker from Russia in Mediterranean
France’s Navy has intercepted an oil tanker sailing from Russia in the western Mediterranean, with President Emmanuel Macron saying the vessel was subject to international sanctions and suspected of using a false flag. In a message posted on X on…
Trump cools tariff threat after NATO talks on Greenland, but terms remain unclear
Donald Trump has stepped back from a threat to impose new tariffs on several European countries after meeting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in what the US president described as a “framework” for…
Davos: NATO chief plays down Greenland row as Europe’s defence gaps surface
DAVOS — A World Economic Forum panel billed as “Can Europe Defend Itself?” exposed both the scale of Europe’s rearmament plans and the limits of its independence from the United States, as Donald Trump’s push to bring Greenland under American…
Beijing Gets What It Wants:Britain’s China Miscalculation
There is something peculiarly British about managing to lose an argument twice. The row over China’s proposed “super-embassy” in London manages exactly that trick: a present government that waves it through with a shrug, and a previous one that quietly…
US to cut about 200 NATO posts in command centres, officials say
The United States is planning to reduce the number of personnel it assigns to several NATO command and planning bodies, cutting roughly 200 positions in a move that European officials say has added to concerns about Washington’s long-term commitment to…
Kyiv left without heat in 5,635 apartment blocks after Russian overnight strike
Russia’s overnight missile and drone strike on Ukraine left 5,635 multi-storey residential buildings in Kyiv without heating and cut water supplies on the city’s left bank, as Ukraine’s air force reported a massed attack involving 372 aerial targets and confirmed…
Trump’s Greenland pressure tests NATO unity as Alaska troops put on standby
NATO allies are confronting an unusual mix of external coercion and internal strain after President Donald Trump renewed his push to bring Greenland under United States control, while the Pentagon placed a sizeable Alaska-based force on standby for possible domestic…
Ukraine’s ground combat drone holds frontline position for 45 days, unit says
A Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle armed with a 12.7mm machine gun held a frontline position for 45 days, in what Ukrainian commanders describe as an illustration of how rapidly battlefield robotics is being integrated into combat operations. The system, known…
France claims the lead in Ukraine intelligence as leak fears cloud the US role
PARIS — France is now providing “two-thirds” of the intelligence support Ukraine receives from foreign partners, President Emmanuel Macron said on 15 January, a claim that points to a significant rebalancing of Western support and to growing unease about the…
Agents for a day: the financing networks driving Russia-linked sabotage across Europe
A fire in a warehouse, a scorched courier depot, a camera fixed to a lamppost on a supply route: many of the incidents now being investigated as Russian-linked sabotage in Europe are small in scale and, taken in isolation, look…