EU defence : spending surges as Trump warns Europe to fend for itself. Leaders agree to loosen budget rules, freeing billions for military investment. Meanwhile, Hungary blocks full Ukraine support.

With U.S. President Donald Trump having made it clear that he has little use for the trans-Atlantic alliance, Europe is rapidly trying to design a strategy for Ukraine - and for its own future.

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It comes as Ukraine's President Zelensky says he is hopeful of "meaningful" talks with the US in Saudi Arabia next week on ...

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VLADIMIR Putin is said to be ready to talk about a truce with Ukraine as long as his conditions are met, sources in Moscow ...

For 80 years, the United States was the undisputed leader of Western democracies. But Donald Trump is discarding allies and values in favor of power and money as he steers America into the camp of the ...

Germany’s “Great Coalitions” are getting smaller. In the (then West German) Federal Republic in the 1980s, the centrist major parties gathered over 85% of the vote between them. In 2025, the former ...

Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with new sanctions if Russia does not stop “pounding” Ukraine. Mr Trump said he ...

Australia is betting all its security chips on an ally turning inwards, not least because America's own ability to fund a global security umbrella is limited.

It comes as Ukraine's President Zelensky say he is hopeful of "meaningful" talks with the US in Saudi Arabia next week on ...