NATO & Security Alliances

5+ hour, 36+ min ago   (271+ words) The conversation moved beyond diplomacy as attacks on ports and shipping routes raised concerns reaching far outside the Black Sea region. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a phone call with Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar Rivera. The two…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (769+ words) Donald Trump’s questioning of Britain’s ability to defend the Falkland Islands against a renewed Argentine invasion is “completely incoherent”, senior Conservative Tom Tugendhat has said, as tensions over the South Atlantic territory intensify. Tugendhat criticised what he described as the…...

13+ min ago   (575+ words) President Donald J. Trump launched the Third Gulf War irrespective of its effects on the economy and, more specifically, the price of gasoline, but did he expect Ukrainian President Volodymyr O. Zelenskyy to work to drive up the price of gasoline and…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (301+ words) Finland and France committed to deepening their defence partnership on Monday, with Helsinki formally joining a French initiative aimed at strengthening European security through forward nuclear deterrence. In a joint statement, the two nations called the decision an "important step…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (217+ words) Ukraine ready to halt strikes on Russia’s critical infrastructure if Moscow does likewise, Zelenskyy says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is ready to agree to a mutual cessation of attacks on critical infrastructure if its partners can ensure that…...

49+ min ago   (416+ words) US President Donald Trump said Monday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to refrain from attacking each other's energy infrastructure, without providing further details. "Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise! The…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (113+ words) insiderpaper.com Estonia is “in discussion” with France to join an enhanced nuclear deterrence, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal told AFP, after Finland announced it had joined France’s forward nuclear deterrence initiative on Monday. “This is not this kind of…...

54+ min ago   (193+ words) VILNIUS, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuania shortly after ​midnight on Tuesday, the Lithuanian ‌national crisis management centre said. The drone, which likely entered from Belarus, was shot down near Pratkunai village in southern…...

43+ min ago   (265+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Ukraine is prepared to take “de-escalatory steps” if Russia does the same, as the U.S. pushes for a mutual halt to strikes on energy and critical infrastructure. In his daily address, Zelenskyy…...

46+ min ago   (79+ words) NATO fighter jets intercepted a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace near Vilnius, the country's National Crisis Management Center said.Earlier, it was reported that the fighter jets had been scrambled to the area amid concerns over a possible drone incursion....