Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday began a series of military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported, on the eve of talks with the United States. The war games, the duration of...
Former deputy NATO chief: Chinese build-up, not treaty expiration, driving proliferation concerns
In the wake of the New START treaty’s expiration February 5, there is no longer any treaty capping US and Russian strategic nuclear-weapon arsenals. Rose Gottemoeller was the chief American negotiator on that...
Israeli police rescue female soldiers from ultra-Orthodox protesters
Israeli police were forced to step in and rescue two female soldiers from a crowd of angry protesters in the city of Bnei Brak, as clashes erupted, allegedly over the issuance of draft notices to conscript members of...
Time ‘running out’ to arm Europe against Russia | Prof Michael Clarke analysis
Senior defence officials have written a joint letter arguing there is a moral case for rearming Europe against the threat posed by Russia. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, who is the head of Britain’s armed...
France’s interior minister visits Algeria amid hopes of thawing relations • FRANCE 24 English
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez visited Algeria on Monday in what could signal a thaw in relations between the two countries. Under his predecessor, Bruno Retailleau, France tightened entry conditions for...
French police raid offices of ex-culture minister over Epstein links • FRANCE 24 English
French investigators raided the offices of former culture minister Jack Lang on Monday, prosecutors said, as the fallout grows over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...
Ukraine ex-energy minister named suspect in laundering investigation • FRANCE 24 English
Ukraine’s former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as a suspect in a high-profile money laundering probe, investigators said Monday. The announcement comes one day after Galushchenko was...