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European countries are getting increasingly frustrated with Budapest’s obstructions on Ukraine military aid and Russia sanctions....

Ukrainian president unleashes on Beijing, saying it’s helping Moscow threaten countries with higher food and fuel prices to convince them not to attend June 15-16 meeting....

Hailing from across the political spectrum, young people are looking to breathe new life into EU policymaking....

Kyiv is making it increasingly difficult for Russia to keep the peninsula supplied....

China’s Commerce Ministry has sent a letter to the EU trade chief to express annoyance at recent trade probes and calling for a reset....

Beijing’s leadership is determined to back Moscow “to the hilt,” says State Department No. 2 Kurt Campbell....

Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie....

Fragmented extremist forces are seen as unlikely to unite into a single political bloc, however....

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact....

A large number of EU resolutions on Ukraine are being blocked by Hungary, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis....

Ukraine wants to use donated weapons to attack targets inside Russia, but its allies are split on the issue....

The U.S. has imposed sanctions over the controversial legislation, while Brussels warns it will sink the country’s efforts to join the EU....

The war in Ukraine has shifted thinking — both among politicians and the public — on the need to spend more on defense....

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G7 nations are coalescing around a plan to use frozen Russian assets to secure an enormous loan....

On the eve of the EU election, France’s National Rally party sees it as too risky to team up with Alternative for Germany....

After being demilitarized in 2005, Sweden re-introduced permanent troops to Gotland in 2016, following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Sweden also became NATO’s newest member in March — meaning it is covered by the alliance’s Article 5 guarantee that all other members come to each other’s...

Berlin promised to help Ukraine source crucial air defenses, but the reality has been disappointing....

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned Tuesday that Ukraine “urgently” requires further air defense systems to protect itself against Russian strikes....

Russia amps up nuclear threat.

Hungary faces renewed pressure to drop its opposition to Kyiv’s accession bid....

Reactions ranged from welcoming the International Criminal Court’s decision to slamming it as “appalling” and “non comprehensible.”...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — often seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei— is missing after his helicopter went down in the northwest of the country on Sunday, officials said....

Keir Starmer wants to sign a new agreement with the EU — one which would smooth disruption to trade, solve the Northern Ireland border issue, and make life simpler for farmers, all in one go....