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Macron Denies CIA Warned France of Russian Drone Threat, but Admits Attack Is ‘Plausible’

Rohan KumarSeptember 25, 2026

by Rohan KumarSeptember 25, 20260

French President Emmanuel Macron moved on Thursday to publicly reject reports that the CIA had alerted Paris to a potential Russian drone attack targeting southern...

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NATO Chief Rutte Says Putin ‘In a Bad Place’ as Alliance Vows Response to Russian Hybrid Threats

Rohan KumarSeptember 25, 2026

by Rohan KumarSeptember 25, 20261

NATO’s Secretary General has delivered one of his bluntest assessments yet of Russia’s standing in its war against Ukraine, declaring that Vladimir Putin is “in...

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EU Ministers to Debate Letting Frontex Monitor Social Media After Ceuta Border Crossing

Rohan KumarSeptember 24, 2026

by Rohan KumarSeptember 24, 20260

Could an EU border agency spot a migration surge by watching what is spreading online? Governments are about to take that question seriously. When EU...

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Italy’s Senate Votes to Reopen the Door to Nuclear Power After Nearly Four Decades

Rohan KumarSeptember 24, 2026

by Rohan KumarSeptember 24, 20261

Italy has taken its biggest step yet towards restoring nuclear power, a technology it walked away from in the late 1980s. On Wednesday the Senate...

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EU Weighs Bringing Forward €45bn of Ukraine Loan Funding as Kyiv’s Budget Gap Grows

Rohan KumarSeptember 24, 2026

by Rohan KumarSeptember 24, 20261

Brussels is looking at how quickly Ukraine should receive the money it has already been promised. Officials at the European Commission are studying whether much...

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Trump Announces “Major Progress” on Plans for Permanent US Army Base in Poland

Rohan KumarSeptember 18, 2026

by Rohan KumarSeptember 18, 20261

Trump Signals Breakthrough on Long-Sought US Base in Poland President Donald Trump declared this week that Washington has made “major progress” toward establishing a permanent...

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Ukraine’s €23 Billion Funding Gap Puts Brussels in a Bind as Zelenskyy Pushes for Fast Cash

Rohan KumarAugust 26, 2026

by Rohan KumarAugust 26, 20260

Ukraine’s mounting budget pressures are putting the European Union in an increasingly difficult position, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Brussels to release funding faster than...

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UK Hands Ukraine Missile Blueprints as Russia Warns of “Fuel on the Fire”

Rohan KumarAugust 26, 2026

by Rohan KumarAugust 26, 20261

Britain has agreed to share classified technical details of its Storm Shadow cruise missiles with Ukraine, a move that could allow Kyiv to begin building...

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Ukraine’s €23 Billion Funding Gap Tests EU Unity as Zelenskyy Pushes for Faster Cash

Rohan KumarAugust 26, 2026

by Rohan KumarAugust 26, 20260

Ukraine’s Widening Budget Hole Puts Brussels on the Spot Ukraine has opened a new and uncomfortable conversation with its European backers, telling the European Union...

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Italy-Spain Schengen Standoff Drags On as Border Checks Stay in Place Until September

Rohan KumarAugust 25, 2026

by Rohan KumarAugust 25, 20260

Italy-Spain Schengen Standoff Drags On as Border Checks Stay in Place Until September Nearly a month after it began, the unusual diplomatic standoff between Italy...