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NATO's Rutte congratulates Trump, says allies spending more on defence
BRUSSELS - NATO chief Mark Rutte congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday for being elected president of the United States, and emphasised...
Nov 6, 20241 min read
Eight on trial in France over murder of teacher who showed Prophet caricature
PARIS - The father of a French pupil whose account of the use of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on free speech led to the...
Nov 5, 20242 min read
New NATO chief Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine on Kyiv trip
KYIV - NATO chief Mark Rutte told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "your security matters for ours" on Thursday during his first...
Oct 4, 20242 min read
China's support to Russia should have implications, new NATO chief says
BRUSSELS - New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine....
Oct 1, 20241 min read
France says it is sending helicopter carrier to eastern Mediterranean
PARIS - A French helicopter carrier will arrive in the eastern Mediterranean in the next five to six days and take up position in case a...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
French far-right leader Le Pen stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds
PARIS - Marine Le Pen, the leading figure of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, went on trial on Monday accused of...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
G7 aims to finalise deal on $50 billion loan to Ukraine by end-Oct, EU says
BRUSSELS - The Group of Seven (G7) countries want to reach a political agreement on the $50 billion loan for Ukraine by the end of...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Analysis-Mark Rutte's NATO mission: rally West, reassure East, help Ukraine
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - - NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Analysis-France's new government is fragile but don't write it off just yet
PARIS - It's a mess, but it might just hold. Despite looking like the most unstable French administration in recent history, despised by...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Ukraine joins NATO drill to test anti-drone systems
VREDEPEEL, Netherlands - NATO concluded a major anti-drone exercise this week, with Ukraine taking part for the first time as the Western...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet to Macron
PARIS - France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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