Category: 3. Europe

Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius earlier Saturday sought to downplay the impact of Washington’s decision to scale back its troop presence in the country, casting the move as anticipated and using it to underline Europe’s need to take greater responsibility for its own…

“I’ll let you know about it later,” Trump told reporters in Florida earlier Saturday. “They’re going to give me the exact wording now,” he said before boarding Air Force One.

Trump suggested he could order new military action if there is no progress toward a resolution. “If…

While a Shahed can cost between $80,000 and $130,000 (£59,500 and £95,500), Zelensky says it can be intercepted with systems costing as little as $10,000 (£7,400). That’s far cheaper than traditional air defence missiles which cost millions of dollars.

The deal was eventually approved by the European Parliament in March, but only after a clause had been added, allowing it to be suspended if the Trump administration was deemed to have “undermined the objectives of the deal, discriminated against EU economic operators, threatened member states’…