Category: 2. RussianAggression

The world’s leading industrial nations warned Iran to stop supporting the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups and other nonstate actors in the Middle East and to cease actions that are helping to destabilize the region, while Washington also urged Israel to scale back its attacks near Beirut… Continue Reading

The world’s leading industrial nations warned Iran to stop supporting the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups and other nonstate actors in the Middle East and to cease actions that are helping to destabilize the region, while Washington also urged Israel to scale back its attacks near Beirut… Continue Reading

A new batch of prisoners of war returned to Ukraine late on October 18. Buses brought a total of 95 soldiers back from Russian captivity. The Ukrainian president’s office released footage showing emotional scenes of the soldiers being welcomed by their loved ones at an undisclosed location…. Continue Reading

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin ahead of joint talks on Ukraine with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain as Russia continued its daily strikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, launching on October 18 “one of the most massive” drone attacks on… Continue Reading

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin ahead of joint talks on Ukraine with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain as Russia continued its daily strikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, launching on October 18 “one of the most massive” drone attacks on… Continue Reading

A bipartisan coalition in Congress is demanding the Biden administration tighten sanctions on Russia’s oilfield services industry, alleging the current rules are enabling a major US firm to fuel Vladimir Putin’s war machine. They have also asked Biden’s Treasury and State departments to… Continue Reading

KYIV, UKRAINE —  The involvement of North Korean regular troops to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be a serious escalation of the war, France and Ukraine’s foreign ministers said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Saturday. France’s Jean-Noel Barrot, who was making his first… Continue Reading

NAPLES, ITALY —  G7 defense ministers started talks on Saturday against a backdrop of escalation in the Middle East and mounting pressure on Ukraine as it faces another winter of fighting. Italy, holding the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven countries, organized the body’s first… Continue Reading

This article is an onsite version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and Saturday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Welcome back. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine this week unveiled a five-point… Continue Reading