The European Commission said in a statement last week that it approved the first Security Action for Europe (SAFE) investment worth €38 billion to boost the militaries for eight EU countries as part of the bloc’s ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 that will mobilize up to 800 billion euros for defense spending.
French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that, given the threats around the world, it is imperative that countries bolster their militaries and said Paris’s “rearmament is bearing fruit.”
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is doing her best to see to it that Europe becomes a “military powerhouse” in the face of what she sees as the threat of a wider war with Russia.
Venâncio Mondlane, the opposition politician from Mozambique, told the Financial Times that his country’s ruling FRELIMO party, which was founded in 1962 and rallied the country against the Portuguese rulers, has seen its support slip in recent years and warned that the country’s youth movement is frustrated with the status quo.
At least 71,424 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the Gaza genocide began in October 2023, and at least 171,324 have been injured, according to health officials in the enclave.
The Iranian government blamed outside agitators tied to the U.S. and Israel for the violence that has broken out during the country’s anti-government protests and told local news outlets that Tehran has “experienced firsthand how the urban terrorist criminals committed ISIS-like violence.”
There are about one million young people in Britain who are not employed or even training for a job, which has alarmed public officials who say the level has reached a crisis point, according to a newly released report.
A Palestinian human rights group announced last week that illegal Israeli “settler” attacks in the West Bank have resulted in at least 20 Palestinian families fleeing from their homes “after repeated assaults” at the hands of these settlers.
China, one of the world’s largest buyers of crude oil, watched with concern as the U.S. seized control of Venezuela’s oil industry because Beijing relies on cheap oil from Washington-sanctioned countries, which raised concerns that it could start getting choked in the market if the U.S. also attacks Iran.
The Saudi military last week carried out airstrikes on southern Yemen after the UAE-backed leader of a separatist movement skipped a scheduled meeting in Riyadh amid worsening tensions in the region that risk a wider confrontation.