Last week, London signed a $4.6 billion deal to hand over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while announcing a deal that will allow the U.K. to lease the strategic air base on Diego Garcia for £101m a year for “at least the next century,” which is also used by the U.S.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said last week that it shot down 485 drones launched from Ukraine in a two-day span that began on Tuesday evening and spanned across 14 regions.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania last week to celebrate the deployment of his forces inside the country, stating that the brigade represents Berlin’s commitment to securing the Baltic states because their security “is also our security.”
Nicușor Dan, the newly elected president in Romania, said in an interview last week that his win was a mandate from his country to turn to the West and support Ukraine, the European Union, and NATO after presidential elections in Bucharest were canceled in December over allegations of Russian influence.
Diplomats from the European Union (EU) last week approved a new €150 billion weapons fund to help pay for the bloc’s military buildup amid what they see as a growing threat from Russia, and mixed messages about long-term support from Washington.
On 7 January, weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in, he told a press briefing that NATO countries were not paying their fair share for defense and floated the idea that Washington would not abide by its treaty obligations if these allies did not pump up their military spending.
Remember World War I? How about World War II? Wars of mass death and destruction brought to the world by Germany.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said last week that he is open to discussing placing French nuclear weapons in European countries as a potential deterrent from what he sees as a direct threat from Russia amid its war with Ukraine.
Countries across Europe have seen a seismic shift in support from establishment conservative parties to an upstart populist movement that is focused on fixing economic and societal issues at home while tapping into a festering anger toward the establishment.
The Indian and Pakistani governments announced Saturday that they’ve reached a ceasefire agreement after several days of strikes between the two nuclear powers, bringing a brief sense of relief to the region.