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A Chinese attack on Taiwan is not imminent, the top US general says, but the US is watching “very closely”. China is clearly developing the capability to attack at some point, but

Emmanuel Macron beat the far right to retain the presidency in April but, less than two months on, it is the left that is threatening his hold on power. French voters are

In 2020, Philippe became the first Belgian official to express regret for the ‘suffering and humiliation’ inflicted on DRC. But he is yet to apologise. Belgium’s King Philippe has returned a traditional

Russia’s UN ambassador has stormed out of a UN Security Council meeting after the European Council president blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for causing a global food crisis. Charles Michel said Russia

A female party-goer stopped a potential mass shooting in the US when she pulled out her gun and fatally shot a man who had opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on a

Turkish leader accuses Kyriakos Mitsotakis of recommending to US officials that Washington not sell F-16 fighter jets to Ankara. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will stop talking to Greek

While President Erdogan has expressed his discontent, Washington and the alliance remain hopeful that divisive issues can be resolved. Sweden and Finland began their NATO membership application processes earlier this month, as Turkish

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem accused Israel of ‘disrespecting the church’ over what he called a ‘police invasion’ at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral The top Catholic clergyman in Jerusalem has condemned the police beating

The French leader suggests building a broader political community of democratic states around the European Union. France’s President Emmanuel Macron has said it will take “decades” for a candidate like Ukraine to join the