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Belgium’s defense chief stands by €50 million drone scare

While most reports of drone sightings have been proven false, some appeared “plausible” even despite lack of any evidence, Theo Francken insists ...

US defends Russia oil sanctions waiver extension

The month-long reprieve announced last Friday was meant to cool soaring energy prices, the treasury secretary has said ...

Woke in Brussels, pragmatic in Beijing: Spain is making its move in China

Four trips, dozens of deals, and one message: Madrid is moving closer to Beijing – on its own terms ...

Lavrov warns of ‘rampant Satanism’ in EU

Member states have backed the Kiev authorities’ “blasphemous practices” at a major Orthodox monastery, the Russian foreign minister has said ...

Ex-Soviet state gives opposition politician 19-year jail term

A Moldovan court sentenced business tycoon Vladimir Plahotniuc in a $1 billion bank fraud case ...

EU energy bill spikes amid Iran war supply shock – commissioner

Daily fossil fuel import costs have exceeded $587 million since the Middle East escalation, the bloc’s energy chief Dan Jorgensen has said ...

Did the Southern Poverty Law Center really fund the KKK?

The SPLC is accused of “manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose” ...

ICC claims jurisdiction over case in non-member country

Ex-Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will remain in custody in The Hague after judges ruled the court may prosecute him for his war on drugs ...

Fight or flight: how the global jet fuel crisis could ground you

Airlines have started raising costs and cutting routes, increasing the risk of last-minute cancellations and disruption before the summer holiday season ...

US state probes OpenAI over shooting spree

ChatGPT advised a Florida man on how to perpetrate an attack at a university which left two dead ...

Russia offers to help fight mysterious disease in Africa

Moscow has offered medical support to Burundi as it faces an unknown outbreak, and is planning a new biosafety center in Congo ...

Pope Leo criticizes ‘colonization’ of African resources

The proliferation of armed conflicts is often driven by the exploitation of oil and mineral deposits, the pontiff has said ...

EU threatens to cut Venice Biennale funding over Russian return

Italian Deputy PM Salvini has called the European Commission’s plan to withdraw €2 million in funding “ignorant pettiness” ...

Ukraine’s richest man buys most expensive apartment in history – Bloomberg

Oligarch Rinat Akhmetov’s five‑floor Monaco waterfront penthouse reportedly cost more than half a billion dollars and includes 21 rooms and a private pool ...

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