The European Union on Monday dismissed online attacks by tech tycoon Elon Musk after his social media platform X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by Brussels.
European Council president Antonio Costa on Monday rejected any attempt by the United States to meddle in Europe’s politics, after Washington published a new security strategy sharply criticizing the continent’s policies.
Nigeria’s military intervened on Sunday in neighboring Benin after a group of soldiers announced a coup bid on state television, the Nigerian president’s office confirmed.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he felt “a little bit disappointed” with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for not engaging with a plan to end the war with Russia.
The United States, Israel and Qatar held a trilateral meeting in New York on Sunday, a senior White House official said, months after Israeli jets conducted an airstrike in Doha, unsuccessfully targeting Hamas leadership.
Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets southeast of Okinawa’s main island, Japan’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he expected to move into the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza “very shortly”.
The African Union “strongly and unequivocally” condemned an attempted military coup in Benin, it said in a statement Sunday that also urged soldiers to return to their barracks.
Russia welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments made marked a radical departure from Washington’s previous policy and were “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision.
Donald Trump’s second term has not restored the familiar rhythm of transatlantic cooperation. Instead, it has accelerated a shift that began during his first presidency, where security, diplomacy and economic power increasingly moved away from a shared strategic framework and toward a model defined by negotiation and conditional commitments.
