Politics

Germany’s defense minister says NATO’s 2% target is just the start: ‘We’ll probably need more’

Germany’s defense minister said on Saturday that his country’s commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense was just the…

Navalny death is a pre-election gambit from Putin, anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder says

Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder said he believes Alexei Navalny’s death was intended as a message to political opponents of Russian…

Jailed Putin foe Alexei Navalny confirmed dead with family calling for body to be returned

A spokesperson for Putin dissident Alexei Navalny confirmed his death on Saturday, after Russian media reported his demise on Friday,…

Zelenskyy ready to take Donald Trump to Ukraine’s front line

MUNICH, Germany — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was willing to take U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump, a long-time…

Germany’s Scholz commits to spending 2% on defense ‘in the 2020s, in the 2030s and beyond’

MUNICH, Germany — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday reaffirmed Berlin’s commitment to spend 2% of the national gross domestic…

Trump ordered to pay $454 million in fines and interest in NY business fraud case

A New York judge on Friday ordered Donald Trump to pay about $454 million in total penalties as part of…

Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao died after car went into Texas pond, sheriff says

Angela Chao, CEO of Foremost Group and the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, died after her car went…

U.S. troops will be on the front lines against Russia without further Ukraine aid, Senator Coons says

MUNICH, Germany — The U.S. faces the prospect of direct combat with Russia if it fails to provide continued financial…

Only the U.S. can force peace in the Middle East and it should pressure Israel, Lebanon foreign minister says

Lebanon’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to pressure Israel and bring an end to its bloody war with Palestinian…

World leaders react to reports of Navalny’s death; Yulia Navalnaya says Putin won’t go unpunished

World leaders and the wife of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny reacted with dismay and suspicion to reports of…