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Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a military based budget for 2025-2027, a document published on the official legal acts website showed on Sunday. The state budget for next year includes a 25% hike in military spending but…

European Council President Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, using the first day in their new roles to send a message of support for Ukraine in its war with…

Europe’s far-right populists are hoping that the return of Trump – a transatlantic ally who promotes the same conservative Christian values and shares the same disdain for progressive politics – will help to serve their interests back home…

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s brief stop in Hawaii may have appeared understated – no formal US reception, no grand speeches – but its implications extend far beyond floral wreaths and banquets. On his way to the Marshall Islands,…

Georgia's pro-Western president has declared she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held, as protests continue over the government's decision to put EU accession negotiations on hold. Speaking to the BBC, Salome…

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a former aide, Kash Patel, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency Patel has often criticised. A former US defence department chief of staff in the first Trump administration,…

Fifteen of Ukraine's civilian airports have been damaged since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal was quoted as saying by local media on Saturday. Ukraine, which the state aviation…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to work “directly” with US President-elect Donald Trump and is open to his ideas, highlighting Kyiv’s eagerness to keep its most important ally onside as Russia intensifies its attacks.…

An Israeli strike on a car wounded three people, including a seven-year-old child, on Saturday in the south Lebanon village of Majdal Zoun, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in a statement. Later on Saturday, another person was injured…

Georgia’s interior ministry has said that 107 people were arrested during Friday’s protests in the capital, Tbilisi, sparked by the government’s decision to delay the former Soviet country’s bid to join the European Union. The Black Sea…