Poland signs deal for delivery of vehicles to support missile launchers
WARSAW – Poland signed a 1.3 billion zloty ($323.19 million) contract to purchase domestically produced accompanying vehicles for WR-40 Langusta multiple rocket launchers, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Friday.…
Irish PM kicks off election focussing on immigration, housing and Trump
DUBLIN – Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris on Friday announced the formal start of the country’s general election campaign, hoping to retain his coalition’s lead in polls and to capitalise…
Britain names Jonathan Powell as national security adviser
LONDON – Britain on Friday named Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to ex-prime minister Tony Blair and a key negotiator in the Northern Ireland peace process, as its…
Britain names Jonathan Powell as national security adviser
LONDON – Britain on Friday named Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to ex-prime minister Tony Blair and a key negotiator in the Northern Ireland peace process, as its…
Turkey’s Erdogan sees easy end to Ukraine war if Trump takes solution-based approach
ANKARA – War in Ukraine could end easily if the U.S. administration under Donald Trump takes a solution-based approach, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday. Read…
France won’t call off Israel game after violence in Amsterdam, minister says
PARIS – Despite the violence directed at Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, France won’t change its plans to host a Nations’ League game against Israel next week, the interior minister…
Comoros police arrest suspect over capsized migrant boat, coastguard says
MORONI – Authorities in Comoros have arrested a suspected people-smuggler in connection with an incident in which traffickers deliberately capsized a boat last week, killing at least 25 people on…
Russian city of Saratov targeted by Ukrainian drone, says regional governor
MOSCOW – The Russian city of Saratov was targeted by a Ukrainian drone overnight, the regional governor said on Friday, saying drone debris had fallen in an industrial zone after…
After Trump, German political crisis engulfs industry
FRANKFURT/BERLIN – A political crisis at home threatens further pain for Germany’s car, banking and energy industries, as they grapple with an increasingly hostile world following the election of Donald…
Israel says sending rescue team after ‘very violent incident’ against citizens in Amsterdam
CAIRO – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed that two rescue planes be sent immediately to Amsterdam following “a very violent incident” targeting Israelis citizens, his office said on…