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Ramping up military budgets in the face of flatlining social spending is a risky trade-off.

Chancellor Merz's new hardline course promises to accelerate the EU’s rightward pivot on migration as the bloc prepares to implement tough measures.

Governments can decide to ask for cheap loans from the EU before Tuesday's deadline.

“It is the clear understanding of the European Union that the U.S. will implement the agreed, across-the-board tariff ceiling of 15 percent,” the European Commission says.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says the humanitarian situation in Gaza is "utterly deplorable."

The French push has sparked fury from Israel and the United States.

Gintautas Paluckas is out as new coalition talks loom.

The former Canadian prime minister and American pop star were also photographed walking her dog and having dinner.

Parliament completes major U-turn on controversial law.

Ottawa’s recognition of Palestinian statehood will make it “very hard” to reach an agreement, the U.S. president warned.

Thomas Oberreiter asked to be dismissed from his post for "personal reasons," according to the government in Vienna.

The Kremlin's bombardment follows Donald Trump’s 10-day ceasefire deadline to Moscow.

Donald Trump's British ally says the affair has put the U.S. president "into conflict with much of his own base."

British announcement follows the same commitment made by French President Emmanuel Macron last week.

Kyiv says the Russian agent sought to aid strikes on airfields hosting F-16 and Mirage fighter jets.

"He’s entering very dangerous territory!" the U.S. president warned on social media.

"The Russian Federation wants to control the Republic of Moldova from autumn onwards,” pro-EU leader Maia Sandu says.

Unicredit's bid for crosstown rival BPM fell foul of a nationalist Italian agenda to maintain influence on the country's banking sector.

A British official said the government doesn’t want the talks to become “a race to the bottom on standards.”

With both sides claiming victory, Brussels may have to tread carefully when flexing its regulatory muscle against U.S. Big Tech.

Lobbyists and business leaders are gearing up for a schmoozing offensive at Reform UK's annual conference — even if some are nervous about the Farage association.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement echoes commitments from the U.K. and France.

Peter Kyle’s comments come a day after Farage’s Reform UK, which is leading in the polls, vowed to scrap the U.K.’s Online Safety Act.

Veteran detective Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi was chosen over a month ago to lead the Economic Security Bureau — but Ukraine's government has refused to confirm him.

"The rules for Norwegian ports are determined by Norwegian authorities," Oslo says as Moscow summons a diplomat for a scolding.