Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, Qatari and Hamas officials say politics Article 727 words 21 votes
Marco Rubio will find China is hard to beat in Latin America. China buys lithium, copper and bull semen, and doesn’t export its ideology. politics Link 9 votes
Iceland's youngest-ever prime minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, who entered politics just four years ago, talks about feminism, the far right and reopening talks on joining the EU politics Article 983 words 13 votes
Norway plans to reintroduce an obligation to build bomb shelters in new buildings, a practice halted in 1998 politics Article 8 votes
The best way for America to help the new Syria (gifted link) politics Article 2539 words, published Jan 3 2025 3 votes
The strategic winners and losers of 2024 - Conflicts, outcomes and the year ahead politics Video 1:03:45 5 votes
Finland's seizure of a tanker shows how to fight Russian sabotage – the growing threat to undersea cables demands a robust response politics Link 20 votes
Europe, on the brink, faces a pileup of threats for 2025 (gifted link) politics Article 851 words 10 votes
While a potential US acquisition of Greenland looks unlikely there are compelling reasons why this would be of benefit to the West's security politics Link 12 votes
Finland seizes Russia-linked tanker suspected of cutting vital undersea cables politics Article 530 words 29 votes
Iceland's incoming government will put EU membership to referendum by 2027 – 2008 financial crisis, Brexit and a range of domestic issues has meant country is slowly warming to the idea politics Article 531 words, published Dec 22 2024 13 votes
Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland – defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was at least $1.5bn politics Article 556 words 17 votes
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the Danish territory will "never be for sale" after US President-elect Donald Trump's comments politics Article 363 words 20 votes
Man who ran secret Chinese ‘police station’ to monitor and harass US-based dissidents pleads guilty in New York politics Article 399 words 16 votes
Norway is assessing its EU options as a second Donald Trump term looms – increased geopolitical tensions could yet see Oslo rethink its attitude towards Brussels politics Link 12 votes
Finland will review whether to reintroduce antipersonnel land mines for improved defenses against Russia on the NATO defense bloc's longest land border with its main adversary politics Article 77 words 24 votes
China bans export of critical minerals to US as trade tensions escalate politics Article 887 words 30 votes
Canadian minister says Donald Trump was joking when he said Canada could become the 51st state politics Article 911 words 9 votes
Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran’s top diplomat meets Bashar al-Assad politics Article 1133 words 10 votes
Towards a new nuclear arms race? Vladimir Putin, the breakdown of nuclear treaty limits and MIRVs. politics Video 1:03:13 13 votes
Amphibious warfare center set up in Norway in the latest move by a NATO member to beef up its operations on Russia's Arctic doorstep politics Article 428 words 6 votes
Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke politics Link 28 votes
Joe Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with US long-range missiles politics Article 413 words 50 votes
The war in Ukraine after the US election - Joe Biden's final moves, President Donald Trump and Ukraine politics Video 1:04:35 4 votes
Protesters storm parliament in breakaway Georgian region Abkhazia over deal with Russia politics Article 532 words 17 votes
Donald Trump's team mulls postponing Ukraine's NATO membership for at least twenty years, WSJ reports politics Article 416 words 30 votes
Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 politics Article 428 words 57 votes
Moldova narrowly votes to secure path toward EU membership after accusing Russia of interference politics Article 46 votes
Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen politics Article 597 words 7 votes
West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts politics Article 672 words 21 votes
Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader politics Article 935 words 30 votes
Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem politics Article 1084 words 16 votes
Sweden to issue another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet later this month – new version adapted to better reflect today's security policy reality politics Article 321 words 8 votes
Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold politics Video 1:01:03 18 votes
A year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, four Americans are still being held hostage politics Article 995 words 11 votes
China is ready for war (and thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not) politics Article 2729 words 20 votes
Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland politics Article 490 words 17 votes
Mexico’s snub to King Felipe rekindles colonialism row with Spain: President-elect refuses to invite Spanish king to her inauguration after lack of apology for crimes of conquest politics Article 576 words 27 votes
Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU capitals puts strain on bloc’s unity. From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zone. politics Article 1325 words 13 votes
Russia and Iran plot to arm Houthis with advanced anti-ship cruise missiles – Reuters politics Article 263 words 17 votes