EU external relations, diplomacy, and security
Colombia’s strongest earthquake this century has killed at least 265 people, with rescuers now entering the final phase of operations as hope for survivors fades. Nearly 500 people remain missing beneath collapsed buildings across the Nariño and Cauca departments.
Former US Marine Robert Gilman has walked free from Russian custody after more than four years behind bars, following a 2022 arrest over an alleged assault on a police officer near Voronezh. His release marks the latest chapter in a string of high-profile American detentions in Russia.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned Friday that Sudan’s devastating civil war is ‘losing another generation’ of children. More than 1,000 days of fighting have left millions displaced, out of school, and exposed to horrific violence.
Humanitarian aid warehouses in Ukraine have come under direct attack, destroying tonnes of food, medicine, and emergency supplies for civilians. Relief organizations warn the strikes are making sustained operations nearly impossible across the hardest-hit regions.
The EU’s enlargement process is facing a defining credibility test, with candidate countries from Ukraine to the Western Balkans growing frustrated by decades of delays. Can Brussels finally make enlargement real?
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark trilateral defense pact in Riyadh, formalizing military cooperation in a move that reshapes regional security dynamics. The agreement arrives as progressive Democrats in the U.S. push to overhaul American foreign military policy following a surprise Senate primary result.
Ukrainian paramedics are abandoning ambulances mid-response as Russian FPV drones hunt medical vehicles across the front lines. At least 23 ambulances have been destroyed or damaged in just three months.
Along Finland’s 1,340-kilometre border with Russia, farmers and rural landowners have quietly become a frontline layer of the country’s national security network. Their daily routines, sharpened by years of Cold War vigilance, now carry new weight in NATO’s most sensitive eastern zone.
Trump forcefully denied reports of a US weapons shortage this week and threatened to pursue officials leaking defense information to the media. But publicly available data on artillery rounds and missile production timelines tells a more complicated story.
Kim Yo Jong has threatened military options against Japan, calling Tokyo’s defence buildup a transformation into a “war state.” The warning comes as Japan doubles its defence budget and deploys missiles to its outer islands.
