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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Downing Street on Sunday. The three leaders form the informal E3 security alliance and together represent Ukraine’s main source of European support. In a joint statement, the E3 backed direct dialogue between Zelenskyy and […]

Ukrainian drones struck St. Petersburg overnight on June 3, hitting an oil terminal and a warship at the Kronstadt naval base of Russia’s Baltic Fleet. The attack came hours before Russia’s flagship St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) opened, with roughly 20,000 attendees from 130 countries. President Zelensky confirmed the drones flew more than 1,000

Iran suspended nuclear and ceasefire negotiations with the U.S. on June 1, citing Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon. Tehran set explicit conditions: Israel must cease operations in Gaza and Lebanon and withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory. Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi said on X: “Any violation of this ceasefire on one front shall be considered a

Russia recalled its ambassador to Armenia on Saturday, citing Yerevan’s EU rapprochement as a threat to the Eurasian Economic Union. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry said ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin was summoned for “consultations” over steps “undermining cooperation within the EEU.” The move follows Putin invoking the “Ukrainian scenario” at an EEU summit in Astana on Friday. He

A Russian drone struck a 10-story apartment building in Galati, Romania overnight on May 28-29, injuring two people and forcing the evacuation of around 70 residents. Romania’s Defense Ministry confirmed the drone entered Romanian airspace during a wider Russian drone campaign targeting Ukrainian sites near the Danube border. Galati sits close to Romania’s borders with

Spanish Civil Guard officers raided the Madrid headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) on Wednesday as part of a National Court investigation into alleged illegal party financing. The Central Operative Unit (UCO) searched the party’s national offices on Calle de Ferraz in Madrid, looking for material related to alleged corruption by a former party

The United States launched new strikes against targets in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province on Tuesday, hitting boats reportedly attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the strikes as “a gross violation of the ceasefire,” stating that Iran holds Washington responsible for all consequences. Iran’s Revolutionary

Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire on May 25, with Hezbollah launching a wave of explosive drones targeting northern Israeli communities. A drone struck a home in Metula near the Lebanon border, while another damaged a school bus stop in Shomera. The IDF responded with airstrikes on Tyre in southern Lebanon, issuing evacuation warnings ahead of

Information The Kremlin on Thursday denied a Reuters report claiming that China’s military secretly trained around 200 Russian soldiers in China late last year before some were deployed to fight in Ukraine. According to documents reviewed by Reuters, a July 2025 agreement outlined plans for Russian troops to receive training at Chinese military facilities in