Who is Friedrich Merz, the German election winner warning Europe about Trump?

24/02/2025 09:03 Washington Post

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.

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In Nome, Alaska, a cadre of tinkerers and partisans keeps aiding Ukraine

These volunteers won’t let go of the cause as Russia’s war on Ukraine enters a fourth year. They’ve sent ambulances, generators and more to the front line....

24/02/2025 12:00 Washington Post

The staggering cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine, by the numbers

Nearly $300 billion spent, more than 150,000 lives lost and over 10 million displaced. Here’s what three years of war in Ukraine adds up to....

24/02/2025 10:37 Washington Post

Three years in, Ukrainian fathers fear passing the war on to their sons

Fathers and sons wrestle with what it means to be a man in a country embroiled in war....

24/02/2025 08:00 Washington Post

Zelensky seeks Trump meeting, questions terms of U.S. mineral deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said he would step down if it would bring peace or get his country into NATO, but those scenarios remain unlikely....

23/02/2025 20:13 Washington Post

Gazprom, once a mighty tool of Russia, stumbles toward more modest future

The Russian gas giant could once bring countries to their knees by cutting off energy supplies, until Europe stopped buying its product....

23/02/2025 07:00 Washington Post

U.S. pressures Kyiv to replace U.N. resolution condemning Russia

The Trump administration wants Ukraine’s resolution withdrawn and replaced with a toned-down version that officials feel is overly sympathetic to Russia....

22/02/2025 23:20 Washington Post

Can Zelensky salvage his relationship with Trump and save Ukraine?

Three years into the war with Russia, President Zelensky appears to have become embroiled in a personal feud with the leader of Ukraine’s most powerful ally....

22/02/2025 11:06 Washington Post

Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed

The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad....

22/02/2025 07:00 Washington Post

U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington

The potential deal follows days of harsh attacks by President Trump on Ukraine and its leader....

22/02/2025 02:03 Washington Post

Three years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has to battle Trump

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, it appears to be reaching a tipping point....

21/02/2025 05:00 Washington Post

How to untangle Trump and Zelensky’s claims about U.S. aid to Ukraine

The leaders appeared to talk past each other, with Trump skipping over the well-documented understanding of how U.S. aid is counted and where it is spent....

20/02/2025 23:46 Washington Post

Amid war of words, Trump envoy meets Ukraine’s Zelensky

President Donald Trump’s promotion of Russia’s narrative has caused worry in Europe that the United States is redrawing its long-standing alliances....

20/02/2025 20:03 Washington Post

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned against silence, dies at 98

Mr. Turski, a Polish journalist who survived Auschwitz as a teenager, urged the world not to be indifferent to the persecution of minorities....

20/02/2025 19:36 Washington Post

Trump’s attack on Zelensky stirs fear of major U.S. shift on Russia

While Trump was sympathetic toward Vladimir Putin during his first term, he now appears to be upending generations of U.S. caution toward the Kremlin....

20/02/2025 01:04 Washington Post

Echoing Kremlin, Trump calls Zelensky a dictator, angering Ukrainians

Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has low approval ratings and that elections are needed, statements also made in the past week by the Kremlin....

19/02/2025 17:24 Washington Post

The Russian mercenary

Soldiers from the Wagner Group have helped Vladimir Putin advance his aim of restoring Russian power in Africa. But on the ground, they’ve learned hard lessons....

19/02/2025 10:00 Washington Post

Crossroads of conflict

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United States seeing its influence decline....

19/02/2025 10:00 Washington Post

Putin raised the anti-woke banner long before it flew over Washington

Vance’s Munich speech matched many of the issues long promoted by Russia including anti-migrant rhetoric, curbing abortion and equating “cancel culture” with free speech infringement....

19/02/2025 09:00 Washington Post

Australia’s spy chief warns of rising antisemitism, intolerance

Australia’s social cohesion is eroding, according to a sobering intelligence assessment that also warned of growing foreign interference and espionage....

19/02/2025 09:00 Washington Post

Under Trump, U.S. diplomacy finds its own ‘wolf warriors’

China’s “wolf warrior” approach to geopolitics wasn’t effective diplomacy — a lesson Trump’s representatives on the global stage may relearn the hard way....

19/02/2025 05:00 Washington Post

U.S., Russia hold first talks on Ukraine without NATO allies, Kyiv

While U.S. officials characterized the talks as the first step in a peace deal, the Russians are portraying them as a way to end Moscow’s isolation....

18/02/2025 22:30 Washington Post

Gil Won-ok, memory keeper of wartime sex slavery by Japan, dies at 96

Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers in World War II....

18/02/2025 17:35 Washington Post

Who is Steve Witkoff, dealmaker at the heart of Trump’s foreign diplomacy?

Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and a New York real estate developer, is set to meet with Russian officials to discuss ending the Ukraine war....

18/02/2025 16:50 Washington Post

What are Ukraine’s rare minerals and why is Trump eyeing them?

The White House floated a proposal to secure U.S. access to half of Ukraine’s mineral resources after the war, reportedly including lithium, graphite and uranium....

18/02/2025 16:11 Washington Post

Russia frees U.S. citizen ahead of high-stakes talks on Ukraine

Kalob Byers, 28, of West Virginia was arrested this month on drug charges over cannabis gummies found in his luggage, Russian state media reported....

18/02/2025 10:25 Washington Post

Europeans explore troops for Ukraine ceasefire — and want U.S. support

The prospect of troops in Ukraine gained traction as Europeans seek a role in talks between the Trump team and Moscow that could shape the continent’s security....

17/02/2025 23:39 Washington Post

Trump team converges on Riyadh ahead of Ukraine talks with Russia

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to address the two big international crises of the moment, the war in Gaza and the war in Ukraine....

17/02/2025 20:50 Washington Post

Under Trump, CIA plots bigger role in drug cartel fight

The CIA is developing plans to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledges to get tough on Mexico’s drug cartels, but critics warn of a backlash....

17/02/2025 11:00 Washington Post

Europe, sidelined by U.S. and Russia, seeks influence in Ukraine talks

European leaders planned to meet Monday on how they might influence talks that could determine the future of Ukraine and of Europe’s security landscape....

17/02/2025 00:05 Washington Post

U.S. and Russian officials to discuss how to end Ukraine war

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to travel to Riyadh for early-stage talks....

16/02/2025 23:18 Washington Post

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