Ukraine heads to Geneva for third US mediated peace talks

A Ukrainian delegation departed for Geneva on Monday for a third round of trilateral negotiations with Russia and the United States scheduled for February 17 and 18, as efforts continue to advance talks that have yet to yield a breakthrough on key issues, including territorial control in eastern Ukraine. Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s......

UK and Germany military chiefs issue rare joint call to rearm

The heads of the British and German armed forces have issued an unprecedented joint appeal urging European citizens to back higher defense spending, warning that Moscow’s military stance has decisively shifted westward and that deterring Russian aggression will require difficult public choices. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton,......

Germany deems French defense spending efforts insufficient

Germany has described France’s current efforts to increase defense spending as insufficient, urging Paris to align its rhetoric on European sovereignty with concrete domestic action. Speaking in a radio interview, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed that calls for stronger European autonomy must be matched by tangible commitments......

UK says Russia relying on foreign fighters as losses mount

Russia is increasingly turning to foreign fighters to sustain its war in Ukraine as mounting battlefield losses outpace its ability to replenish troops, British Defence Secretary John Healey said at the Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2026. His remarks followed updated British intelligence figures showing that Russian forces continue......

Ukraine detains former energy minister in sweeping corruption probe

Ukraine’s former energy minister Herman Halushchenko was detained late Saturday while attempting to leave the country by train, anti corruption authorities said, in a dramatic escalation of one of the most far reaching graft investigations of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tenure. The National Anti Corruption Bureau of Ukraine,......

Russia claims capture of twelve villages in Eastern Ukraine in February

Russia’s military leadership has announced further territorial gains in eastern Ukraine, stating that its forces seized a dozen villages during the first half of February amid ongoing hostilities. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov recently visited troops deployed in Ukraine and reported......

Rubio continues European tour with Trump-aligned leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is continuing his European tour with visits to Slovakia and Hungary, two countries led by political figures who maintain close ideological ties with President Donald Trump. The diplomatic trip follows Rubio’s address at the Munich Security Conference, where he urged European nations to reaffirm what......

Germany: in Munich, Friedrich Merz reaffirms plan to make the Bundeswehr Europe’s strongest conventional army

At the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a forceful message about Europe’s changing geopolitical environment, declaring that Germany intends to build the Bundeswehr into “the most powerful conventional army in Europe.” Speaking before an audience of global security leaders in Munich,......

Rare toxin allegedly used in Navalny case, say five countries including France

Five countries, including the United Kingdom and France, have concluded that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a rare toxin prior to his death in prison in February 2024. The findings were disclosed by London during the Munich Security Conference, as part of a joint investigation conducted alongside Germany, Sweden......

US envoy says China holds leverage to end Ukraine war

The United States ambassador to NATO told world leaders at the Munich Security Conference that China remains the pivotal actor capable of influencing the course of the war in Ukraine, arguing that Beijing’s economic and technological support has sustained Russia’s military campaign. Speaking at the 62nd annual gathering in Munich,......

Hungary calls Ukraine enemy in Druzhba pipeline dispute

A Russian airstrike on January 27 damaged critical infrastructure along the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline, halting the flow of Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia and triggering a diplomatic clash between Budapest and Kyiv ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary elections. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha disclosed......

Satellite data shows Cuba night lights drop 50 percent

Cuba is facing its most severe energy crisis in decades, with satellite imagery showing that nighttime lighting across the island has fallen sharply after efforts by the Trump administration to restrict its oil supply. The shortages have plunged large parts of the country into darkness, grounded international flights and forced widespread......

UN experts denounce Trump oil blockade on Cuba as illegal

United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting fuel supplies to Cuba, describing it as a serious breach of international law that risks triggering a severe humanitarian crisis on the island of 9.6 million people. The statement from the Office of the UN High Commissioner......

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