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Poland threatens to turn ‘all our cannon’ on EU in rule-of-law row

Ruling party steps up rhetoric by suggesting it could unseat European Commission’s Ursula von der Leyen Poland’s national-conservative government has significantly toughened its rhetoric in...

Texas starts busing illegal immigrants directly to New York

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state has started busing migrants straight to New York, as he seeks to make other communities share a...

It Seems Ukraine Is Struggling To Form Tank Brigades

David Axe The Ukrainian army’s tank brigades are spread thin. That could help to explain why the army’s highly anticipated counteroffensive in southern Ukraine hasn’t...

As war grinds on, old Ukrainian political divisions are reemerging

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — There has been an unofficial agreement among Ukraine’s raucous and highly competitive politicians since Russia invaded: Put aside old differences and...

US says Beijing has no reason to turn Pelosi’s expected Taiwan visit into a...

National security council says speaker has ‘right to visit’ after China warns its military would ‘not sit idly by’ The US national security council (NSC)...

The future of Europe in a changing world

Pipelines are turning East, not West, an energy analyst tells Asia Times in the first installment of a two-part interview Karin Kneissl is an energy...

Defiant Orban Doubles Down on Russia Policy, Arch-Conservativism

By Marton Kasnyik The West should stop arming Ukraine and work for a peace settlement instead, Hungary’s prime minister told his supporters on Saturday. Viktor Orban...

2 Americans dead in eastern Ukraine: Officials

The State Department confirmed the two deaths. Two Americans thought to have been fighting for Ukraine have died in the eastern reach of the country,...

The Energy Crisis Is Global

It’s not just Europe and the United States—eye-watering prices are wreaking havoc around the world. As Russia plays hardball with Europe’s gas supply, the continent...

As Ukraine Signs Up Soldiers, Questions Arise About How It Chooses

Recruiters approach young men on the street, but the standards are not always clear and there are reports of unwilling men being signed up...