EU leaders postponed a seven-year budget agreement as Germany sought spending cuts and France promoted new levies on digital services, crypto assets and online gambling.
A bipartisan Senate group says Trump’s Russian diesel deal would aid Putin’s war effort while doing little to lower U.S. fuel prices.
Russian officials said more than 100 drones headed toward Moscow were destroyed, triggering airport restrictions, flight diversions and regional alerts.
Imprisoned historian Yuri Dmitriev was returned to a Russian penal colony without a diagnosis after suspected stroke symptoms.
Finland is urging the EU to halt Russian tourist visas, raising new compliance and strategy questions for companies exposed to Europe travel rules.
EU states agreed to open internal market and competitiveness accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, advancing a key phase of enlargement.
Trump said Putin is more interested than Zelensky in a Ukraine peace deal, while Kyiv urges U.S. pressure over an energy ceasefire.
The Trump administration is reportedly using Ukraine’s PURL weapons pipeline as leverage to stop Kyiv’s strikes on Russian oil refineries.
The EU plans new financing for Ukrainian drone and missile purchases as leaders prepare to debate Kyiv’s 2027 funding needs.
Germany’s 1.4 million long-term Bürgergeld recipients intensify debate over work requirements, labor supply and corporate strategy.
Mahmoud Abbas delayed Palestinian elections to September 2027, drawing Israeli criticism and raising questions about PA legitimacy and strategy.
CENTCOM says a U.S. strike disabled a Panama-flagged cargo ship after blockade warnings, as tanker fire adds pressure on energy markets.