A dire warning emerged from a UN monitoring group on Monday, signaling famine conditions in the northern region of Gaza. With approximately 300,000 individuals trapped in the aftermath of prolonged Israeli bombardment, casualties have soared, surpassing 31,000 fatalities. The UN-backed report paints a grim picture, highlighting that over 70% of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents face the threat of... 

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has come under fire for saying in a recent speech given in Belgium that “Europe is a garden” while the outside world is a “jungle”. There are growing calls for him to retract the analogy and to issue an apology over what many are saying was a speech tinged with racist and imperialistic overtones. He was addressing an audience of his own diplomatic corps. “Europe... 

Vladimir Putin has been warned by the European Union’s top diplomat the Russian Army would be “annihilated” if it follows through with threats of a nuclear attack against Ukraine. Tensions have exploded over fears Russia could use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, with Putin issuing threats as he staged the annexation of four occupied regions in the face of devastating losses... 

According to EU High Representative Josep Borrell, the discovery of mass graves in Izyum by Ukrainian authorities, including more than 440 victims, has horrified the EU to its core. The city in the Kharkiv area of eastern Ukraine was just freed from the Russian army’s invasion. The EU strongly denounced these crimes against humanity. “Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been leaving... 

Back in the 1990s, when modern Russia emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union, the West was the best. It offered the only realistic role model. Times have changed, but the penny hasn’t dropped yet in Brussels or Washington. Today, the situation has changed dramatically. A good illustration is how Russia has responded to criticism in the light of the Alexey Navalny case. Previously, when confronted...