The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, António Guterres said Washington’s “clear conviction” was that multilateral solutions were irrelevant. What mattered, he continued, was the “exercise of the power and influence […]
Amid Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will continue working with the US to reinforce Arctic security. At the same time, the European Commission has confirmed that Greenland is “in principle” covered by the bloc’s mutual assistance clause.
Athens views the energy agreements signed last November as the most significant achievement in bilateral relations during the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, according to Greek officials.
By Martin Banks MEPs appear split on the reported overthrow of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by US Special Forces.. Maduro is expected to appear in a court in New York on drugs and weapons charges. President Trump ordered the strikes against the country saying Maduro and his wife had been captured from a “fortress like” […]
Italian pasta is set to be spared from high-level US tariffs that the Trump administration had threatened against 13 producers. The move could have resulted in American importers being taxed at a rate greater than the value of the actual pasta itself, and prices rising sharply for US consumers. But on Thursday, the Italian foreign […]
In an interview published Thursday, NATO secretary general dismissed proposals for European-led forces in Ukraine, saying the transatlantic partnership remains essential for collective security.
The US has launched strikes against militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, where militants have sought to establish a foothold. Camps run by the group in Sokoto state were hit near the border with Niger, the US military said. Casualty numbers are unclear, but both US and Nigerian officials say […]
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland Security. It is the second time this month that an oil-carrying ship has been seized off the country’s coast. The move comes after President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was ordering a “blockade” […]
The US says its military has carried out a “massive strike” against the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, in response to a deadly attack on American forces in the country. The US Central Command (Centcom) said fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery “struck more than 70 targets at multiple locations across central Syria”. Aircraft […]
The strategic relationship between Greece and the US is being made even stronger, a development that works in favor of the Greek nation, noted Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos in an interview with Greek-American newspaper The National Herald during his visit to the US.
