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As Giorgia Meloni heads towards the end of what has become one of Italy’s longest-lasting governments in decades, the biggest threat to her political dominance is no longer coming from the centrist ...

It has played badly in Berlin, but the diplomatic spat between Kaja Kallas and Israel might well end up playing in her favour. The EU foreign affairs chief has been widely viewed as soft on Israel.

Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, has distanced himself from remarks by the EU’s top diplomat comparing the situation in Gaza to apartheid-era South Africa. “I explicitly do not share this choice ...

The United States said on Monday that ships will move toll-free through the Strait of Hormuz under an Iran peace deal signed by President Donald Trump, and insisted Tehran would have to fulfill its ...

Armin Papperger, CEO of the Rheinmetall armaments group. [Shireen Broszies/picture alliance via Getty Images] German defence giant Rheinmetall’s boss is worried that France could pull out of a ...

Italian lawyer Francesca Albanese, an expert in international law specialising in human rights and the Middle East. [Photo by Andrea Staccioli/Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images] Greece ...

Ihor Fedirko, CEO of the Ukrainian Council of Defence Industry, an organisation representing the country’s armaments sector, is happy just to be alive. “We are all alive, so it’s okay”, he told ...

Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan, which is mediating between Iran and the United States, said on Tuesday that efforts to end the war were approaching a “critical” stage. “Positive and productive ...

The Greek government is preparing a plan to ban social media use for under-15s, using an existing parental-control app designed to block tobacco and alcohol sales to minors. However, legal and ...

Pilots stand at the German Jagel Air Base in front of a rolling tornado fighter jet [Carsten Rehder/picture alliance via Getty Images] German fighter jets could carry British and French nuclear ...

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticised French defence spending on Monday, calling for Paris to do more to turn calls for European security sovereignty into concrete capabilities. The ...