The 2015 migrant crisis[1] still hangs over Europe. The more than 1.3 million migrants—particularly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq—who claimed asylum that year has been a boon for grievance-driven European populism and its most talented practitioners. The upshot is a cultural and economic anxiety[2] that has transformed the continent’s political landscape. And yet, the first 10 years of the far right’s rise have amounted to a “yes, but” decade. In Germany, the Alternative for Germany party has steadily expanded[3] its regional and federal influence, but all other major parties still treat political collaboration with it as taboo. In France, the ...

Perhaps feeling the heat, Trump told NBC News[1] late Thursday that: “We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, a hundred percent.""We’re going to be sending Patriots to NATO, and then NATO will distribute that,” he added.Across Europe, there’s a feeling of whiplash[2] over the Trump administration’s recent Ukraine policy reversals plus confusion about who is making decisions at the Pentagon, while Kyiv worries that the aid package passed under the previous administration could soon run out, and the Republican-dominated U.S. Congress shows no sign of approving a new one.“We discussed with our partners the possibility of ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia pounded Ukraine's capital with another major missile and drone attack overnight into Thursday, killing at least two people and causing fires across Kyiv a day after the heaviest drone attack so far in the more than three-year war, Ukrainian officials said.In another tense and sleepless night for Kyiv residents, with many of them dashing in the dark with children, pets and blankets to the protection of subway stations, at least 22 people were wounded, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Administration.The night was punctuated with the chilling whine of approaching drones that slammed ...

SREBRENICA – Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a 1995 massacre[1] there of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men, which has been acknowledged as Europe's only genocide after the Holocaust. Seven newly identified victims of the massacre, including two 19-year-old men, will be laid to rest in a collective funeral at a vast cemetery[2] near Srebrenica Friday, next to more than 6,000 victims already buried there. Such funerals are held annually for the victims who are still being unearthed from dozens of mass graves around the ...

At the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio disclosed that “since the beginning of 2025, roughly 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine—dead, not wounded,” as was reported on July 10.Rubio said[1] the estimate derives from “multiple sources of intelligence, open-source reporting and partner-nation assessments,” reflecting a significant intensification of Russian losses over the past six months. He added that the United States and its allies continue to track battlefield attrition closely, even as Moscow publicly denies such figures.Read moreCategoryWar in Ukraine[2]Russia Has Lost 1 Million Soldiers in the War. How Many More Will It Throw into the Meat Grinder?[3] Jun 12, 2025 08:44 A spokesperson for the ...

The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin[1] admitted what he called the "unprecedented" military censorship of media in the country, but defended it as necessary in the current circumstances, as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine thunders on.Dmitry Peksov, speaking to Russia's Expert magazine, acknowledged that many publications had closed down and journalists had left the country."But do not forget the situation we are in," Peskov said, translated from Russian, in the interview published on Friday, July 11."Now is the time of military censorship—unprecedented for our country."After all, the war is also going on in the information space. And it would be ...

A Ukrainian cellist starts over in Oregon after fleeing war, with help from a PSU professor and the local music community. Author: kgw.com Published: 11:55 PM PDT July 10, 2025 Updated: 11:55 PM PDT July 10, 2025

The Pentagon’s decision to halt delivery of promised military assistance to Ukraine, announced last week[1], could not have come at a worse time. Ukraine faces the most intense aerial bombardment by Russia since the full-scale war began in February 2022, and it is in desperate need of missile defense systems that only the United States can provide. The urgency is heightened by the signal that the cutoff sends to the Kremlin: that it can win a war of attrition if the United States progressively abandons the military defense of Ukraine. On Monday, however, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to reverse ...

Russia suffered about 1,031,620 military casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 11, 2025, with 1,040 personnel killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this in a post on Facebook[1], Ukrinform reports.Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine's defense forces have destroyed 11,013 (+2) Russian tanks, 22,979 (+7) armored fighting vehicles, 30,163 (+23) artillery systems, 1,437 multiple rocket launchers, 1,193 (+1) anti-aircraft warfare systems, and 3,459 (+14) cruise missiles.Read also: Ukrainian forces destroy 100 Russian heavy flamethrower systems since start of full-scale war[2]Additionally, the Russian army has ...

Germany and Norway are prepared to purchase three Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine from a U.S. manufacturer, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press conference in Rome on July 10."Germany[1] is ready to pay – I have agreements with them – for two systems. Norway[2] is ready to pay – I have bilateral agreements with Prime Minister (Jonas Gahr Stoere) – one system," Zelensky said[3] on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference.The announcement follows Kyiv's calls for Western partners to provide additional air defenses to help Ukraine repel intensifying Russian aerial strikes[4].Zelensky[5] added that Ukraine needs a total ...