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The French president also warned that Europe must be prepared for the US “not to be at our side” going forward. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL Macron has said that peace “cannot be achieved by abandoning Ukraine” as he warned of the “real threat” to Europe from Russia. Addressing the nation over the current global uncertainty in the wake of the radical change in US policy on Ukraine under Donald Trump, Macron also said that Europe has to be ready for the US “not to be at our side” going forward. It comes amid the breakdown in relations between Trump and Ukrainian...

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are considering accompanying Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington to salvage his relationship with Donald Trump. The visit would be part of a three-pronged plan being worked out by Kyiv’s European allies after a dramatic spat in the Oval Office between the US and Ukrainian presidents led to Washington suspending military support for the war-torn nation.

Fighting in Russia's Belgorod region entered a second day on Tuesday, and its governor told residents who fled after a cross-border incursion of armed fighters from Ukraine that it was still not safe to return to their homes. Monday's incursion, apparently involving armoured vehicles, was the biggest raid into Russia since the war began 15 months ago, though details including the number of fighters involved, their affiliation and the extent of any clashes, could not be independently confirmed. Russian authorities evacuated residents from the region's Graivoron district after the raiding forces claimed to have captured the border town of Kozinka...

The U.S. men’s national soccer team joined the current wave of sports figures advocating for more control through an open letter addressed to the U.S. Congress. Echoing talking points espoused by Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, the letter asks congress when they will enact change to curtail gun violence. “We are writing to join the millions of people around the country who are asking a simple question: When are we going to do something about gun violence in America?” the letter starts. “With legislation being considered in the coming days in the House and Senate, we implore you to...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Relations between the United States and Europe have sunk to their lowest ebb since President George W. Bush took office, with sharp differences over a new U.N. war crimes court, the Middle East and trade. In European eyes, transatlantic tensions have worsened because "unilateralist" hawks have gained ascendancy in the U.S. administration, seeking to tear up the international rule-book and sidelining moderates more in tune with European views. In many American eyes, the Europeans appear wimpish in the "war against terrorism", seek to tie Washington's hands and are complacent about threats from so-called "rogue states" suspected of...

STOCKHOLM, June 1 (IslamOnline) – Swedish politicians and legal experts demanded the necessity to unite the European laws, so as to make possible trying those who abused humanity, on top of whom comes Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. They pointed out the need for amending some European legislations that ban putting a senior official on trial while still in power. A conference, held Thursday, May 30, 2002, and organized by the Swedish Oulf Palma Center in Obsala City, 60 kilometers from the capital, called for trying Sharon as a war criminal, due to committing several atrocities against humanity. The conferees...