- 5d ago
Spanish court orders trial for PM's wife Begoña Gómez on influence peddling and embezzlement charges, lifts travel ban
A Madrid court upheld two corruption charges against the Spanish prime minister's wife while dismissing two others and lifting her travel restrictions.
- 5d ago
Turkey marks decade since failed 2016 coup as Erdogan demands extraditions and launches fresh wave of arrests
A new 'major cleansing campaign' saw 968 people detained across all 81 Turkish provinces this week, while President Erdogan called on NATO allies to extradite alleged plotters.
- 6d ago
Judge Peinado gives Begoña Gómez five days to prove she used her passport only for her daughter's London graduation
The investigating magistrate in Madrid has ordered the wife of Spain's prime minister to provide evidence that she did not breach a travel ban during the 8–10 July window, after noting her passport shows no entry or exit stamps.
- 6d ago
Nine European nations and Ukraine form coalition to build integrated ballistic missile shield
Meeting at a summit of Kyiv's allies in Paris, ten nations announced a coalition to pool industrial and operational resources for a shared European defence against ballistic missiles, citing Moscow's intensifying strikes.
- Jul 13
France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK summon Russian envoys over an FSB-orchestrated cyber sabotage campaign spanning a dozen European nations
Paris, Berlin, The Hague and London will all call in Russia's ambassadors after EU and UK intelligence linked Moscow's FSB to hacks on government networks, critical infrastructure and military supply routes, with 13 EU and 24 UK individuals and entities sanctioned.
- Jul 12
Trump claims perfect score on third cognitive test, attacks NYT journalist over new book on his presidency
The 80-year-old US president said he had just undergone a perfect medical examination at Walter Reed and requested another cognitive test, while launching a sharp attack on New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman.
- Jul 12
Threats then 'love': Trump's capricious NATO summit in Ankara yields $160bn in new pledges
The US president berated alliance partners over Iran and defence spending, then spoke of 'love' and praised Zelenskyy just hours later, as NATO allies announced $160bn in fresh defence, energy and Ukraine commitments.
- Jul 12
Darline Graham sworn in as US senator after Lindsey Graham's sudden death, raising questions over Ukraine sanctions bill
Darline Graham Nordone, 62, a political novice, was sworn in Tuesday as South Carolina's first female senator, just days after her brother Lindsey Graham, 71, died suddenly of an aortic tear while pushing for Russia sanctions.
- Jul 11
Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine, wound dozens as air alert sirens lag behind explosions
Overnight ballistic missiles and drones struck Kyiv, Sumy, Odesa and Kharkiv, with air raid sirens sounding minutes after the first blasts as Ukraine struggles with munition shortages.
- Jul 11
Trump: 1,000 missiles aimed at Iran as US military receives orders to 'obliterate' country over assassination threats
The US president said 1,000 missiles are loaded and ready, with thousands more to follow, after reports Iran was planning to kill him. Washington had earlier switched his return plane from a NATO summit in Turkey to a safer one.
- Jul 10
Conte's 'constructed Russian threat' remark at Naples rally triggers coalition rift and NATO rebuttal
The M5S leader told a joint opposition rally in Naples on 8 July that the Russian threat is 'constructed' to justify rearmament, prompting Elly Schlein's private rebuke, a formal NATO spokesperson denial, and sharp exchanges on Italian television.
- Jul 10
Israel shares intelligence on new Iranian plot to assassinate Trump as president says he left instructions to ‘bomb them’
Israeli intelligence passed information to Washington this week indicating Tehran was preparing a new plan to kill the US president, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNN. Trump told the New York Post he has left orders for a massive bombing campaign should Iran succeed.
- Jul 10
Turkey seeks to sell Russian S-400s to Gulf state, opening door for F-35 return and sanctions relief
A potential transfer of Turkey's Russian S-400 air defence systems to a Gulf country could unlock Ankara's path back to the F-35 programme and the lifting of CAATSA penalties, officials and media reports suggest.
- Jul 10
Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities as Zelensky pushes for Patriot production licence after Ankara summit
Ukrainian drones hit the Ilsky refinery and Taganrog port overnight, while Zelensky says Patriot missiles are days away and presses for a production licence agreed at the NATO summit in Ankara.
- Jul 10
Khamenei buried in Mashhad as US strikes resume and WSJ reports new Iranian plot to kill Trump
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was buried in Mashhad early Friday, four months after being killed by American bombs, while the Wall Street Journal reports Tehran has a new plan to assassinate Donald Trump.
- Jul 10
First new Romanian warship in 36 years reaches the Black Sea with interim defence minister on board
Radu Miruță returned from the NATO summit in Ankara aboard the latest addition to Romania's fleet, calling the 14-hour trip a lesson in 'true strength' of the armed forces.
- Jul 10
Bavarian parliament debates home-grown imam training to counter extremism and 'imported Islam'
An education committee in Munich heard calls for a state-backed programme that would combine academic theology with community work, as lawmakers revisit a decades-old dispute.
- Jul 9
US confirms strikes on 90 military targets in Iran while explosions hit near Bushehr nuclear site; Iran blames US and Israel
The US military confirmed strikes on about 90 Iranian military targets, while Iran reported an attack on a facility near its Bushehr nuclear plant and blamed the 'American-Zionist enemy,' though Washington denied involvement in that specific incident.
- Jul 9
Trump lashes out at allies, then praises them, at tumultuous NATO summit in Ankara
President Trump alternated between berating allies for not supporting the Iran war and praising them for increased defense spending, leaving NATO leaders accustomed to his whiplash diplomacy.
- Jul 9
Trump threatens Spain trade halt, renews Greenland claim at NATO summit before praising 'great time'
The US president arrived in Ankara furious over Iran war support, threatened to cut trade with Spain and revive a bid for Greenland, then declared the summit 'extraordinarily successful'.
