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Keir Starmer said the increased investment was necessary because ‘tyrants like Putin only respond to strength.’

The Ukrainian leader sharply criticized Tuesday’s US-Russia bilateral talks in Riyadh.

The incident happened about a mile away from the venue of the Munich Security Conference, which is set to begin Friday.

The Kremlin plans to resurrect Cold War-era concerns about the contested nuclear winter theory to reduce US support for Ukraine, Estonian intelligence said.

On the agenda for Monday’s talks will be the ramping up of joint defense spending and the issue of whether future military systems should be made in Europe.

Despite pushback from Democrats, the Republican-controlled Senate seemed poised to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, while Tulsi Gabbard may be less assured.

The US foreign aid freeze is impacting Syria’s White Helmets as they work to find and recover chemical weapons stockpiles left by the Assad regime.

The meeting comes as negotiators struggle to agree on the second phase of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.

During last week’s tense call with the Danish premier, Trump insisted he was serious about taking over Greenland, the Financial Times reported, raising fears about the future of trans-Atlantic relations.

The US president told World Economic Forum attendees he wants Moscow and Beijing to ‘denuclearize,’ adding that the Ukraine war must end soon.

A former special envoy for the Sahel and Great Lakes regions is expected to take the State Department’s top Africa job.

International observers worry that an escalation in Sudan’s nearly two-year war could see chemical weapons used in densely populated areas.