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‘We’re hopeful, but there’s still work to be done. And nothing is done until it’s all done,’ National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday

The need to establish a roadmap for the management of the Strip after the conflict is making its way into a still incipient debate

The technological revolution and the shift in global relations are key factors in the destabilization of the planet. Our times are marked by new, devastating wars and dangerous power struggles

Civil society organizations warn that the country is not yet ready for its entry into the 27-member bloc and are asking the government to recognize publicly that the process will take years

Overall, 26 cities and settlements in the region of Zaporizhia came under attack over the past day

Ursula von der Leyen met with top Montenegrin officials hours after parliament confirmed the new government following a heated session that lasted through the night

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a two-day summit focused on frontier AI. About 100 officials from 28 countries, including U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, will attend

A centrist coalition that advocates the small Balkan country joining the European Union won early parliamentary elections in June, but without enough support to form a government on its own

The EU has opened an investigation into export aid as Asian brands oust local rivals

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says ‘global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars,’ with prices ‘kept artificially low by huge state subsidies.’

The leaders of the EU-27 will hold an emergency summit Tuesday to address the next steps in a conflict that could affect the bloc economically, socially and politically

Ahtisaari helped reach peace accords related to Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo in the late 1990s, Namibia’s bid for independence in the 1980s, and autonomy for Aceh province in Indonesia in 2005

The club remains split between those that support Brussels’ initiatives focused on distributing migrants between members and those countries, like Hungary or Poland, whose far-right governments consider the influx of outsiders a threat

Ursula von der Leyen will deliver the State of the Union speech on Wednesday in Strasbourg with many internal and external issues on the table for the bloc

The Philippines came under intense EU criticism during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year term, mainly because of the bloody anti-drugs crackdown he oversaw

Daniel Ortega’s regime is close to Moscow and has an autocratic track record; it prevented a unanimous statement on the invasion, but the Central American nation stands alone

Much work in the latest batch of sanctions has involved closing loopholes so that goods vital to Putin’s war effort don’t get through via nations that trade with the EU and have maintained a business-as-usual relationship with Moscow

A EU External Action Service document urges rebalancing of bloc’s relationship with Beijing to limit over-dependence and dissuade support for Moscow

French officials say the president plans to urge Xi in talks Thursday to use Beijing’s influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin but didn’t expect a big shift in the Chinese position

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke of a ‘striking symmetry’ between the US efforts and the European plans

The US struggles to retain its supremacy, China catches up and overtakes the leader in many areas while the EU is falling behind

Biden and von der Leyen are expected to agree to open negotiations about the use of European minerals critical in the production of electric vehicle batteries

Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, are set to visit the European Union’s two biggest countries March 26-31

The agreement, described as a ‘decisive breakthrough,’ is a big victory for the British PM but not the end of his troubles. Selling it to his own Conservative Party may be a tougher struggle

Artillery is one of the most decisive weapons Kyiv has to counter the Russian invasion but stocks of ammunition are running desperately low ahead of expected spring offensives

A series of raids against businesses and high-ranking government officials have been carried out as Volodymyr Zelenskiy cracks down on graft