American forces hit a military installation believed to threaten US troops and commercial shipping through one of the world's most critical maritime chokepoints.
US forces struck an Iranian military base, citing threats to American troops and commercial shipping.
The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly 20% of global oil transit.
Scale of the strikes and any casualties remain unconfirmed.
Canadian researchers document a long-term strategy through which Beijing seeks to shape public opinion and infiltrate institutions across Western democracies.
A Canadian study classifies China's influence in G7 countries as systematic, not incidental.
The strategy targets digital spaces, political elites, and diaspora communities in Western nations.
Authors warn that many operations stay below the threshold of institutional response.
The UK and Poland have pledged military assistance to each other in the event of an attack, naming Russia the most significant long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security.
Starmer and Tusk signed a mutual defence treaty at a Polish military air base.
Russia is explicitly named the most significant long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security.
The deal includes mutual military assistance and a coordinated deterrence posture in Eastern Europe.
Member states of the Trump-created Peace Council are unwilling to pay the one-billion-dollar entry fee, leaving the body without operational resources.
Member states are declining to pay the one-billion-dollar per-country entry fee.
Trump's Peace Council has no operational funding.
The structure risks remaining a declaratory instrument with no real activity.
Bucharest has initiated a joint declaration to defend cohesion policy and common agricultural policy allocations in the upcoming EU multiannual financial framework negotiations.
Romania has initiated a joint declaration defending cohesion fund allocations in the EU's 2028-2034 budget.
Common agricultural policy funding is also covered by the Romanian proposal.
EU budget talks face pressure from Western states seeking to prioritise defence and technology.
As Europe turns toward tighter borders, Madrid is pursuing the opposite strategy: drawing migrants into depopulated rural areas to prevent demographic collapse.
Spain is actively recruiting migrants to repopulate shrinking rural villages.
The policy runs counter to the restrictive migration trend dominant across Europe.
Long-term success hinges on genuine integration, not just formal resettlement.