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Compulsory military service could be reinstated in the EU, Andre Denk, the head of the European Defense Agency (EDA), has said, citing a lack of volunteers.Several EU countries have reintroduced the draft since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, citing the perceived ‘Russian threat’.President Vladimir Putin has dismissed claims that Russia harbors aggressive intentions against its Western neighbors.In an interview with Spain’s El Pais published on Monday, Denk said, “we have a human resources problem, and one of the ways to solve it will be through mandatory military service” – adding that his home country of Germany will…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that the joint U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran has turned the longstanding pledge of “Never Again” into reality, saying the strikes dealt the regime “the hardest blow in its history” and prevented a second Holocaust. Speaking at Israel’s state Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Netanyahu framed the ongoing campaign against Iran as the fulfillment of a commitment he has repeated for years, insisting that the Jewish state would never again face annihilation. “Year after year, I stood here and pledged: we will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu…
Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network regular Jonathan Lemire reacted to host Joe Scarborough’s comments about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s election loss to Peter Magyar on Sunday. Scarborough argued Orban’s defeat was a “great day for Western democracy.” According to Lemire, the defeat was also one for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump. “You know, Jonathan Lemire, I still call it the West. Talk about Western democracy. I still believe in Western democracy,” Scarborough said. “And I believe yesterday was a great day for Western democracy. It was a very bad day for people…
Orban’s defeat will saddle EU taxpayers with over €100 billion in short order – yet this is but the tip of the iceberg. The speechwriter of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen must have fancied himself (genderspeak: themselves) deserving of a handsome bonus when he placed the following words into his principal’s mouth: “Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.”Yet his euphoria – and the delirious jubilation of the liberal European elite at the defeat of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban by his rival Peter Magyar in the 2026 parliamentary elections – will prove short-lived.If anything, Europe’s “heart”…
During Saturday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Smerconish,” New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman expressed his concerns about a successful military campaign against Iran by the U.S. and Israeli governments. According to Friedman, a victory would confer political benefits on President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The problem is, I really don’t want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened by this war, because they are two awful human beings,” Friedman declared. “They are terrible, terrible people doing terrible things to America, standing in the world, and Israel standing in the world. And so I really find myself torn.…
Monday on CNN’s “News Central,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) said Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) should resign if the allegations against him were found to be true. Host Kate Bolduan said, “A fellow Democrat, he’s in the House, Eric Swalwell, he’s facing allegations right now of sexual misconduct and assault. Allegations he denies. He just dropped his bid for governor of California overnight over this. He’s now facing calls to resign his House seat. You are a leader in your party, and you’ve seen quite a lot from your colleagues in the many years that you’ve served. Do you think that he…
Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez will step down after allegations of misconduct involving staffers Democrat Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzalez have said they will resign from the US House of Representatives following accusations of sexual misconduct.Swalwell, first elected to Congress in 2013, denied the allegations, claiming they were part of an effort to derail his campaign for governor of his home state of California, where he had been one of the top contenders. He suspended his campaign on Sunday and announced plans to leave Congress the following day.“I am deeply sorry to my family, staff, and constituents for mistakes…
A federal judge dismissed on Monday Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for an article last summer claiming he sent Jeffrey Epstein a lewd birthday letter in 2003, but the President’s legal team is set to refile it. As Reuters reported, Darrin Gayles, a U.S. district judge for Florida’s Southern District, dismissed the suit, saying it did not rise to “actual malice” standards for public figures alleging defamation: The judge wrote that the Journal’s reporters reached out to Trump for comment beforehand, and printed his denial. That allowed readers to decide for themselves what to conclude, cutting…
The global shock from energy, food, and trade disruption threatens the well-being of people in 162 countries, according to a UN report The US-Israeli war against Iran could push up to 32 million people into poverty worldwide, despite the current tentative ceasefire, as global economic shocks ripple far beyond the conflict zone, according to a new UN report.In a report released on Monday, the UN Development Program said the impact could span 162 countries, with the heaviest burden falling on low-income and import-dependent economies. It also warned of “significant longer-term harm to poorer countries far removed from the fighting.”UN Under-Secretary-General…
ATHENS, Greece — The Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East is hardly the only waterway on President Donald Trump’s mind at the moment. While Trump and the international media may be talking about the Strait of Hormuz nonstop, the broader questions about other sea lanes and shipping waterways have very much dominated the geopolitical discussion worldwide upon Trump’s return to the White House and have been at the center of tensions between the U.S. and China, set for a worldwide primetime showdown when Trump visits Beijing in May. A top Greek government official is dishing on how Trump and…