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Prime Minister Robert Fico says the bloc abused its power by seeking to force the country to stop buying energy from Russia Slovakia will file a lawsuit with the EU’s Court of Justice challenging the bloc’s decision to ban imports of Russian gas, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.In January, the EU formally approved a plan to phase out Russian pipeline gas by 2027, overriding vetoes from Slovakia and Hungary.“We object that where it was not possible to use a qualified majority, it was used, and that the right of a sovereign EU member state to veto something was circumvented,”…

Thursday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared the U.S. strikes against the Iranian regime to be an “unprecedented military defeat” for the Iranians. He noted the amount of time it had taken Iran to build up its military, and the 39 days it took to “destroy it.” “Do you think that these are people that get it?” host Jesse Watters asked. “Are they pragmatic? Can they do a deal? Are they capable of it? Or do you have a bunch of just suicidal fanatics in a bunker that might just want to go down swinging? Cruz…

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CBS Mornings,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said that democratic socialism “is a politics that can flourish anywhere” and at first, he “was told that you could only be a Democratic socialist in Northwest Queens. Then I became the Mayor. Now the next question is the state. Then it’ll be — the next question will be the country.” Co-host Vladimir Duthiers asked, “After your campaign win, there were a lot of questions about whether Democrats across the country could have similar success. Do you think it’s possible a democratic socialist platform can translate into something…

The draft law was criticized for allegedly conflating legitimate criticism of Israel with anti-Jewish sentiment French lawmakers linked to President Emmanuel Macron have withdrawn a controversial bill aimed at expanding anti-Semitism laws in the country, which had been set for debate in parliament on Thursday.The “law to combat renewed forms of anti-Semitism” was drafted in 2024 by a group of MPs led by Caroline Yadan, a lawmaker affiliated with Macron’s Renaissance Party. Despite the withdrawal, lawmakers have reportedly indicated they may reintroduce a similar proposal by June.The draft aimed to broaden the definition of ‘apology for terrorism’ to include ‘indirect’…

European leaders continued their talks on the Iran war on Friday, this time considering a future mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which saw President Trump announce the strategic waterway open as the group spoke in Paris. Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Fredrich Merz, and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni met in Paris on Friday to host a virtual conference with 50 countries discuss a theoretical future military deployment to the Persian Gulf to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic bottleneck through which a fifth of global seaborne oil is traded in normal…

The following content is sponsored by Lear Capital. The conflict with Iran is doing more than dominating headlines. It has already helped send oil prices sharply higher, and caused one of the most severe energy disruptions on record. The oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited, physical crude markets are disrupted, and the truce is widely seen as fragile. That is why the risk has not disappeared. Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could spike again and Barclays said delays in restoring normal flows could create further volatility risk for oil. That matters because when oil spikes,…

The US president again slammed the military bloc for not aiding Washington during the war on Iran US President Donald Trump has again lashed out against NATO, stressing that he does not need its help in the Strait of Hormuz, and saying that the military bloc was “useless when needed” during the war on Iran.On Friday afternoon, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that the key oil and gas freight corridor was “completely open” for all commercial vessels for the remainder of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, which is set to end next week.Just an hour later, Trump took to Truth Social and confirmed…

The Syrian Army on Thursday took control of the last U.S. military base on Syrian soil, with assurances that Syria’s new government can handle the job of controlling the Islamic State and other terrorist threats. The final convoy of American forces departed from Qasrak air base in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province on Thursday, completing a withdrawal process that began when the Syrian central government reconciled with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which controlled most of northeastern Syria after being reluctant to abandon its autonomy. American troops have been stationed at Qasrak since 2014 when they joined forces with the…

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that Iran has fully opened the contested waters of the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial shipping traffic. He took to his social media account on Truth Social to make the public confirmation. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a social media post of his own earlier. The one qualification is vessels must transit through a “coordinated route” announced by Iran’s maritime authorities, Araghchi said. Israel…

Brussels’ mandatory ID‑checking software was reportedly hacked in just two minutes after its release, Pavel Durov has said The EU’s newly unveiled age‑verification app is a “surveillance tool” disguised as a privacy‑respecting solution, Telegram founder Pavel Durov has warned. Security researchers were reportedly able to bypass its protections in under two minutes.The app, which was presented by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, is intended to let users prove their age online without revealing personal data. Von der Leyen called it “technically ready” and said it meets the “highest privacy standards.”But Durov has dismissed those claims, alleging…