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An informal summit of European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine at the Elysee Palace in Paris on February 17, 2025. Photo: dpa
European Union

Europe can defend itself without US but needs more coordination: study

Europe needs to spend around €250 billion (US$261.6 billion) annually in defence investments to secure itself without US support.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | Why China should worry as Trump makes nice with Putin over Ukraine

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Ukraine war

EU leaders to head to Kyiv, Macron to visit Trump to shore up Ukraine support

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Ukraine war

US refusing to co-sponsor UN motion backing Ukraine, diplomats say

Draft resolution, which a source said is being sponsored by more than 50 countries, demands Russian withdrawal from Ukraine.

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An electronic sign displays the results of a vote by delegations adopting a resolution on Ukraine at UN headquarters in New York in 2023. File photo: Reuters
Elon Musk

Musk and Vance ramp up Romanian election dispute

Vance criticises cancellation of Romania election as Musk labels chief judge of top court a ‘tyrant’.

War and conflict

Opinion | From the ashes of Gaza, the Global South must build another world

As US global leadership declines, the devastation of Gaza should prompt emerging nations to work towards a shared future for humankind.

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Denmark

Denmark ramps up defence spending, saying Russia is threat to all of Europe

The country’s defence budget would increase to over 3.2 per cent of GDP, as Nato nations face pressure from Trump to increase spending.

A demonstration of a self-propelled howitzer is held during Danish delegation’s visit to Lviv, Ukraine, in April 2024. Denmark is a big donor of military aid to Kyiv, but this has depleted its own ground forces Photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

Zelensky postpones Saudi visit to not give ‘legitimacy’ to US-Russia meeting

The Ukraine leader says he was not invited to the talks, which were arranged after a phone call between Trump and Putin.

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Ukraine war

Europe talks up more defence spending, but split over peacekeepers in Ukraine

European leaders at an emergency meeting in Paris were divided on how to respond to Donald Trump’s dramatic policy shift on Ukraine.

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Ukraine war

US wants to please Russia’s Putin, Ukraine’s Zelensky says

Ukraine’s president warns against a ‘quick win’ as momentum grows for talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Photo: dpa
Donald Trump

UK’s Starmer to meet with Trump in Washington next week

Starmer’s planned trip comes as Britain faces the looming threat of US trade tariffs, but Trump says it will be a ‘friendly meeting’.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump plan to hold talks soon in Washington. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Zelensky says Kyiv won’t be part of US-Russia talks, can’t accept their outcome

Zelensky insists on Kyiv’s inclusion in any negotiations, highlighting the importance of Ukrainian voices in shaping the future of the conflict.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | If Trump wants peace in Ukraine, he must reach a consensus with Europe

Pressuring European allies and Ukraine to make concessions without including them in the peace process will only strain relations.

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Ukraine war

Starmer says UK could send troops to Ukraine as Europe faces security crossroads

European leaders to regroup in Paris for a strategy huddle after Trump’s diplomatic blitz on Ukraine.

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Ukrainian soldiers train not far from the front line in the Pokrovsk area of the Donetsk region, Ukraine. Photo: AP
Singapore

To Asia, the US is now ‘a landlord seeking rent’: Singapore’s defence chief

Assumptions made in the wake of World War II had fundamentally changed, Ng Eng Hen told the Munich Security Conference in Europe.

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Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen attends an Asean meeting in Jakarta in 2023. Photo: AP
Britain

Former UK PM warns of ‘more dangerous’ world if US abandons allies

John Major said if the US ‘retreats towards isolation’ it would leave the door open for China and Russia to wield increased influence.

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Germany

Munich Security Conference ends with message of hope for EU expansion

EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said Albania and Montenegro are the ‘front-runners’ among current candidates for EU accession.

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Ukraine war

Zelensky says he doesn’t want to be leader who handed Ukraine land to Putin

The Ukrainian president meets J.D. Vance, who assures him the Trump administration is seeking a ‘lasting’ peace between Kyiv and Moscow.

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses journalists during the 61st Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday. Photo: Ukrinform via dpa
Ukraine war

Editorial | China plan could yet help deliver peace to war-torn Ukraine

Beijing’s 12-point strategy may be worth reconsidering as US fails to create negotiating atmosphere of trust and respect.

Ukraine war

In Munich, China backs Trump’s Ukraine peace process as Vance attacks Europe

J.D. Vance stuns security conference by railing at European governments and talk of ‘threats from within’.

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Crime

Sweden jails man for joining Islamic state, in first under new law

The case is the first conviction for the crime of ‘participation in a terrorist organisation’, under a law that was adopted in 2023.

The Swedish parliament in 2023 adopted new legislation banning participation in a terrorist group. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Trump cedes to Russia on Ukraine, but the bigger victim may be Nato

Trump’s actions on Ukraine may undermine Nato, as the US signals it may be stepping back from guaranteeing European security.

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Nato defence ministers pose for a group picture after a meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump won’t let Europe turn Uncle Sam into ‘Uncle Sucker’: US defence chief

Pentagon head Pete Hegseth defended Trump’s Ukraine negotiations with Putin and urged allies to ‘make Nato great again’.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine says it won’t accept US-Russia peace deal reached without Kyiv

Zelensky said it was ‘unpleasant’ that Trump called Putin before talking to him, but tried to play down the significance of the move.

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US-China relations

Unprecedented US visit by all 13 Canadian premiers paints China as ‘enemy’

Bracing for tariffs, provincial leaders seek to win over ‘results-oriented’ White House and ‘protect ourselves from the likes of China’.

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12 of Canada’s 13 premiers pose for a photo in a show of unity at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Photo: Bochen Han
Ukraine war

Nato membership for Ukraine, return to 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’, says Hegseth

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested a negotiated settlement with Russia and urged European allies to lead Ukraine’s defence, potentially excluding US troops.

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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact group at Nato headquarters in Brussels on February 12, 2025. Photo: AP
China-EU relations

Opinion | What would it take for EU to partner China to counter Trump? A lot

EU’s friendly overture to China may be aimed at bargaining with Trump. Meanwhile, China has installed a Wolf Warrior envoy.

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Ukraine war

Trump floats Ukraine ‘may be Russian someday’ ahead of Zelensky-Vance meeting

The Trump administration is pushing for a swift end to the nearly three-year Ukraine conflict.

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