European leaders have reacted to the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas with cautious optimism.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the Gaza cease-fire deal until Hamas backs down from a “last-minute crisis.”

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COMMENTARY: Some fear that the group now leading Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is only keen on stability for now.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled he would be ready to consider sending British forces to Ukraine to help “guarantee” the peace when the war eventually comes to a halt.

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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has a message for airlines flying over Russia: Stop it.

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Europe is buying Russian gas at an unprecedented rate in 2025, spending billions of dollars the Kremlin can use to fund its war in Ukraine just weeks after the end of a major transit agreement raised hopes the continent may break its dependency on Moscow.

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A long-awaited hostage-release and cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will be voted on this weekend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced today.

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How can NATO draw lessons from three years of war in Ukraine to be better prepared for an attack by Vladimir Putin?

That’s the mission of a new center in Poland, to be inaugurated next month, where NATO officials, civilians and Ukrainians will study what has been learned in fields such as drone warfare, air defenses, artificial intelligence and the resilience of civilian populations.

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European allies must step in to help Ukraine fight Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said, amid concerns Donald Trump will cut US support when he returns to the White House next week.

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The UK and Poland are working on a defense treaty that will cover everything from fending off Russia to tackling illegal immigration and safeguarding energy supplies, Prime Minister Keir Starmer will say today on a visit to Warsaw.

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Three lawyers for deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were sentenced today to prison for “being part of an extremist group,” a Russian court ruled.

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OPINION: Strategic interdependence is more than a policy framework, it’s a mindset — one that Europe’s leaders must embrace if they are to navigate the world as it is, not as they wish it to be.

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A senior EU official cautioned Donald Trump hours before his inauguration that Europe can’t meet more aggressive defense spending targets if there’s a trade war.

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Much of Europe is anxious about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but there’s little to suggest the continent’s arms manufacturers expect a crisis.

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Poland’s government is up in arms over a US move to limit the export of artificial intelligence chips to the country — something that could impact Warsaw’s AI ambitions just as it seeks to position itself as a dependable transatlantic military ally.

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Ukraine is pushing to get those of its citizens who have sought refuge in Germany to return home as Kyiv’s war with Russia nears its third anniversary.

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Moscow had a message today for new US President Donald Trump: Don’t even think about grabbing control of the Panama Canal.

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North Koreans showed up on the battlefield on behalf of Russia in its war against Ukraine in late October.

Since then, they've earned a grim reputation among Ukrainians for apparently preferring to kill themselves rather than surrender.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took aim at Europe in a fiery speech delivered at the World Economic Forum today, saying the continent “needs to step up” and “learn how to take care of itself so the world can’t ignore it.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to boost cooperation between Moscow and Beijing one day after Donald Trump returned as US president.

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