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White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups – Associated Press
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April ...
UN humanitarian agency to cut staff by 20% due to ‘brutal cuts’ in funding
The U.N. humanitarian agency says it's cutting its 2,600 staff who operate in more than 60 countries by 20% because of ...
Opinion
It’ll take more than a ‘reassurance force’ to fill the US-sized hole at the coalition summit
As members of the ‘coalition of the willing’ gather at Nato’s Brussels headquarters today, it won’t just be about achieving peace in Ukraine and guaranteeing European security, writes Sean O’Grady. It ...
EU announces reciprocal 90-day pause on counter-tariffs
The European Commission president said on Thursday that this move will 'give negotiations a chance' after President Trump ...
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New US embassy in Brussels falls foul of planning rules
Bizarre dispute about a fenceFor some time already, the US embassy in Brussels has been looking to re-locate to new premises. The current one near the Belgian parliament is hard to secure and ...
Europe and Canada say they’ll spend more on defense, but are cool on U.S. demands
U.S. allies have spent billions of dollars more on defense since Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than ...
Rubio Visits NATO Amid European Alarm Over Trump’s Agenda
The secretary of state’s trip comes amid an abrupt shift in relations between the United States and Europe after close ...
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Rwanda and Belgium are at odds over the DRC: what’s led to the latest low point
This deterioration in Rwanda-Belgium relations illustrates decades of the Kagame regime’s lack of trust in Brussels since the ... against the Tutsi. The UN mission’s commander sent a platoon ...
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Trump pulls Elise Stefanik nomination for UN ambassador: ‘We must be unified’
The congresswoman had been expected to be confirmed by the Senate April 2, with an initial news conference at UN headquarters in Turtle Bay planned for the following day. “It’s a surprise.