Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday, jeopardizing her plans to compete in France’s 2027 presidential election. The verdict was a major blow to the perennial presidential ambitions of Ms. Le Pen, an anti-immigrant, nationalist politician who was widely seen as a … Read more
The French naval patrol plane descended rapidly through the clouds, leveling off at 900 feet above the Baltic Sea, practically skimming the waves. The target was a Russian warship, which came into view off the plane’s port side, dark gray against a light gray horizon. The aircraft, an Atlantique 2 of the French Navy, was … Read more
Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries. Israel says it wants to prevent another surprise attack across its borders like the October 2023 Hamas-led attack that ignited the war in Gaza. It has not said how … Read more
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that it had pulled a U.S. military vehicle out of a deep and muddy bog, nearly a week after the American soldiers riding it went missing. The vehicle was pulled out of the bog on Sunday night, the Defense Ministry said on social media. It did not provide an … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel named a new chief of the domestic intelligence service on Monday, moving his government closer to a showdown with the Supreme Court, which temporarily suspended the dismissal of the current spy chief earlier this month. Mr. Netanyahu’s office announced that Eli Sharvit, a former head of the Navy, would … Read more
Amid raucous questioning by opposition members in Italy’s Parliament this month, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni noted that she had been asked repeatedly: “Are you with Europe or with the United States?” The prime minister responded that she was always with Italy and by extension, Europe. “I don’t blindly follow Europe or the United States,” she … Read more
Battling a yearslong economic crisis and persistent accusations of corruption, Zimbabwe’s president faces the greatest threat to his power since taking office in a coup nearly eight years ago, with members of his own party calling for mass demonstrations in the streets on Monday to unseat him. The president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has vowed to crack … Read more
The F-35, a fifth-generation fighter, was developed in partnership with eight countries, making it a model of international cooperation. When President Trump introduced its successor, the F-47, he praised its strengths — and said the version sold to allies would be deliberately downgraded. That made sense, Mr. Trump said last week, “because someday, maybe they’re … Read more
The secret history of the war in Ukraine After Russia’s armies crossed into Ukraine in 2022, two Ukrainian generals traveled in secret to a U.S. military garrison in Germany. There, they sealed a partnership that brought America into the war far more intimately than has previously been known. That deal, known only to a small … Read more
