In Brief

Macron: France to Offer Nuclear Umbrella to European Allies

China ‘Ready for War’ With America, Increases Defense Budget

U.S. Company Buys Panama Canal Ports

The Perils of China’s Rising UN Spending

President Trump to Launch New White House Office Focused on Shipbuilding

Putin to Mediate U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks

Germany to Rewrite Constitution to Remove Defense Spending Limits

EU Announces €800 Billion Boost to Defense Spending in ‘Era of Rearmament’

Two Killed in Car Ramming in Mannheim, Germany

U.S. Lessens Cyberthreat on Russia

Russia Recruits Ukrainian Children as Soldiers

‘The Free World Needs a New Leader’: Europe Responds to Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting

Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine

Three-Party Coalition Government Forms in Austria

President Trump Plans to Make English the Official Language of the United States

Exploratory Coalition Talks Begin in Germany

Bowing to Beijing, Thailand Deports 40 Uyghur Asylum Seekers to China

Pew: Religion in America Continues to Decline

Taiwan Seizes Chinese-Manned Ship After Alleged Sabotage

Xi Signs Orders to Prepare China for War

Israel Sends Tanks to West Bank for First Time Since 2002

Russia Launches Record Drone Attack

Chinese Navy Drill Forces 49 Australian Flights to Divert

Friedrich Merz Invites Israeli PM to Germany

Russia and China Test Alaska’s Defenses