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April 15, 2026 9:56 PM

Finance ministers, stung by hit to economies, call for full Iran war ceasefire

Finance ministers from almost a dozen countries led by Britain called on the U.S., Israel and Iran to implement their ceasefire in full on Wednesday and said the conflict would weigh on the global economy and markets even if it was resolved soon. A joint statement, signed by the finance ministers from Australia, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Norway, Ireland, Poland and New Zealand as well as Britain, was agreed a day after the International Monetary Fund cut its global economi...

March 2, 2026 9:40 PM

Macron to boost nuclear arsenal, involve European allies in doctrine change

France will increase the size of its nuclear arsenal and strengthen its deterrent, with an increasing risk of conflicts globally crossing the nuclear threshold, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. "We are currently experiencing a period of geopolitical upheaval fraught with risk," Macron said in a speech delivered from a submarine base in Brittany, adding that a "hardening" of the French deterrence model was needed. Unveiling the update to France's nuclear doctrine at a nuclear base on t...

February 11, 2026 6:22 PM

Poland and Italy say they will not join Trump’s Board of Peace

Poland and Italy will not join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Warsaw and Rome said on Wednesday, adding to the list of Washington's allies remaining on the sidelines. Initially designed to cement Gaza's ceasefire, Trump sees the Board of Peace taking a wider role in resolving global conflicts which some countries fear means it could become a rival to the United Nations. This along with the fact that Russia and Belarus were invited to join means many Western countries have taken ...

October 10, 2025 8:47 PM

Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising, blames Russia

Poland's critical infrastructure has been subject to a growing number of cyberattacks by Russia, whose military intelligence, has trebled its resources for such action against Poland this year, the country's digital affairs minister told Reuters. Of the 170,000 cyber incidents that have been identified in the first three quarters of this year, a significant portion has been attributed to Russian actors, while other cases are financially motivated, involving theft or other forms of cybercrime, K...

September 12, 2025 4:02 PM

Poland says Russian drone incursions could not have been a mistake, contradicting Trump

Poland flatly rejected on Friday a suggestion by U.S. President Donald Trump that drone incursions into its airspace could have been a mistake, describing them as "a deliberate Russian attack". Poland, backed by aircraft from its NATO allies, shot down drones that had violated its airspace on Wednesday, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired during Russia's war in Ukraine. European leaders strongly condemned the drone incursions and demanded new sanctio...

September 11, 2025 4:35 PM

Russia dismisses Polish statements on drones in its airspace as ‘nothing new’

The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed statements by Warsaw and other European countries about the shooting down of Russian drones over NATO member state Poland as nothing new and said that Moscow would be making no further comment on the situation. Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania in a joint statement on Thursday condemned Russia over Wednesday's drone incursion into Polish airspace, calling it a deliberate and unprecedented provocation. Asked about the joint statement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pesko...

September 11, 2025 3:41 PM

Poland bans drone flights, limits small air traffic along eastern border

Poland has banned drone flights and introduced restrictions affecting mostly small, non-commercial air traffic along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine following this week's drone incursions into its airspace. The restrictions, which do not affect passenger traffic, went into force at 2200 GMT on Wednesday and apply through December 9, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said in a statement. General aviation, mainly small and recreational aircraft and helicopters, can o...

September 11, 2025 1:41 PM

UN Security Council to meet over violation of Polish airspace, Poland says

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting at Poland's request to discuss this week's violation of Polish airspace, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The announcement follows an unprecedented operation in which European Union and NATO member state Poland, backed by NATO allies, shot down suspected Russian drones that violated its airspace on Wednesday. "(We are) drawing the world’s attention to this unprecedented Russian drone attack on a member of the UN, EU, and N...

September 10, 2025 6:30 PM

Poland downs Russian drones in first time a NATO member has fired during Ukraine war

Poland shot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia's war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament it was "the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two", although he also said he had "no reason to believe we're on the brink of war". Moscow denied responsibility for the incident. European leaders, w...

September 10, 2025 5:18 PM

Kremlin declines to comment on drone incident in Poland

The Kremlin on Wednesday declined to comment on Poland's statement that it had shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace, saying this was a matter for the defence ministry. Poland shot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia's war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it was a large-scale provocation, and "the closest we...