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A NATO jet reportedly shot down a Russian drone — here's what's actually confirmed
One report says a Romanian jet downed a suspected Russian drone. Before the escalation talk: what is confirmed, and what isn't.
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EU adds Iranian judges and a cyber figure to its human-rights sanctions list
The EU has listed several Iranian judges and a leading cyber-group figure over the persecution of dissidents and religious minorities. Here is how the listing works and what it binds.
Brussels Turns Its Digital Services Act on TikTok Over Minors' Accounts
The European Commission says TikTok's handling of minors' accounts may breach the Digital Services Act — a preliminary charge that opens a right of reply and, potentially, fines of up to 6% of global turnover.
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China Retaliates on Russia Sanctions — and Opens a Front With Brussels
Beijing hit 14 EU entities with export controls and called it payback for Europe's newest Russia sanctions — opening a second, major-power front in the sanctions war, though the details that decide whether it bites remain undisclosed.
US ties Google's €890m EU fine to the Turnberry deal — and Brussels can't bargain it away
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the €890 million DMA fine on Google could unravel the Turnberry trade deal and bring American tariffs — but the penalty is a legal decision only an EU court can undo, leaving the Commission little room to bargain.
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One Signature, 60 Countries: Trump's New Tariff Wall Goes Up
Trump's new tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries replace levies expiring Friday, recast as a crackdown on forced-labour imports after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier measures.
The EU just renewed the rule letting Big Tech scan your private messages
EU member states are restoring a temporary, voluntary measure that lets platforms keep scanning private messages for child sexual abuse material — a bloc-wide privacy trade-off renewed as a stopgap.
EU ambassadors deadlock on Israeli settlement sanctions — no option can find a majority
With no option drawing a majority, EU ambassadors are deadlocked on sanctioning Israeli settlements — exposing how common foreign policy stalls once a national move forces the question to Brussels.
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Trump puts a price on the Saudi nuclear deal: recognise Israel first
President Trump said the agreement to help Saudi Arabia build civilian nuclear power will proceed only if Riyadh normalises relations with Israel. In one sentence, an energy pact became a lever on the Middle East's biggest unfinished deal.
Brussels fines Google €890m under the DMA — and only the EU's own court can undo it
The Commission has fined Google €890 million under the Digital Markets Act for self-preferencing and restricting app developers. The number will lead the headlines, but the mechanism — who decides, on what basis, and what can reverse it — is the story.
EU ambassadors clear the 21st Russia sanctions package — after buying off Greece's veto
The package advanced only after Greece dropped its veto in exchange for keeping its tankers in the Russian LNG trade to non-EU buyers. Here is who agreed, how the unanimity rule forced the concession, and what actually binds.
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The US just signed its Saudi nuclear deal — here's what actually changed
Washington and Riyadh stopped talking about a nuclear deal and signed one. The signature reshapes who Washington trusts with the world's most sensitive technology — and the fine print nobody has published yet is the whole story.