Moscow’s demand during Riyadh talks rejected but allies fear Donald Trump could yet allow restoration of former Soviet bloc

The EU's top diplomat said Thursday that NATO offered the best security guarantee for Ukraine, accusing President Donald Trump of falling for a Russian narrative by closing the door.

These are the updates for Thursday, February 27, 2025 when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the White House.

As a policy matter, Trump called for NATO countries to live up to their treaty obligations and appropriate two percent of their budgets to defense. Many of them threw tantrums, worried their precious socialist states would be starved of entitlements,

Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June in light of comments by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, and said Europe must quickly establish an independent defence capability.

Polish call centre worker Katarzyna Paprota, 48, says the dramatic shift in United States policy towards Russia and Ukraine under President Donald Trump gives her reason to fear for the future. "The foreign policy of the United States scares me a lot,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 23 said he would step down if it would bring peace to Ukraine or in exchange for NATO membership amid tensions with President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has called for a sweeping overhaul of the US military that could affect Washington's role in NATO as well as cooperation with Europe and support for Ukraine against Russia. But social media posts that say the US leader closed a military base in Greece are false -- Trump himself denied the claims and a Pentagon official told AFP the facility is not America's to close .

Trump said the Ukraine-Russia peace deal will happen "soon" or not at all. President Donald Trump and members of his second administration are continuing their effort to swiftly remodel the federal government,

President Donald Trump presided over his first Cabinet meeting. Elon Musk, unelected and unconfirmed, was also in attendance. Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday.

President Donald Trump commented on negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to end the war at his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday: REPORTER: Will he have to make concessions, President Putin? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yeah,