The United States has opened a new air defence base in Poland. Dubbed “Aegis Ashore”, the facility at Redzikowo is part of a broader NATO missile shield.
At a time when Donald Trump’s election victory has caused jitters among some NATO members, Warsaw says the continued work on the base by successive U.S. presidents shows Poland’s military alliance with Washington remains solid whoever is in the White House.
The Kremlin on Wednesday called the base a bid to contain Russia by moving American military infrastructure nearer its borders, Reuters said.
The rapid fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blindsided just about every foreign power, leaving them wary about what comes next
Israel capitalised on the power vacuum in Syria to launch strikes against military targets across the country, saying it aims to keep weapons away from extremists.
Russian authorities say that two of their oil tankers have sustained heavy damage in the Black Sea during stormy weather, causing an oil spill.
Following the collapse of his “traffic light” coalition government, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has requested a Dec 16 confidence vote that will trigger a snap federal election on February 23.
