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Whether it's within NATO or through bespoke coalitions, Europe must coordinate its military and diplomatic efforts to deter aggression, protect allies, and ensure it can project power effectively beyond the EU’s highly regulated and limiting institutions.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2025
The EU is the wrong power player for Ukraine
Europe lacks the institutions, resources and political cohesion to defend against Russia and China, leaving NATO, bespoke coalitions and individual nations to fill the gap.
A firefighter stands at the site of a private home that went up in flames after it was hit by a Russian drone during a night of attacks on Kyiv on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 2, 2025
Trump’s push to end Ukraine war raises fears of ‘ugly deal’ for Europe
Although Ukrainians and other Europeans pushed back against parts of a U.S. plan to end the fighting that was seen as pro-Russian, any deal could carry risks for the continent.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and first lady Olena Zelenska arrive at Dublin Airport on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 2, 2025
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy eyes Trump talks after ‘progress’
The Ukrainian president expects to discuss “key issues” with the U.S. president amid an accelerated American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) speak to the press after a meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2025
Rubio sees progress in Florida talks with Ukraine, but more work needed to reach deal
The top U.S. diplomat said the talks were meant to create a pathway for Ukraine to remain sovereign and independent.
An Airbus attack helicopter during a NATO military training exercise in Cincu, Romania
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2025
NATO is preparing to confront Russia with limited U.S. support
Threats from Washington to shut off remaining military support for Kyiv has raised the possibility of European powers having to defend Ukraine with limited U.S. backing.
Ukrainians in Kyiv protest in July against the government’s move to strip anti-corruption bodies of their independence. Such demonstrations show that democracy and accountability are very much a part of the country despite the pressures of war.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2025
Why Ukraine deserves to survive
A former Soviet state that exposes its scandals and scoundrels and a public that demands accountability regardless of who the rogues may be are Putin’s worst fear.
A screen shot from video released Saturday shows smoke rising from a cargo ship on fire in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
WORLD
Nov 30, 2025
Ukraine hits two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers with naval drones
The strikes were part of a broader strategy by Kyiv to pile pressure on Moscow’s vast oil industry.
A local resident inspects a damaged car following a Russian air attack against Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 29, 2025
Kyiv hammered by Russian airstrikes as peace team heads to U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing Kyiv to make territorial and other concessions to Moscow in order to end the fighting in the war.
Andriy Yermak (left), the powerful chief of staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, attends a meeting with the president at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on Nov. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2025
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy left exposed by loss of top aide as U.S. pressure mounts
Andriy Yermak’s removal deals a serious blow to Zelenskyy, who is facing a mounting Russian offensive in the east just as the U.S. a crucial ally, peddles a plan to end the war
Ukrainian-born Aonishiki (right) is promoted to ōzeki during a ceremony in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 28, 2025
A sumo champion shows Japan’s real feelings about foreigners
Japan recognizes that it needs foreign nationals. Foreign residents bring energy and innovation to this country, and they help Japan and the Japanese create and produce.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2025
Putin says Russian army has surrounded Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
Kyiv’s top general painted a picture that contrasted with the Russian president’s, saying Ukraine was pushing back hard.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Oct. 17. Some Republicans are criticizing the White House's proposed Ukraine peace plan, saying it favors Russia.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2025
Trump’s Ukraine plan triggers outrage from Republican lawmakers
The attacks from members of the president’s own party, along with recent political headwinds, could signal a bigger problem for the administration.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where he met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 15
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2025
Russians are starting to feel real economic pain from Putin’s war
From households cutting back on food spending to struggling steel, mining and energy companies, the country’s economic engine is showing multiple cracks.
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at the site of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
U.S. peace plan for Ukraine drew from Russian document, sources say
The paper contained language that the Russian government had previously put forward at the negotiating table, including concessions that Ukraine had rejected.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll meet in Kyiv on Nov. 20, the day the Trump administration formally released its 28-point proposal to end the war with Russia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2025
Trump’s Ukraine plan is shameless and should be rejected
Russia loses nothing, the U.S. profits and Europe is stuck with the bill for rebuilding all that Russia destroyed — a total the World Bank estimates at more than $500 billion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a document calling for the consolidation of Russian language and identity in parts of Ukraine incorporated into the country since Moscow's 2022 invasion.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Putin says authorities must galvanize Russian identity in Ukraine
Long links between Russia and Ukraine, from even before the Soviet era, mean that some Ukrainians have traditionally been sympathetic to Russia and most speak both languages.
Former residents of Mariupol, who were forced to leave their homes due to the Russian invasion, take part in a rally in central Kyiv on Sept. 21.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2025
Out of Mariupol: Teenagers flee Russian draft in occupied Ukraine
Russian troops captured Mariupol in May 2022 after a bloody weekslong siege that killed at least 22,000, according to Ukrainian city officials in exile.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One as they depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday for the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Trump says will only meet Putin and Zelenskyy when deal in ‘final stages’
Trump’s disinclination to get personally involved to mediate the talks may make reaching a deal that would require both sides to make difficult concessions harder to achieve.
U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to members of the media in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Oct. 21.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Top Trump envoy advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to U.S. president
A conversation between a top White House and a Kremlin official for the first time offers direct insight into what appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal.
Battle damage in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Nov. 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2025
Turn Russia’s frozen assets into incentives for peace
The West is not a spectator to this. It is the custodian of the one pressure point Putin did not foresee: His own frozen wealth.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Prior to launch, Japan ‘strongly urged’ China to reconsider missile test in Pacific
A missile is fired from a Chinese Navy nuclear-powered submarine on Monday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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