MOSCOW: Russia is boosting its army size to 1.5 million active soldiers due to "threats" along its borders, including hostility in the West, the Kremlin said on Tuesday (Sep 17).
STRASBOURG, France: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday (Sep 17) named Spain's Teresa Ribera as the bloc's next antitrust commissioner while Estonia's Kaja Kallas will be in charge of foreign policy.
THE HAGUE: Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said it was leaving Russia after 32 years following a justice ministry decision to remove it from a list of approved foreign organisations.
JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday (Sep 17) added the safe return of its citizens to their homes near the border with Lebanon to its formal war goals amid reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to replace his defence minister with a hawkish rival.
LONDON - Maria Ponomarenko, a journalist from Siberia serving a six-year prison sentence for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, has declared a hunger strike, according to her publication and a supporter.
BERLIN - The two leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year's federal election, party sources said on Tuesday.
NYSA, Poland: Volunteers in the Polish town of Nysa fortified floodwalls to stem swollen rivers on Tuesday (Sep 17) after heavy rain and flooding around central Europe killed at least 18 people.
STOCKHOLM - NATO's newest member Sweden plans to raise its defence spending by 13 billion crowns ($1.3 billion) in the state budget for 2025 to a total of 138 billion, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Tuesday.
BRUSSELS - European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday the new lineup of the executive arm of the European Union that runs the affairs of the 27-nation bloc on a daily basis and makes sure EU countries abide by the bloc's laws.