VIENNA — Global military spending reached a new record of almost $2.9 trillion in 2025 − the 11th consecutive year of growth − even as the United States recorded its sharpest single-year decline in decades, according to new data published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The main engine of growth was Europe,…
Shorouk Express He added he wants to have “100 percent certainty” that Poland’s NATO allies will view any incursion in the same way, so that “if the conflict enters a very acute phase, we will not be alone.” The incidents heightened security concerns along NATO’s eastern flank, triggering calls for increased vigilance against Russian provocations….
Shorouk Express Zelensky planning meeting with Trump, according to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to meet with US president Donald Trump this week, he said in a post on social media. As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, Zelensky said it would be an “intense week of diplomacy”. “We…
Shorouk Express Robodogs, laser beams and drone-zapping microwaves: The weapons that could decide the wars of the future As wars are increasingly fought with the use of unmanned drones piloted from miles away, Taz Ali looks at what other weapons will shape the conflicts to come: Athena Stavrou13 September 2025 09:34 Pictured: Yvette Cooper visits…
Shorouk Express Putin told US he will occupy Donbas region by end of 2025, Zelensky claims On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Poland says it has shot down Russian drones in its airspace in the…
Shorouk Express A Russian military drone crashed in eastern Poland early Wednesday, jolting NATO’s eastern flank just as Western leaders struggle to advance fragile peace efforts with Moscow over Ukraine. The unmanned aircraft slammed into a cornfield near the village of Osiny, about 100 kilometers southeast of Warsaw. Local footage published by LukowTV showed a…
Shorouk Express But while Bulgaria strains to join the club, one entrant that everyone would welcome — Poland — seems to have no interest in joining. And after the narrow victory of right-wing nationalist Karol Nawrocki in the country’s presidential election on Sunday, the prospect of Poland’s joining the club anytime soon seems remote. Poland…
Shorouk Express This is not the first wave of migration Poland has attempted to stem. In 2021, Poland faced a national emergency as tens of thousands of people attempted to cross its border with Belarus as its leader Alexander Lukashenko weaponized desperate migrants in retaliation for sanctions imposed on him and his allies. “We’re not…
Shorouk Express “Pushbacks at the Poland-Belarus border are generalized and systemic,” said Egala Advocacy Lead Aleksandra Gulińska. “We continuously come across people in the forest who have been forcibly returned to Belarus by Polish authorities.” Despite such allegations, the European Commission in December allocated €52 million to bolster surveillance and infrastructure along Poland’s eastern border….
Shorouk Express U.S. Vice President JD Vance said he would be “shocked” if Donald Trump was in favor of moving American nuclear weapons into Poland. “I haven’t talked to the president about that particular issue, but I would be shocked if he was supportive of nuclear weapons extending further east into Europe,” Vance said during…
