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Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary general, is planning to visit Japan as early as this month for talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from several NATO officials.

A series of recently declassified British documents reveal details of meetings held by late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with British officials in 1997 and 1999, as well as letters exchanged between then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Lebanese presidency.

Poland has indicated it will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, with or without Germany’s permission.

NATO and EU members Estonia and Latvia told their Russian ambassadors to leave after Moscow said it was downgrading diplomatic relations with Estonia, accusing it of "total Russophobia."

Germany would not stand in the way if Poland wants to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Germany's foreign minister said, signaling a possible breakthrough for Ukraine as it tries to bolster its forces ahead of an expected new Russian offensive. Eleven months after Russia invaded its southern neighbor,…

Germany is not blocking the re-export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the European Union's top diplomat said on Monday, after Poland vowed to send some as long as other countries did too.

The EU ratified more military aid to Ukraine worth EUR500mn on Monday, sources said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country was under constant Russian shelling and attacks, but the fight for Donbas is not over. Follow FRANCE 24's liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris…

The leaders of France and Germany sought at a summit on Sunday to pave over divisions that have dogged Europe's closest bilateral relation since the war in Ukraine broke out, leaving many of their most vexed issues to be worked out later.

Editorial: Last week’s decision not to commit western tanks against Russia will be seen in Moscow as proof of European weakness

General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former NATO chief from Britain, accused Olaf Scholz' government of 'ducking its responsibilities

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would hold elections on May 14, a month earlier than scheduled, setting up a tight test of his leadership after two decades in power.