Russia said it would hold trilateral security talks with U.S. and Ukrainian officials in the United Arab Emirates on Friday after a “constructive and very frank” meeting among U.S. diplomats and Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before.
President Trump said Wednesday he struck a framework for a deal on Greenland and the Arctic after a productive conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, prompting him to drop military and trade threats against Europe.
The European Union said Tuesday it plans to phase out gear supplied by companies based in "high risk" countries from critical infrastructure such as high-speed telecom networks, in a move seen as targeting Chinese companies including Huawei and ZTE.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging foreign leaders to stand up against his own nation's president, Donald Trump, calling on them to view him through a prehistoric lens and warning they will get chewed up if they expect him to abide by modern diplomatic norms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's Tuesday address to the British Parliament was planned long before the growing rift between the U.S. and its European allies over the future of Greenland, but he decided to use it to help "calm the waters."
President Trump early Tuesday posted a flurry of private messages from European leaders and mocked opponents of his plans to annex Greenland into the U.S.
President Trump on Tuesday blasted as an "act of great stupidity" the United Kingdom's plan to transfer control of the Chagos Islands, home to a U.S. military base, to the nation of Mauritius.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said President Trump wants to acquire Greenland to "prevent a conflict," rather than becoming involved in a full-blown war after a foreign incursion.
A startled British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Trump attacked the plan, which his administration had previously supported.
