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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a trilateral meeting between Japan, the US and Australia, at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, May 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su
Politics

Europe bristles at US proposals at Asian gathering, India-Pakistan hostility on show

Even as he warned in a speech on Saturday that China posed an "imminent" threat, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made clear he wanted Europeans to concentrate on European security as...

Swedish defence and security company Saab CEO Micael Johansson during the presentation of Saab's interim report, in Stockholm, Sweden February 9, 2024. Photo: Jessica Gow /TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File photo
Europe

Saab CEO sees Europe streamlining defence demands amid spending push

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019/ Reuters
Europe

EU threatens countermeasures over Trump's steel tariffs hike

EU flags flutter in front of European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany July 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
Bangladesh

EU lauds Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019/ Reuters
Europe

Trust in European Union at highest since 2007: poll

FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
World+Biz

EU lifts economic sanctions on Syria

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the European Union address to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

Brussels seeks companies' US spending plans as Trump hails move toward talks

European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium 20 September 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Europe

EU ministers approve new 150 billion-euro arms fund

A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump and the European Union's flag are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Europe

After reprieve, EU still in fix to find trade deal to satisfy Trump

The container terminal at Bremerhaven port in Bremerhaven, Germany, on April 22. Photo: Focke Strangmann/Getty Images via Bloomberg
Europe

Shipping bottlenecks in Europe send a warning to US, Asia

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in Doha, Qatar, 15 May 2025. Photo: Reuters
USA

Trump agrees to delay EU tariffs until 9 July

A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump and the European Union's flag are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Europe

EU urges 'respect' after Trump threatens 50% tariffs

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in Doha, Qatar, 15 May 2025. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Trump threatens new tariffs on European Union and Apple, reigniting trade fears