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Transatlantic Ties Under Threat At Munich Security Conference (Worthy News Focus)
Transatlantic Ties Under Threat At Munich Security Conference (Worthy News Focus)

An emotional outgoing chairman of Germany’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) suggested Sunday that the transatlantic relationship is under threat amid mounting U.S.-Europe tensions.

Munich Security Conference Mourns 2 Killed In Attack
Munich Security Conference Mourns 2 Killed In Attack

Germany’s annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) plunged into mourning Sunday as news emerged that two people were killed in a car-ramming attack on a labor union protest in nearby Munich, which also injured nearly 40 people.

18 Killed In Stampede At India’s New Delhi Train Station
18 Killed In Stampede At India’s New Delhi Train Station

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday he was “distressed by the stampede” at a train station in India’s capital of New Delhi that killed at least 18 people, including 14 women.

Hungary’s Orbán Warns Of End EU And Expects Peace In Ukraine Soon (Worthy News In-Depth)
Hungary’s Orbán Warns Of End EU And Expects Peace In Ukraine Soon (Worthy News In-Depth)

Hungary’s powerful prime minister has warned that the European Union will collapse by 2029 unless it reinvents itself and said he expects a “permanent” peace solution for wartorn Ukraine within six months “or even earlier.”

Ukraine Calls For Europe Army Ahead Of Putin-Trump Talks In Saudi Arabia
Ukraine Calls For Europe Army Ahead Of Putin-Trump Talks In Saudi Arabia

Ukraine’s president calls for the creation of an “army of Europe” amid fears the United States and Russia will decide on his nation’s future at a meeting between the U.S. and Russian leaders in Saudi Arabia.

Alice in Orbánland: Germany’s AfD Leader Visits Hungary Amid Controversy
Alice in Orbánland: Germany’s AfD Leader Visits Hungary Amid Controversy

This week, it was “Alice in Orbánland” as the leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party, Alice Weidel, visited Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán, the prime minister who critics say turned his nation into a thiefdom.

Dozens Injured As ‘Islamic Extremist’ Drives Car In German Crowd (Worthy News Focus)
Dozens Injured As ‘Islamic Extremist’ Drives Car In German Crowd (Worthy News Focus)

Investigators say an Afghan migrant who pushed his car into a workers protest in the German city of Munich, injuring nearly 40 people, was a bodybuilding “Islamic extremist” shouting “Allahu Akbar” or “Allah is the Greatest.”

Pope Condemns Trump’s Migration Policies
Pope Condemns Trump’s Migration Policies

Pope Francis has condemned U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to deport illegal migrants, saying the “family of Nazareth in exile, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, emigrants in Egypt and refugees there” are “the example” why the policy fails.

META CEO Zuckerberg Faced ‘Death In Pakistan’; Christians Not Surprised (Worthy News Focus)
META CEO Zuckerberg Faced ‘Death In Pakistan’; Christians Not Surprised (Worthy News Focus)

Pakistani Christians say they are not surprised that social media platform Facebook-parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he was “almost sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan.”

US: AI Limitations Could Lead To Global Censorship
US: AI Limitations Could Lead To Global Censorship

United States Vice President JD Vance has told the European Union that its “massive” regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) could strangle the technology and rejected content moderation as “authoritarian censorship.”

Jailed American Flies Home From Russia
Jailed American Flies Home From Russia

A Russian national imprisoned in a U.S. jail on money laundering charges has been freed in exchange for the release of American schoolteacher Marc Fogel from prison in Russia.

US: ‘Return To Pre-2014 Ukraine Borders ‘Unrealistic’ As Trump Speaks With Putin
US: ‘Return To Pre-2014 Ukraine Borders ‘Unrealistic’ As Trump Speaks With Putin

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced Wednesday that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to talks on a ceasefire to the war in Ukraine, but Washington said calls for Ukraine’s pre-2014 border are “unrealistic.”

Gates: New Pandemic Wipes Out ’10 Percent Of World Population’ (Video)
Gates: New Pandemic Wipes Out ’10 Percent Of World Population’ (Video)

U.S. billionaire Bill Gates, whose foundation supports the development of vaccines, has warned of a new global pandemic that could wipe out more than 10 percent of the world’s population of over 8 billion people.

Ukraine Offers US Minerals For Weapons
Ukraine Offers US Minerals For Weapons

Wartorn Ukraine has made U.S. President Donald J. Trump an offer the deal-maker-in-chief may find difficult to refuse: In exchange for American military aid, he will have access to Ukraine’s mineral industry, which could provide a valuable source of rare earth elements needed for many kinds of technology.

EU Vows Retaliation Against Trump’s Tariffs, Trade Wars Loom
EU Vows Retaliation Against Trump’s Tariffs, Trade Wars Loom

The president of the European Commission has vowed to retaliate and strongly condemned President Trump’s decision to levy a 25% tariff on foreign steel and aluminum, as markets anticipate a potential trade war between the U.S. and Europe.