Europe politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 hour agoHow serious is the rift in NATO?
Trump is angry over European nations' refusal to support military action against Iran, causing rifts within NATO.
Japan's southern island of Kyushu is ground zero for one of the greatest shifts in Japan's defence strategy since 1947, when it formally renounced the use of war to settle international disputes.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed Estonia's defense minister that the delivery of six High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems would be delayed until after the war with Iran, raising significant concerns about U.S. reliability as a defense partner.
Sweden's minister for civil defense, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, stated that the cyberattack targeted a heating plant in western Sweden but ultimately failed. He did not provide further details.
NATO countries' restrained response to hybrid attacks is at odds with public opinion, new polling shows: Broad swaths of the public in key allied countries say actions such as cyberattacks on hospitals should be considered acts of war. The POLITICO Poll, conducted in the United States, Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, showed a majority of people agreed that a cyberattack that shuts down hospitals or power grids constitutes an act of war. Canadians felt the strongest about the issue, with 73 percent agreeing.