
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for easing tensions with Russia as top French ministers met their counterparts in Moscow on Monday. “The time has come, the time is right, to work towards reducing distrust,” Le Drian said at a press conference in the Russian capital. Le Drian and ...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has warned European nations to tackle what he called growing security and economic threats from China and Russia, the latest sign that Washington has shifted its main focus from the US wars in the Middle East to confronting Beijing and Moscow. “It is increasingly ...