European defense officials fear the continent lacks the public resilience, political cohesion and military capacity to sustain a prolonged conflict with Russia as Washington prepares to reduce its conventional defense role.

U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple economists’ forecast, prompting markets to raise bets on a Fed hike even as Donald Trump demanded sharply lower borrowing costs.

Gideon Sa’ar said Israel is preparing to retaliate if Britain imposes measures over illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, escalating a dispute over the E1 project and London’s wider policy toward Israeli settlements.

German industrial employers are challenging the 35-hour week as manufacturing output falls and labor costs climb, with executives arguing that longer hours without higher weekly pay could restore competitiveness.

Donald Trump said Spain was heading for destruction as he linked the country’s migrant crisis to a wider dispute with Madrid over NATO spending, while also criticizing the U.K., France, Iran policy and the war in Ukraine.

Javier Milei said Argentina would bar companies involved in unauthorized Falklands oil projects from operating in the country, putting the Sea Lion field at the center of a sharper sovereignty campaign.