Victoria Friedman

Russia and Belarus held three days of drills to practice preparing and deploying nuclear forces amid what Moscow called threats of aggression.

Marco Rubio had said in March that the United States must reexamine its relationship with NATO because members did not help in the Iran conflict.

‘The conflict in the Middle East has triggered a major energy shock,’ said Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis.

British minister John Healey said the incidents ‘will not deter the UK’s commitment to defend NATO, our allies and our interests from Russian aggression.’

The Russian Defense Ministry began three days of nuclear drills to practice preparing and deploying nuclear forces amid what it termed threats of aggression.

Trump said that the decision to stand down the U.S. military was at the behest of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Norway will join Denmark, Estonia, Finland, ​Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

On May 11, Trump told reporters that the ceasefire between the two nations was on ’massive life support.’

Meanwhile, Moscow said that Ukrainian drones had killed four ​people, including a ​child, in ⁠an overnight strike in a central Russian city.

A senior U.S. admiral told a U.S. Senate committee that Iran’s capabilities to threaten U.S. forces and regional interests had been ’substantially degraded.’