Europe

Israel’s close ties with Trump cannot replace strategic independence - opinion

Trump’s support for Israel is an asset, but Washington’s shifting priorities show why Jerusalem cannot afford strategic dependence.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
 Tel Aviv Pride Parade 2022.

When pride meets prejudice: Europe’s LGBTQ movement is forgetting what inclusion means - opinion

North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski sits with The Jerusalem Post during a 24-hour visit to Israel, where he met with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar focused heavily on expanding bilateral ties.

North Macedonia has made ties with Israel ‘foreign-policy priority,’ FM tells 'Post' - exclusive

A crown worn by French Empress Eugenie, which was targeted by thieves during a heist at Paris' Louvre Museum on October 19, 2025 but was dropped during their escape, on display in this undated still frame from a video.

Museum heists have turned more violent, with thieves hired on social media, Europol says


Suspect behind Monaco bomb attack on Jewish oligarch found dead, Ukrainian prosecutors confirm

The woman was the main suspect in a bombing attack that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born Jewish businessman in Monaco last week.

A police vehicle stands near a cordon near the site of an explosion on Monday, in Monaco, June 30, 2026.

Vienna's museums, Michelin heaven and the meaning of life

Vienna isn’t just grand palaces and classical music—it’s a city layered with stories, ideas, and unexpected discoveries.

Vienna - a winter wonderland

US in talks on Europe missile co-production, maintenance of Patriot missiles, source says

If implemented, both projects could free up capacity at Raytheon and Lockheed Martin factories in the United States and enable the US defense giants to ramp up production at home.

Taiwan’s Patriot air defense system is deployed during a July 2025 drill

French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Syria in first visit to post-Assad Damascus by EU head

The visit underlines Syria's geopolitical transformation under Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda commander who has established close ties with Western and Middle Eastern powers that shunned Assad.

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after a joint press conference after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.

France softens stance on selling Franco-Italian air-defense system to Turkey, sources say

France's foreign ministry declined to comment and referred to the French presidency, as did the defense ministry. Turkey's foreign ministry did not respond to requests for comment.

The Eurosam SAMP/T vertical launcher is displayed at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 18, 2025.

Thousands evacuated from homes in southwest France as 'battle resumes' against raging wildfires

The fire has scorched some 4,600 hectares in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, local prefect Pierre Regnault de la Mothe said in a post on X/Twitter.

A helicopter conducts firefighting operations as wildfire burns in Pouzols-Minervois near Narbonne, France, July 2, 2026.

'Israel must not lose this opportunity': Former Biden official warns about Israel's role in IMEC

Samantha Sutton, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and former Director at the US National Security Council, spoke to the Post on the sidelines of an IMEC Initiative workshop hosted in Haifa.

Containers carrying goods from the United Arab Emirates, which entered Israel on an MSC cargo ship, are unloaded with a cargo crane bearing Israeli and Emirati flags at Haifa's port, northern Israel October 12, 2020

'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review

From elite universities to Soviet handlers, the Cambridge Five helped Stalin penetrate Britain’s security and decision-making core.

Kim Philby, 1955

Which passport is the most worthwhile to hold in 2026? New ranking reveals the winners

A new index that also considers quality of life, investment appeal, and economic strength places nine European countries in the top ten, with Singapore as the only non-European exception.

Israeli passport.

Turkey's Erdogan is waging war on the West and Israel - NATO must not ignore it - opinion

It is time to confront Erdogan about his much-too-close alignment with Russia, China, and Iran; his military occupation of northern Cyprus and northern Syria; and the war he wages against Israel.

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.