Monday’s meeting of European finance ministers looks like the last chance for some form of agreement on the next leg of Greece’s 86 billion euro ($91.4 billion) bailout, before Dutch and French election complicate negotiations. Anything can still go wrong with seemingly unsolvable differences between the European authorities, the International Monetary Fund, and the Greeks. The worries are certainly ...

  US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have taken a tough line against Russia’s many recent provocations. Other than calling for all members of the alliance to pay their fair share of the military bill, however, they have offered no real plan of action. Russia’s aggressions call for a stronger response. While Mattis is ...

  US President Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser drew praise even from his staunchest critic Senator John McCain of Arizona. Trump chose H.R McMaster to fill the post left vacant after the resignation of Michael Flynn over Russian call controversy. Flynn resigned last week over the allegation that he misled Vice President Pence about contacts with Russian envoy. ...