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Is it viable for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to remain effectively neutral as the West grapples with rising Chinese and Russian threats?

Israel has underestimated Hamas and is paying a high price for it. But this war is not just about Israel. Western notions of order are under threat, in Ukraine, the Middle East and beyond.

The details that have come to light in the course of the scandal at public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) provide enough material for a whole season on the subject of “graft, greed and help-yourself mentality.”

Zelensky dismisses head of Ukrainian Security Service and top prosecutorPhotos: Russia’s ‘operational pause’ ends with weekend of attacksFuneral held for child killed in Vinnytsia strikeKey battleground updates: Vinnytsia death toll stands at 24; Sumy pummeled by missilesUkraine hopes for ‘accountability’ 8 years after MH17 downingDonetsk governor urges people to evacuateAir Force veteran detained by pro-Russian

Russian embassy ‘outraged’ over Swiss newspaper publishing an image of a pathetic Vladimir Putin the clown and threaten legal action ...

The Russian embassy in Switzerland threatened legal action against a Swiss newspaper after the outlet published a photo of Vladimir Putin dressed as a clown,

Russia has threatened Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung with legal action after it published a caricature of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Brussels supports Kyiv’s battle against Russia, but gaining full membership to the bloc could take years. Is there another way to bind Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to Europe?

BRUSSELS — With Ukraine defending European values and security against a blatant Russian invasion, what obligation does the European Union and NATO have toward Ukraine?

Federico Gambarini / Reuters Eric Gujer is editor-in-chief of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. What hasn’t been said about Markus Söder this week? Critics have accused him of employing Donald Trump-esque political tactics, despising institutions and relying on a self-defined party base instead of bowing to elected committees. Some even claimed the foundations of liberal democracy itself were crumbling under the power-hungry Christian Social Union (CSU) leader’s assault. After all, he denounced p...