Security

France shares intel with Ukraine as Macron floats nuclear umbrella

PARIS — France’s defense minister said the country is sharing intelligence resources with Ukraine, after President Emmanuel Macron floated the idea of expanding the French nuclear deterrent to protect European allies. The moves here follow doubts about whether Europe...

Scorned by Trump, Canadian shipbuilders flash their icebreaker skills

MILAN — President Donald Trump’s ambition to build 40 new icebreakers in the United States is unrealistic given the current state of the national shipbuilding industry, which may require Washington to ask for Canada’s help, according to a major Canadian shipbuilder...

Rescuers find Philippine fighter jet’s wreckage, bodies of 2 pilots

MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers found the wreckage of a Philippine fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots on Wednesday in a mountainous region in the country’s south where they had been deployed on a nighttime mission to fight communist guerrillas, military...

Trump administration pauses flow of intelligence to Ukraine

The U.S. has paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped the war-torn nation target Russian invaders, but Trump administration officials said Wednesday that positive talks between Washington and Kyiv mean it...