President-elect Donald Trump shared a video in which Columbia professor Jeffery Sachs sharply criticized US Middle East policy and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of helping to lead the US into “endless wars“ in the region. In the video, posted without comment to Trump's Truth Social account on Tuesday, Sachs said Netanyahu is “a deep, dark son of a bitch“ who led the US into multiple follies in the Middle East and now wants America to fight a war with Iran on Israel’s behalf. "Netanyahu had, from 1995 onward, the theory that the only way we're going to get rid of Hamas and...

Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers stationed in France for training have reportedly fled their military bases. The apparent desertions come as Kiev faces similar problems at home, where a growing number of troops are abandoning their frontline positions.