The Estonian leader has been among the most hawkish toward Russia amid the Ukraine conflict Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said she would like to serve as NATO’s next secretary general, arguing that she is uniquely qualified for the role. She remains confident despite a recent high-profile scandal involving her husband’s business dealings with…

Kevin McCarthy faces an ethics complaint after allegedly elbowing a fellow Republican lawmaker in the back on Capitol Hill Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has allegedly assaulted one of his Republican colleagues who voted last month to oust him from his leadership position, leading to an ethics complaint from the ringleader of the party’s…

Valentina Shulgina, the last surviving woman who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad, passed away on Sunday at the age of 101. She left for the frontlines of the Second World War aged just 19, taking command as lieutenant of a medical platoon of 21 people, having just finished training in the city of Tomsk as…