Washington has deployed 2 aircraft carrier strike groups to the Middle East, positioning forces that could be used in potential strikes on Iran.

Poland’s prime minister on Thursday urged Polish citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately and to refrain from travelling there, warning that the risk of open conflict was real and evacuation may soon be impossible.

But Poland’s parliament still needs to green-light a national law to implement the SAFE plans. On Thursday, the Senate, Poland’s upper house, adopted the bill with amendments. The Sejm, the lower chamber, must now approve those changes before President Karol Nawrocki can sign the law.

Donald Tusk says Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s aggression ‘defining moral test for Europe,’ reminder of principles West has taken for granted - Anadolu Ajansı

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has declared 2026 a time of economic "turbo acceleration," publicly challenging the finance minister to catch up with the UK in terms of wealth in one cadence. Finance Minister Andrzej Domański accepted the challenge, citing previous success - outperforming Japan, Polski Radio 24 reported.

The far right’s ascent has coincided with a noticeable rightward shift in Tusk’s rhetoric and policy priorities

Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday reaffirmed Poland’s loyalty to the US but ruled out becoming “a vassal” to any country, a day after announcing Warsaw would not join President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.

WARSAW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Poland's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention means it will be able to lay anti-personnel mines along its eastern border in the space of 48 hours if a threat emerges, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday,