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Iran, Israel and the potential for miscalculation
The Middle East has been waiting with bated breath for Israel’s response to Iran’s attack last weekend as the spectre of regional conflict seems closer than ever. That spectre has waxed and waned since the war on Gaza began in October with the fear that it would spiral into a regional war, dragging...
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Mike Johnson aid bills: what is the US speaker’s plan for Ukraine and Israel, and ...
US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has said long-awaited votes on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific will take place as soon as Saturday, putting the senior Republican on a collision course with members of his own party. At stake is $95bn of US security assistance that has been in limbo for...
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Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of stalled US aid vote
Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill....
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Nigel Farage compares cancel culture to Soviet communism
Nigel Farage has penned a scathing tirade against cancel culture and blasted 'the Brussels elite' for ensuring 'no other views are allowed' following attempts to shut down his right-wing conference in Belgium on Tuesday. 'Cancel culture is saying, "I do not want to hear your opinion". What happened...
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Iraq’s dangerous balancing act between Iran and the US
Four days ago, Iraq’s airspace had hundreds of projectiles fired from Iran flying through it towards Israel, caught in the crossfire of what many fear could be the opening salvoes of a regional war dragging in the United States. On Monday, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was in...
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Belgium's top court gives go-ahead for controversial Right-wing conference
Belgium’s top court issued an emergency order to allow a conference of European Right-wingers to go ahead on Wednesday after police tried to shut it down. Nigel Farage was speaking at the National Conservatism conference when the police marched in to the venue on Tuesday, announcing that a local...
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Faulty Assurances: The Judicial Torture of Assange Continues
Only this month, the near comatose US President, Joe Biden, made a casual, castaway remark that his administration was “considering” the request by Australia that the case against Julian Assange be concluded. The WikiLeaks founder has already spent five gruelling years in London’s Belmarsh prison,...
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Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that’s a showdown between its president and prime minister
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia is voting Wednesday in a parliamentary election after a campaign centered on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister that has sparked a political crisis in the small European Union and NATO member. The ballot pits the ruling conservative Croatian...
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Viktor Orbán Calls for Change in EU’s Leadership and Migration Policies
During a public debate held at the European Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, along with former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Fabrice Leggeri, the former head the Frontex and leader of the French right-wing National Rally (RN) party, addressed pressing issues surrounding the...
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Middle East tensions and Ukraine top EU summit list in Brussels
European leaders' discussions at a summit in Brussels were set to focus on the bloc's competitiveness in the face of increased competition from the United States and China. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine decided otherwise and the 27 leaders will dedicate...
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