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Trading Peace for Firepower? Europe’s Rush to Rearm

Sarah Martin, 25/06 21:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, under mounting pressure from both the Russian threat and the United States’ demands, the Alliance crossed a historic threshold: member states committed to raising defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. But behind the bold figure lies a fractured Europe, torn between rearmament ...

Iran and the IAEA: How Far Will Tehran Push Its Standoff?

Élie-Joe Kamel, 25/06 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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On Wednesday, June 25, Iran’s parliament approved a motion to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to Iranian state television, 221 lawmakers voted in favor, with only one abstention and none opposed. The decision comes amid growing tensions between Tehran and Western powers. It follows an IAEA ...

Trump Says US Will Hold Talks with Iran 'Next Week'

This is Beirut, 25/06 17:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States would hold talks with Iran next week, with a possible agreement on the table about Tehran's nuclear program. "We're going to talk to them next week with Iran; we may sign an agreement, I don't know," said Trump. In a press conference delivered from the NATO ...

US-Iran: What Is Next?

David Hale , 25/06 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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While most international media are focused on what will happen today or this week between America and Iran, the real story is much bigger—the complete turning of the tables on Iran. While the headlines focus on whether Trump's ceasefire will hold, too many commentators are losing sight of the fact that Iran is trying to surrender (without ...

Turkey Breathes Easier as Iran-Israel Truce Eases Fallout Risk

This is Beirut, 25/06 13:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As the fragile Iran-Israel truce took hold, there was no letup in Turkey's diplomatic efforts Wednesday to prevent any return to a conflict fraught with risk for Ankara's domestic and regional policies. Hours after US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met him for talks on the sidelines of a ...

Trump Insists Iran Nuclear Programme set Back 'Decades'

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that US strikes led to the “total obliteration” of Iran's nuclear capabilities and set the country's atomic program back “decades”, while Israel said it was still early to fully assess the damage. Over a 12-day conflict, Israel pounded Iranian nuclear and military sites ...

Israel Says 'Still Early' to Assess Damage to Iran Nuclear Sites

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said on Wednesday it was “still early” to assess the damage caused to Iran's nuclear program after US intelligence services reportedly concluded that American strikes set it back by just a few months. “It is still early to assess the results of the operation,” Israeli military spokesman Brigadier ...

US Asked France to Speak to Iran Before Israel Truce

This is Beirut, 25/06 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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France conveyed to Iran the terms of a US-proposed ceasefire with Israel at the request of Washington in the hours leading up to the truce, a French diplomatic source said Wednesday. On Monday night, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot to "inform him of the US wish for a ceasefire provided there ...

Iran-Israel War: Latest Developments

This is Beirut, 25/06 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Classified US intelligence suggests that American strikes on Iran set back its nuclear program by just a few months, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim of total destruction. Here are the latest developments as a truce between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding early Wednesday: 'Significant hit' The Israeli ...

What Does NATO's 5% Spending Deal Really Mean?

This is Beirut, 25/06 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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NATO leaders are set to sign off Wednesday at their Hague summit on a defense spending pledge to satisfy US President Donald Trump's demand for a headline figure of five percent of GDP. Here are the details of what NATO is signing up to: Five percent? Not really Trump has insisted NATO countries hit the five-percent bar -- well beyond the ...

Trump Whirlwind to Test NATO Summit Unity

This is Beirut, 25/06 06:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Will he play nice? That's the question for NATO leaders nervously waiting to see if a carefully choreographed show to please US President Donald Trump will pay dividends when the alliance summit gets down to business on Wednesday. Every precaution is in place to avoid a Trump blow-up at the Hague summit, from giving him credit for a historic ...

Trump Rattles NATO Allies as He Descends on Summit

This is Beirut, 24/06 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump swept into NATO's Hague summit Tuesday, with allies hoping a pledge to ramp up defence spending will keep the mercurial leader of the military superpower committed to protecting them. Trump joined leaders from NATO's 31 other members to kick off the two-day gathering with a dinner hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander in ...

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