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European Union loans Ukraine billions as Putin boasts about war

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted to the European Union's massive loan to fund Ukraine's war against Russia. Haley Ott reports.

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Six Colombian troops killed in attack by rebels on military base near Venezuela

Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group used drones and explosives in Thursday night attack that also injured at least 28 soldiersColombia’s ELN guerrilla group has attacked a military base near Venezuela with drones and explosives, killing six soldiers and wounding more than two dozen more.Founded in 1964 a…

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Conservative legal group aims to export its rightwing Christian mission beyond US borders

Alliance Defending Freedom has ramped up its global spending on litigation and other campaigns to push its ultra conservative Christian valuesAlliance Defending Freedom, the conservative legal advocacy group behind the overturning of Roe v Wade, has ramped up its global spending on litigation and ot…

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Trump on possibility of war with Venezuela: ‘I don’t rule it out, no’

President Trump said Thursday he was not ruling out the possibility of war with Venezuela amid his administration’s escalating pressure campaign against the country and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro. “I don’t rule it out, no,” Trump told NBC News in an interview. “I don’t discuss it,” he adde…

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Caesar Act Repeal and the Syria Sanctions Removal Report Card

Where things stand along the path of Syria sanctions removal and what restrictions remain to inhibit burgeoning investment and development in post-Assad Syria.
The post Caesar Act Repeal and the Syria Sanctions Removal Report Card appeared first on Just Security.

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Putin claims Ukraine is ‘on the retreat’

Leader says Russia wants its most hardline demands to form the basis for any peace talks

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Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy

Pope Leo XIV has made another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy

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Most Venezuelans “more concerned” about basic needs

Paul Dobson says most Venezuelans are more focused on basic needs rather than US President Donald Trump’s next move.

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UN-backed experts say Gaza food supplies improving but 100,000 still in 'catastrophic conditions'

Israel says the report "doesn't reflect the reality" in Gaza and ignores the volume of aid entering.

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Society of Editors decries Starmer’s plan to reduce media scrutiny of No 10

Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerningUK politics live – latest updatesThe Society of Editors has raised concerns about Keir Starmer’s plan to reduce scrutiny of No 10 by political journalists, saying it risks weakening transparen…

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Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria

The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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Riots Erupt in Bangladesh After the Killing of a Student Leader

Newspaper buildings were set on fire after the death of an activist who was attacked recently. Political leaders fear more violence could derail attempts to restore democracy.

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South Africa defiant after US threatens 'consequences' over refugee centre raid

South Africa has accused the US of employing Kenyans without work permits to process refugee applications.

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France will not agree budget by year-end, says prime minister

Government will have to roll over 2025 budget into next year after parliamentary talks collapse

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EU loan means Ukraine war is “going to continue”

New funding from the EU allows Ukraine go shopping for more weapons, says analyst Pavel Felgenhauer

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Pakistan accuses India of 'weaponizing water' and threatening stability

Pakistan’s deputy prime minister has accused India of "weaponizing water" by releasing water from Indian dams without warning

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Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never want away

Experts say José Antonio Kast able to ‘reactivate a dormant Pinochetism’ and warn more education needed on ‘horrors of dictatorship’Confident in his popularity, the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet called a plebiscite in 1988 asking the population whether they approved extending his 15-year-long bl…

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