Netanyahu Warrant Upheld as ICC Refuses to Halt Gaza Investigation
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The International Criminal Court has rejected an appeal by Israel seeking to halt its ongoing investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the...
MI6 Chief Warns of Russia’s ‘Aggressive and Expansionist’ Threat in First Speech
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In her first public speech as chief of Britain’s MI6, Blaise Metreweli warned that Russia remains an "aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist" threat actively...
US Reportedly Pushes Ukraine to Withdraw from Donetsk in Peace Talks
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In a major shift in diplomatic negotiations, U.S. peace envoys have reportedly told Ukrainian officials during talks in Berlin that Kyiv must agree...
Farmers vs. Free Trade: The EU’s Mercosur Agreement Hangs in the Balance
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France and Italy are leading a push to delay the final EU vote on a landmark 25-year-in-the-making trade deal with the Mercosur bloc,...
Romania’s Pension Reform Pushes Coalition to the Brink
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Romania's coalition government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote on Monday over its controversial plan to reform judicial pensions, a key requirement for accessing...
EU Cracks Down on Russian Oil’s Shadow Fleet
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The European Union has enacted new sanctions targeting a network of nine companies and 14 individuals identified as key enablers of Russia's "shadow...
North Korea Awards Heroes from Ukraine War Deployment to Russia
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly honored an army engineering unit that returned from a four-month combat deployment to Russia’s Kursk region,...
Black Sea Strike: Russian Drones Hit Turkish-Owned Vessels in Ukraine
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Russia escalated its maritime campaign by launching coordinated drone and missile strikes on two key Ukrainian ports, Chornomorsk and Odesa, damaging three Turkish-owned...
20 States Challenge Trump’s $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Court
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California and 19 other U.S. states have filed a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for skilled...
Australia Funds Google’s Papua New Guinea Cable Project Under Defence Treaty
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Alphabet's Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, a project funded by Australia under a mutual defense treaty and viewed...