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In a diplomatic rant that would make your family’s Thanksgiving arguments look tame, Josep Borrell, the EU’s top foreign policy chief, lamented the “painful lack of unity” among the 27 EU members regarding the ongoing Gaza war. Apparently, getting Europeans to agree on Middle Eastern policy is as impossible as deciding on the perfect temperature […]

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Borrell’s European Unity Dream Crashes: Gaza War Exposes EU’s Divided Mess

In what’s shaping up to be the political version of a high-stakes soap opera, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced an unexpected visit to Lebanon after Israel, apparently running out of things to bomb, targeted United Nations peacekeepers. Yes, you read that right—UN peacekeepers. The guys in blue helmets who are basically supposed to

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Giorgia Meloni Heads to Lebanon: Italy’s PM Plans a Showdown After «Unjustifiable» Israeli Attacks on UN Peacekeepers

Warning: This article contains disturbing details. The courtroom in Avignon fell into an uneasy silence as three large screens were lowered from the ceiling. People instinctively braced themselves for what was about to unfold. It was time to witness the carefully selected home videos that Dominique Pelicot had kept for years—a grim collection of footage

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The Trial that Shook France: A Dark Tale of Betrayal, Drugs, and Consent

In what feels like a plot twist from a Cold War thriller nobody asked for, Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar and self-proclaimed lover of Russian literature, found himself behind bars in Moscow. His crime? Not a sinister espionage scheme, but a classic case of “failing to register as a foreign agent” while gathering military

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French Scholar Sentenced in Russia: When Curiosity Kills the Cat (Or Lands It in a Russian Cell)

In what could be the most explosive twist in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian forces have been lighting up Russian ammo depots like it’s the Fourth of July. Since mid-September, a series of targeted drone strikes have hit key Russian supply sites, and if you’re wondering whether these attacks are enough to

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Drone Strikes and Desperation: Could Ukraine’s Precision Attacks Turn the Tide on Moscow?

This Tuesday, Iran responded to Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, aimed at destroying the terrorist group Hezbollah, by launching around 180 ballistic missiles, some of them hypersonic. Israel managed to block most of them with its air defense systems, but Iran’s operation has raised concerns about the possibility of a large-scale conflict between the two nations.

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Iran vs Israel: Which army has more soldiers, fighters, tanks, artillery and nuclear weapons?

Israel decided to drop by Beirut with some fireworks, leveling parts of the city center and leaving at least six dead in its wake. Not content with just one deadly performance, they’ve promised there’s more where that came from. Because who doesn’t love an encore, right? Since this whole mess started, Israeli airstrikes have claimed

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Israel Bombs Central Beirut, Killing at Least Six People, and Warns of More Attacks to Come

Well, Iran’s not messing around this time. In a fresh move that screams «I’m done playing nice,» Tehran lobbed 180 high-speed ballistic missiles at Israel this Tuesday, unlike the April attack that came with a polite warning in advance. This time? No heads up, just speed. And we’re talking serious speed—these missiles flew at 16,000

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Iran Uses Missiles Twice as Fast as in April, Costing Israel Millions in Air Defense

Israel’s Foreign Minister has declared António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the UN, unwelcome in the country, arguing that he failed to clearly condemn the Iranian assault on Israel that took place on Tuesday night. Additionally, eight Israeli soldiers have lost their lives in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran has called an end to its

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Israel Declares UN Secretary-General ‘Persona Non Grata’ and Reinforces Troops Invading Southern Lebanon