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German businesses fear military draft would drain labor – FT
Economic prosperity and the government’s push to arm to confront Russia are reportedly seen as “conflicting goals”…
‘Judicial Jihad’ — Islamic Organisation Sues French Populist Marion Maréchal
French MEP Marion Maréchal has claimed that she is facing “judicial jihad” after being sued for defamation by an…
Nuclear inspectors leave Iran
Tehran has suspended cooperation with the IAEA following US-Israeli strikes on its facilities A team of inspectors from the…
550 Launches: Russia Hammers Ukraine With Largest-Yet Missile and Drone Barrage
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Waves of drone and missile attacks targeted Kyiv overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault…
Gangs have Haiti’s capital nearing collapse – UN
Armed groups control 90% of Port-au-Prince and over a million people are displaced, an official has warned Heavily armed…
Latin America’s Dictators, Threatened by Spirit of Freedom, Strive to Suppress Their Own Countries’ Independence Day
The authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have spent extensive efforts to diminish or outright erase the…
Trump eases off Russia sanctions – but the EU is too eager to strangle itself
Washington has lifted restrictions on a Moscow-led project in Hungary, but Brussels is eager to starve itself even more…
Trump Plays the Long Game with Turkey and the F-35
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hopeful that his decade-long quest to obtain the F-35 joint strike fighter might…
Putin is ‘mocking’ Trump – Poland
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has urged US to renew military aid to Ukraine after latest Russian airstrikes Polish…
South Korean Boy Band BTS Plan First Full Album in 4 Years After Successful Military Service
The members of the South Korean boy band BTS – by many metrics the most internationally successful music acts in the history…