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Araghchi says US messages through Witkoff are not negotiations
Iran’s foreign minister says Washington and Tehran are still trading messages, but insists that does not amount to talks, and says trust is still missing.
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ATF bullet review on Charlie Kirk killing remains inconclusive, defense says
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Nabil Fahmy chosen to lead the Arab League amid regional turmoil
Arab foreign ministers have tapped veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy to take over the Arab League, with his five-year term set to begin in July as the region faces a widening war involving Iran and its allies.
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Trump’s Midterm Pressure Campaign Is Already in Motion
From election-law bills to agency raids and data grabs, the Trump administration is laying the groundwork for a familiar claim: that any bad midterm result must have been rigged.
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Three Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon
Two Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon killed three Indonesian peacekeepers in the past 48 hours, prompting strong condemnation from the UN and Indonesia and renewed calls for investigations.
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Hegseth says the next days of the Iran war will be 'decisive'
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the coming days in the war with Iran will be decisive, arguing that Tehran has only a handful of military options left.
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Can Pakistan Pull China Into Its US-Iran Mediation Push?
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Italy Blocks U.S. Use of Sigonella Base for Bomber Transit
Rome denied a U.S. request to land aircraft at Sigonella before heading to the Middle East, saying the operation was not covered by existing agreements and had not been properly authorized.
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Italian astronaut to walk on the Moon under new Italy-US space deal
An agreement signed in Washington by Adolfo Urso and NASA chief Jared Isaacman brings Italy’s lunar habitat module into Artemis and sets up a historic Italian Moonwalk, according to ASI president Teodoro Valente.