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Turkey is a unique member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It has the second-largest standing army in the alliance, a thriving domestic drone industry, and an absolutely crucial geographic position. Turkey is both the gatekeeper to the Black Sea and the land bridge to the Middle East.  Yet, for all these important qualities, […]
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Turkey’s NATO Tensions Are Heating Up

The Guardian

IAEA has urged both sides to refrain from fighting around nuclear plants

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin regime ‘threatening world with nuclear catastrophe,’ says Ukraine

The Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union traditionally ends its summer slumber in the dying days of August with an informal meeting of its foreign affairs ministers in a political equivalent of a fireside chat. But with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Hungary holding the presidency of the 27-nation bloc, vacation has already been turned into one long firebrand’s shout.

Having Orbán in charge of EU’s presidency raises key question: Is Hungary for or against the EU?

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday his country was unlikely to enter the European Union in 2028, a date targeted by some other western Balkan countries hoping to join the bloc. "I don't believe we are going to be a part of the European Union in...

Serbia Unlikely to Join EU Before End of Decade, Says President Vucic

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia on Thursday signed a landmark agreement with France's Dassault Aviation for the purchase of 12 new Rafale fighter jets for 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion). The agreement, signed by Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier, also includes a complete auxiliary logistics package,...

Serbia Buys 12 Rafale Jets From France's Dassault Aviation for 2.7 Billion Euros

CBS News

Stunning new details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West belonged to its security services — and the children of a Russian couple posing as spies only learned their true nationality on the flight to Moscow.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that a detained couple released in Slovenia —Artem and Anna Dultsev— were undercover intelligence officers commonly known as "illegals." Posing as Argentine expats, they used Ljubljana as their base since 2017 to relay Moscow's orders to other sleeper agents...

Spies' children found out they were Russian on flight to Moscow

Latin Times

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum defended the decision to invite her soon-to-be Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to her inauguration in October, following backlash and the Ukrainian embassy's request for the country to detain him upon arrival given the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against him. "They are diplomatic letters normally sent...

Mexican president-elect defends inviting Putin to inauguration while Ukraine asks for his detention

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Virgo season will progress well on August 27. Three struggling zodiac signs will tap Gemini’s immense energy which will help them end their grief. The Half Moon will test their resolve to heal and desire to continue facing hardships. Still, Gemini’s healing vibe will inspire them to end their hardships and change existing circumstances.

3 Zodiac Signs Whose Hardships End on August 27, 2024

Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine's government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of Mexico's next president in October.

Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Russia's Putin during visit

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has formulated a response to the ongoing Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk region and those responsible for attacking Russia will be punished, Russian ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov said. "I tell you sincerely that the president has made a decision," the TASS state news...

Russian Ambassador to U.S. Says Putin Has Plan of Action for Kursk Incursion

CAIRO (Reuters) - Libya's attorney general announced on Saturday the dismantling of a network involved in human trafficking in a region in the country's northwest, Libya's Al-Ahrar TV said. Authorities arrested the network's leaders and 10 members, who are implicated in severe crimes, including murder, illegal detention, torture, and rape...

Libyan Authorities Dismantle Human Trafficking Network

Russian forces started a fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post Sunday.

Zelensky says Russian forces started fire at Russian-controlled nuclear plant in southern Ukraine

(Reuters) -Lithium Americas said on Friday that General Motors had agreed to delay an additional investment worth $330 million in the miner until the end of the year. The U.S. automaker in January 2023 announced an investment of $650 million in Lithium Americas to help the miner develop the Thacker Pass project in Nevada, which holds enough of the battery metal to build 1 million electric vehicles annually.

GM, Lithium Americas Agree to Delay $330 Million Investment in Thacker Pass

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A woman who survived the massacre of hundreds of villagers in central Burkina Faso described the horror of searching through bodies to find her brothers, in an interview following the attack claimed by an Al Qaeda-linked group earlier this week. "We went out with carts to collect...

'I Saw Horrible Things': Burkina Faso Massacre Survivor Describes Bloodshed in Trenches

Business Insider

India's stance on the Ukraine war highlights its strategic balancing act, with Narendra Modi playing nice with both Russia and the West.

India's refusal to take a side in the Ukraine war is frustrating the West. But it has its reasons.

Ukraine on Friday called on Mongolia to detain Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits the country next week, saying the country should honor the International Criminal Court’s warrant for the Russian leader. “We call on the Mongolian authorities to execute the binding international arrest warrant,” the Ukrainian Foreign...

Ukraine calls on Mongolia to arrest Vladimir Putin next week

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Angry Aurorans and Denverites on social media poked fun at the news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It seemed to contradict comments made by Gov. Jared Polis, who said the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated: Denver media criticized

Ukraine is pushing in its efforts to turn the tables on Russia, its military crossing over the border and taking control of multiple towns. Leaders in Ukraine tell NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin it’s part of an effort to get Putin to refocus his forces on defending Russian land and abandon the position they have inside Ukraine.

Ukraine gains new ground in its offensive inside Russia

PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic will use some of the interest earned on Russian assets frozen in the European Union to buy hundreds of thousands more artillery shells for Ukraine, the Czech Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.

Czechs will buy ammunition for Ukraine with income from frozen Russian assets

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk tells Fareed that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia reflects a strategy of asymmetric warfare.

On GPS: Russia will face ‘more surprises’ from Ukraine

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Turkey's Top Diplomat Attends First EU Meeting in 5 Years in Bid to Boost Ties

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's foreign minister hopes to make progress on improving Ankara's rocky ties with the European Union on Thursday as he attends a meeting of...

Turkey's Top Diplomat Attends First EU Meeting in 5 Years in Bid to Boost Ties

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