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Russian President Vladimir Putin made statements at a joint press conference held after his meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin Palace
QiOSK

Rolling Stone hits hysterical note suggesting Putin NATO attack nigh

An increasingly popular narrative claims Trump is putting Europe in the Kremlin's crosshairs

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chat after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Middle East

The Mecca Pact could be an opportunity for Iran

The Saudi-Pakistani-Turkish defense pact could create space for Tehran in an emerging regional security architecture.

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Europe

An independent Europe means no more US rooster in the henhouse

Washington will have to get used to transformed international politics where it's no longer the center of the universe.

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack speaks during a session at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey
QiOSK

US cries foul as Israel bombs Turkey-linked airbase in Syria

Tel Aviv’s quest to portray Ankara as the ‘new Iran’ is leading to tensions with the Trump administration

Ukrainian soldiers walk together during training for the 2023 counteroffensive.
Media

The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian 'breakthrough'

For years, hawks have used rosy analysis of Kyiv's military momentum to make the case against real negotiations

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, in February 1989
Latin America

Did Fidel Castro's decades-long defiance doom Cuba?

A century after the revolutionary leader's birth, Havana is still struggling to deal with its superpower neighbor to the north