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Ukraine war
Europe

Ukraine's 'Busification' — forced conscription — is tip of the iceberg

Western media is largely ignoring that Kyiv has to rip young men off the streets amid recruitment shortages and desertions

Sudan al-Fashir El Fasher
Africa

Sudan's bloody war is immune to Trump's art of the deal

El Fasher's fall exposes the failure of Washington’s reliance on regional power brokers — many who are directly involved — to end the conflict

World votes to lift Cuba embargo, again.
QiOSK

World votes to lift Cuba embargo, again.

This, despite an unusual stemwinder from US ambassador Mike Waltz and accusations that Havana is aiding Russia's war in Ukraine

operating table
Europe

On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining

All along we've been told this was about aggressive expansionism and applied a strategy of deterrence. That was wrong.

Patriot-missile
Europe

Inflating Russian missile costs hides our own weapons crisis

The narrative that Moscow's war is 'unsustainable' deflects from real production and performance problems in American arms to Ukraine

Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow
QiOSK

Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow

In a sudden about-face, the president went from meeting with Putin to issuing sanctions on Russia’s top oil producers