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Israel hints it may not engage Joe Biden on Iran nuclear strategy
Israel held out the possibility on Tuesday that it would not engage with US President Joe Biden on strategy regarding the Iranian nuclear program, urging tougher sanctions and a “credible military threat” against its arch-enemy.
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Iran in new threat to ban UN inspectors from nuclear plants
Iran vowed on Monday to block snap inspections of its nuclear plants by the UN atomic watchdog from next week unless the US returns to the 2015 nuclear deal.
The threat is the latest move in Tehran’s game of brinkmanship over the Joint…
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Iran accused of plot to attack UAE embassy in Ethiopia
Iran was behind a recent plot to attack the UAE embassy in Ethiopia, US and Israeli officials have revealed.
Iranian intelligence services activated a sleeper cell in Addis Ababa late last year to also gather intelligence on the US and…
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Turkey’s Erdogan accuses US of backing ‘terrorists’ in Iraq
Turkey summoned the US ambassador to Ankara on Monday to convey "in the strongest terms" its reaction to a statement on the killing of 13 Turks captured by Kurdish militants, which President Tayyip Erdogan called "a joke".
Turkey said on…
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Trump wanted to assassinate Syrian president, former adviser claims
Donald Trump had to be talked down from ordering the assassination of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to a former adviser.
KT Macfarland, former deputy national security adviser, said that weeks after he took office in 2017,…
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Egypt, Cyprus and Greece demand respect for maritime sovereignty
Egypt, Cyprus and Greece have demanded respect for the sovereignty and sovereign rights of states in their maritime areas in the eastern Mediterranean.
The demand came in a joint statement from the three countries’ foreign ministers…
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Haftar offers support to Libya’s peace process
Libya’s eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar has offered his backing for a peace process that seeks to end a decade of chaos, after meeting the head of a new transitional presidential council.
The military commander met with Mohammed Younes…
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Biden starts off tough on Turkey, with rocky path ahead
Joe Biden has opened his presidency by taking a visibly harder line on Turkey, with analysts expecting a rocky path ahead between the uneasy allies as their interests increasingly diverge.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, like…
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Three European countries call on Iran to stop production of metallic uranium and to return to abide…
Today, Friday, France, Germany and Britain called on Iran to immediately halt production of metallic uranium and to return to full compliance with its commitments in accordance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, saying that Iran's…
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Lukashenko: There is a possibility to merge the constitutional referendum process with local…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko revealed, Friday, that the referendum on the updated draft of the constitution for Belarus could be combined with the local elections in January 2022.
The Belarusian president’s comments came to…
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