Author: Timothy Nerozzi
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Trump hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan talks will be another notch in his peace-deal belt
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President Donald Trump is hoping to add another peace deal to his accomplishments, this time settling a decadeslong dispute between former Soviet states Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will speak with Trump in Washington, D.C., on Thursday and Friday in a meeting aimed at “promoting peace, prosperity, and economic…
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Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter flies to Washington hoping for better tariff deal with Trump
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Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is leading a diplomatic trip to Washington, hoping to negotiate down the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last week. The Swiss delegation is hoping to talk White House officials down from the staggering 39% tariffs set to take effect on Thursday — an economic penalty that would have cascading effects on…
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Ousted South Korea president protests interrogation by laying flat in his underwear, refusing to move
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is refusing to cooperate with investigators by taking off his clothes and refusing to move. Special counsel investigators, fulfilling an arrest warrant on allegations of influence-peddling by Yoon, attempted to coax the former leader into voluntary questioning on Friday. “Without wearing his prison uniform, the suspect lay down on…
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UK, Germany, France hold call on Gaza after Macron says he’ll recognize Palestinian state
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Three of Europe’s most powerful countries are holding a phone call to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip after the leader of France declared his nation will recognize a sovereign Palestinian state. French President Emmanuel Macron is speaking with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday, ostensibly to discuss…
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Syria asks Turkey for help against terrorists
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The Syrian government requested help from neighboring Turkey to organize its military and suppress terrorist factions that threaten to rip the nation apart. Officials with the Syrian Ministry of Defense told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the government asked Turkish leaders for help in strengthening its national defense and combating “terrorist organizations” such as…
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Netanyahu leading minority government after losing another ultra-Orthodox party
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now leading a minority government after losing the support of another ultra-Orthodox faction. Shas, a Sephardic-haredi political party, announced its decision to exit the ruling coalition on Wednesday in protest of the government’s inaction to restore exemptions from military service for ultra-Orthodox believers. “In this current situation, it’s impossible to…
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Zelensky names Yulia Svyrydenko new prime minister in ‘transformation’ of Ukrainian government
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is aiming to replace his prime minister in a massive restructuring of the nation’s government. The president announced Monday that he intends to elevate First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, a key negotiator with the U.S. in recent months, to become the next head of Ukraine’s government. “We are initiating a…
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Iranian crown prince mute on ceasefire, continues calls for citizen uprising
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Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi continued to rail against the Islamic Republic of Iran despite its ceasefire with Israel, orchestrated by President Donald Trump. Pahlavi has refrained from commenting directly on the ceasefire, instead focusing his public statements on the need for a popular uprising as “the final phase of our struggle.” Pahlavi alleged in…
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Trump and Mark Rutte share awkward moment at summit as NATO chief calls him ‘daddy’
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte cannot stop heaping praise on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The two appeared at a press event on Tuesday for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit currently underway at the Hague in the Netherlands. During their comments, Trump referred to the recent ceasefire established between Israel and Iran following U.S.…
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Iran insists it has upper hand despite bombings and existential threat to regime
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Iranian leaders want the world to believe they are willing and capable of unleashing historic levels of violence in response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes, but their actions are not living up to their rhetoric. Perhaps the most obvious lack of follow-through occurred Tuesday, when Iranian state media warned that, overnight, “a great surprise will occur,…