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Iran has spent decades building ‘missile cities’ but when will it invest in its people? | The National

In managing protracted conflicts, pressure does not always succeed where war itself has failed, nor can political settlements alone guarantee a change in behaviour shaped over decades. For this reason, states sometimes resort to instruments more complex than conventional deterrence, designed not merely to raise cost…

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Former hostages return to Entebbe, confronting memory, trauma and history

For the survivors of Operation Entebbe, marking the 50th anniversary was less a celebration of one of Israel’s most mythologized military operations than a reckoning with the distance between the country that rescued them and the one that failed to prevent another mass hostage crisis decades later.

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Exclusive: ICC prosecutors shelved RSF arrest warrant as atrocities mounted

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor’s office has not applied for a single arrest warrant over crimes committed in Sudan's Darfur region since the country's devastating war began in April 2023, despite more than three years of investigation and repeated public assurances that charges were imminent, Middle E…

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Erdogan's warm ties with Trump offer Turkey an edge ahead of NATO summit

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week's NATO summit in Turkey. But host Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn on his close ties with the U.S. leader to secure his presence at the Ankara event — an appearance that may even come with a sig…

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NATO commander says Europe has backfilled most gaps from US cutbacks on military equipment

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, speaks with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich, right, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Messi dogs and a Himalayan pilgrimage: photos of the day – Friday

View image in fullscreenRio de Janeiro, BrazilThe Christ the Redeemer monument illuminated in the colours of the Venezuelan flag displaying the message SOS, in solidarity with the victims of the deadly twin earthquakes that struck last weekPhotograph: Jose Osorio/AFP/GettyShareView image in fullscreenPouzols-Minervo…

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Wildfires rage in parts of France and Spain after record heatwave – video

Numerous wildfires are raging across parts of France and Spain, after record temperatures in Europe caused dry conditions and a worsening drought. Two thousand firefighters battled several wildfires fanned by strong winds along France's Mediterranean coast on Thursday, while Spain’s military emergency unit (UME) sai…

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