Europeans are increasingly signaling that they will not follow U.S. President Donald Trump if he advocates requiring Ukraine to give up territory or easing sanctions on Russia, according to a major poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
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Iran launched a direct strike on U.S. military targets in the Middle East on Monday, firing missiles at American bases in Qatar just hours after its top diplomat met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The attack marks a dangerous escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Iran, the United States, and Israel—and raises urgent questions about Tehran’s growing alignment with Moscow. The strikes targeted the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses thousands of U.S.
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The United States has launched coordinated airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—just one day before Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The strikes, conducted with B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles, mark a dramatic escalation in the widening Middle East crisis.
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As NATO leaders prepare to meet in The Hague next week, a new report suggests that the United States is pressuring its allies to scale back references to Ukraine in the alliance’s final summit communiqué. According to Newsweek, U.S. officials are seeking to shift the summit’s emphasis toward broader defense goals, potentially minimizing language about Ukraine’s NATO membership path or security guarantees.
As NATO leaders prepare to gather in The Hague for a pivotal summit next week, members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee have issued a bipartisan call to reassess the alliance’s posture toward Ukraine—including a stronger push for its eventual membership. At a hearing this week, lawmakers warned that Russia’s war has already changed the security landscape of Europe, and that Ukraine’s formal inclusion in NATO should now be seriously considered.
In a move seen by diplomats as both petty and dangerous, Donald Trump will once again snub Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – this time at the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague. It follows his early exit from the G7 in Canada, where he walked out before their scheduled meeting and left the Ukrainian delegation “frustrated and empty-handed,” according to Reuters. At the NATO summit on July 25, Zelensky has been quietly excluded from the main event.
Adding to the pressure of Israeli strikes on Iran’s key defense and energy assets, the regime is now facing increasing troubles from growing protests across more than 150 cities. The regime’s outlook isn’t being helped by statements and actions of a US president that seems increasingly intent on attaching himself to Israel’s operation. Having discarded the “no more wars” philosophy that now seems only to be applicable regarding Russia, President Donald Trump is now moving the U.S.
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The United Kingdom has announced additional sanctions aimed at further dismantling the economic and military capabilities of the terrorist state — Russia. The measures, unveiled during the G7 summit in Canada, are part of a sustained British effort to undermine the Kremlin’s ability to fund and sustain its full-scale war against Ukraine.
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