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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In a new statement on social media, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to suggest that foreign countries—possibly including Russia—are prepared to supply Iran with nuclear warheads. The post, which follows U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, has raised concern among analysts who view it as part of a broader Russian effort to project deterrence through escalation threats.
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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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A new report from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) details a coordinated influence operation by Russian and Iranian actors aimed at U.S. conservative audiences — especially online communities that identify with the MAGA movement. The campaign deploys inauthentic accounts, false-flag conspiracy narratives, and a handful of high-visibility American influencers to steer debate and widen ideological rifts.
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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.
After more than a year of speculation and unofficial commentary, two of Ukraine’s top officials have now publicly confirmed what many analysts long suspected: the United States has asked Ukraine not to strike Russian oil and energy infrastructure. The first acknowledgment came from President Volodymyr Zelensky following a large-scale Russian missile, drone, and ballistic attack on Ukraine’s energy facilities.
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