INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICTS

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  Josh Gardner

  

  2 days ago

  At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers

  Associated Press - By WAFAA SHURAFA, BILAL HUSSEIN and SAMY MAGDY

  BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killed 22 people and wounded dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as well as further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The air raid on central …

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  Josh Gardner

  

  3 days ago

  An attack on Iran would be ‘lethal’ and ‘surprising:’ Israel's defense minister

  POLITICO - Associated Press

  “Whoever strikes us will be harmed and pay a price,” Yoav Gallant said. JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation …

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  Josh Gardner

  

  2 days ago

  Video shows aftermath of Israeli strikes in Beirut

  CNN

  Two Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut in an attack that leveled an entire residential building, a Lebanese security source told CNN. CNN's Ben Wedeman has the details.

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  Josh Gardner

  

  1 day ago

  Obama, the ‘hopey-changey guy,’ tries to close the deal for Harris

  CNN

  CNN — Exactly 16 years ago, an impossibly young-looking Barack Obama was barnstorming through Ohio on a bus tour, electrifying huge crowds and emphatically closing the deal on his thumping 2008 election victory. On another October night on Thursday, the 63-year-old ex-president was back on stage, …

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  Josh Gardner

  

  2 days ago

  Bye-Bye, Russian Gas!

  JSTOR Daily - Aissa Dearing

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an energy revolution, forcing European states to reconsider their dependence on Russian oil imports. Russia’s …

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  Josh Gardner

  

  2 days ago

  Ukraine confirms strike on Russian airbase in North Caucasus housing Su-34, Su-27 jets

  The Kyiv Independent - Martin Fornusek

  Ukrainian forces carried out a successful strike against Russia's Khanskaya military airfield in the Adygea Republic, Ukraine's General Staff …