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Erdogan met him at the airport, which heads of state generally do not do. There were cannons. There were soldiers on horseback.…
‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte…
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO…
Nuclear nonproliferation requires national sovereignty; states must believe that they can preserve their security without nuclear weapons. Where international law is respected,…
Most anti-imperialist, antiwar and Palestinian solidarity left U.S. Movement organizers and supporters in Boston, Massachusetts don’t believe that artificial intelligence [AI] technology…
Thunderous applause echoed through the San Francisco Opera House on June 26th, 1945, as diplomats signed the United Nations Charter. It was…
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent…
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent…
For those unfamiliar with the intricate machinery of Israeli politics, the unanimous 110-0 vote to dissolve the Knesset on May 20 appears…
On May 23rd, in Poulsbo, WA, hundreds of people joined several dozen pacifist Buddhist monks from the Japanese based Nipponzan Myohoji religious…
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