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Progress on rules for lethal autonomous weapons urgently needed, says chair of Geneva talks

Progress on a potential international framework to prohibit and restrict Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) is urgently ...
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Israeli military deploys additional forces to southern Lebanon

The Israeli military deployed additional forces to southern Lebanon overnight, to take up what a military spokesperson on ...
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Analysis-Attack on Iran could buoy Trump in talks with China's Xi

The U.S. military campaign against Iran has put Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with U ...
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France to send anti-drone systems to Cyprus after British base attack, report says

France plans to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones, the semi-official Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said on Tuesday.The ...
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Mideast war exposes fragile oil, gas dependency

As in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, the new war in the Middle East is exposing once again how far Europe and others lag in replacing imported fossil fuels with domestic solar and wind power, ...
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Drones hit US embassy as vengeful Iran targets Mideast cities

Drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and Washington warned its citizens to evacuate the entire region.Four days ...
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France deploys jets over UAE to protect its military bases

France has deployed Rafale fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its naval and air bases against Iranian attacks, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Tuesday.France has hundreds of ...
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Rubio says Israel's strike plan triggered US attack on Iran

The United States attacked Iran only after learning that ally Israel was going to strike and fearing Tehran would retaliate ...
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France says it will work with China on de-esclatating Iran war

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot held a call on Monday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss the Iran war and both agreed to work on de-escalation, Barrot's office said in a ...
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Khamenei's death brings Khomeini's grandson into focus

A grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is likely to figure prominently ...
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Trump says 'sad to see' US-UK relationship is not what it was

U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "sad to see" the relationship with Britain was "not what it was" after Prime Minister Keir Starmer initially held off giving military support to the strikes ...
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The French village where Ayatollah Khomeini fomented Iran's revolution

It has been nearly 50 years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini recorded speeches calling for an Islamic revolution from a country home in an affluent village west of Paris.But the inhabitants of ...