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Iran Leadership Race Takes Shape and Favors Loyalist

The regime has shaped the field of candidates in the June 18 presidential election to favor the preferred choice of Iran’s Supreme Leader. The front-runner in the campaign, Judiciary chairman Ibrahim Raisi, is also Supreme Leader Ali Khamene’i’s choice to succeed him. The exclusion of most moderate and reformist candidates …

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Biden-Putin Summit Scheduled, as U.S.-Russia Relations Continue to Deteriorate

In the first meeting between Biden and Putin in June, there is expected to be no shortage of contentious issues to discuss. Biden recently described Putin as a “killer,” and he has not shied away from harsh rhetoric to describe the Kremlin’s continued actions. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken recently …

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Côte d’Ivoire : tête-à-tête avec Ouattara, antiterrorisme… Le programme de Le Drian à Abidjan

Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères sera reçu par le président ivoirien à Abidjan les 9 et 10 juin. Voici les étapes de cette visite officielle. Les officiels français se succèdent sur les bords de la lagune Ebrié. Après le ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance, Bruno …

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