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Iraqi forces kill 2 ISIS suspects in Makhmour

The military media did not elaborate on the suspects’ identities but stated the operation was a “pre-emptive” one. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) killed two suspected ISIS militants on Mount Graw in Makhmour on Tuesday, according to the Iraqi Security Media Cell. The Nineveh Joint Operations Command carried out the …

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Johnson’s Exit May Get Messy For Conservative Party

Boris Johnson may have resigned as Conservative leader on Wednesday, but the UK ruling party’s troubles are far from over. While Conservative MPs are largely of the view that now is the right time for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to go, they and the wider party are very divided as …

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IRGC Detains Foreigners Spying On Iran Missile Drill Sites, Including British Diplomat

The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested a number of foreign nationals, including the British deputy ambassador in Tehran, for espionage activities in deserts at restricted areas or near the sites of missile exercises. A video shot by Iranian drones and released by the IRGC’s intelligence …

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Oil Sanctions Explore New Shorter Corridor: International North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC)

In the Socratic dialogue ‘Republic’, Plato famously wrote: “Our need will be the real creator” which over the ages has developed into a well-known English proverb; ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ meaning that the primary driving force for most new inventions is a Need. Global oil politics have been …

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Will Moderating Wage Growth Ease Inflation Fears?

The biggest question analysts will be asking with the June jobs report is whether wage growth is continuing to moderate. Wage growth has already slowed sharply from its annual pace of more than 6.0 percent last fall to a 4.4 percent rate in more recent months. This slower pace of …

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Затвори ли Украйна по суша, Путин ще е склонен на преговори

Живеем в заложни времена. Путин залага, че помощта на Запада няма да е достатъчна, за да върне духа на украинците след серията загуби. И е хвърлил всички сили да превземе целия Донбас, след което да прехвърли войските към Херсон с план да завладее Одеса и да затвори Украйна по суша. …

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Mese az alternatív beszerzésről

Kadri Simson, európai energiaügyi biztos elismerte végre azt, amit minden európai energiahelyzetet ismerő szakértő a háború kitörésének pillanatától kezdve állított: nincs a világban elégséges mennyiségű alternatív forrásból származó gáz az orosz szállítások teljes kiváltásához. Egészen meglepő fordulat ez, hiszen az Európai Bizottság eddig több nyilatkozatával is azt a látszatot kívánta …

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Managing the Risks of Instability in the Western Balkans

The Western Balkan six – five of the former Yugoslavia’s successor states plus Albania – remain outside the EU as war wounds fester and reform efforts stumble. Brussels should find means short of promising accession to help guide these countries back onto the right track. What’s new? Twenty-plus years after the …

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Biden’s Mideast Visit Doesn’t Seem to Make Sense. So Why Is He Coming?

With all due respect to the commentary about Saudi oil production, there may be other reasons behind Biden’s Middle East trip next week, at a time when he has so many problems at home Ostensibly, U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel next week doesn’t make sense. …

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