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Satellite images undermine claim atomic sites destroyed
The Detroit News - Michigan
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President Donald Trump’s decision to order U.S. forces to attack three key Iranian nuclear installations may have sabotaged the Islamic Republic’s known atomic capabilities, but it’s also created a monumental new challenge to work out what’s left...
How to Fix the Cracks in the Nuclear Dam
Foreign Policy
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As Israel and the United States attack Iran in a bid to deter its ability to produce nuclear weapons, it’s worth reflecting on the fact that in the 80 years since the United States unleashed the first nuclear detonations on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...
Trump bombs Iran, NYC election shocker, Bezos wedding & casual-dining favorites | Ep. 25
Denison Forum - Texas
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June 26, 2025
On this episode of Culture Brief, we break down the intense 12-day showdown between Israel and Iran—and the U.S. jumping in with surprise bombings with Operation Midnight Hammer (awesome name btw). Plus details on how the ceasefire came together,...
Fiona Hill: The world is going nuclear
Unherd
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June 27, 2025
And just like that, the Iran-Israel war seems to be over. The ceasefire, anticipated by Donald Trump on Tuesday, has held. The financial markets have surged to an all-time high, and oil has settled back down. The world breathes a sigh of relief....
Transitioning from autocracy to democracy: The four challenges for Bangladesh
Daily Star
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June 27, 2025
Bangladesh is in a transition phase—from autocracy to democracy. After almost 16 years of a personalistic autocracy, a popular uprising succeeded in deposing the regime in August 2024. The popular hope, in brief, is to establish a democratic...
How a fake astronaut fooled the world, broke women's hearts, and landed in jail
Space.com
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June 27, 2025
On a chill January evening in 1989, members of the Experimental Aircraft Association of Boston gathered for a special event. At 7 p.m., the group's president introduced a guest speaker as a "master of the skies and space." The mystery man marched...
Satellite images undermine Trump claim atomic sites destroyed
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s decision to order US forces to attack three key Iranian nuclear installations may have sabotaged the Islamic Republic’s known atomic capabilities, but it’s also created a monumental new challenge to work out...
Nuclear Weapons and the Israel-Iran Conflict
American University - Washington D.C.
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Earlier this month, a quickly escalating armed conflict between Israel and Iran deepened. The latest conflict started when Israel launched an attack on Iran’s nuclear and military sites in the early hours of June 13. In response, Iran shot back...
NATO Summit 2025: Major Takeaways, and What Comes Next for the EU
To Vima
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June 26, 2025
Following a landmark NATO summit in The Hague, where member states reached a historic agreement to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, European Union leaders have gathered in Brussels for a pivotal EU Council meeting expected to define the...
Israel-US air power forced Iran to choose regime survival over war
The Print
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June 26, 2025
There have been momentous strategic developments in 48 hours beginning at 04:10 am IST, 22 June, in the Israel-Iran war. They began with the US jumping into the fray with a stunning display of its strategic air power, targeting three nuclear...
The Legacy of Chavismo’s Ties to Iran
Caracas Chronicles
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June 27, 2025
When el comandante died in 2013, then Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed that Hugo Chávez would one-day return to Earth alongside Jesus Christ and the Hidden Imam (a sacred prophet of Shia Islam) to spread peace, justice and perfection...
NATO’s 5 percent spending pledge is a threat to people and the planet
Al Jazeera
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June 26, 2025
NATO’s leaders agreed this week to invest 5 percent of their countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) on “core defence requirements as well as defence and security-related spending by 2035”. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called it a “quantum...
Germany suspends refugees' family reunification
Deutsche Welle
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June 27, 2025
"Before I came to Germany, I didn't know it would be so difficult. I just didn't know. You know, we're men, and we men are not used to raising children," said Mohammed. He fled the civil war in Syria in 2014 with his wife, two daughters and two...
There won’t be a ‘final victory’ for Iran or Israel
New Statesman
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June 24, 2025
With the employment of bunker-busting bombs and cruise missiles against key Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan through the night of 21-22 June, the United States became an active combatant in the long-running (and recently much...
Veteran combat pilot takes charge of key Air Force fighter wing in South Korea
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Air Force Col. Ryan Ley gives his first speech as head of the 51st Fighter Wing during a change-of-command ceremony at Osan Air Base, South Korea, June 27, 2025. (Trevares Johnson/Stars and Stripes) OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – A fighter pilot...
Iran n-bomb? More likely
Oman Observer
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June 26, 2025
Israel and the United States have dealt punishing blows to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. “Operation Rising Lion” and “Operation Midnight Hammer” have been portrayed as precision strikes that will stop the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in...
If Iranian regime collapses or is toppled, 'what's next?'
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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June 26, 2025
In a startling turn of events in the Israel-Iran war, six hours after Iran attacked the Al Udeid Air Base— the largest U.S. combat airfield outside of the U.S., and home of the CENTCOM Forward Headquarters — President Donald Trump announced a...
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
Consortium News
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June 24, 2025
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. Deja Voodoo — by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges...
Egypt, South African varsities beat Nigeria at global QS rankings
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 26, 2025
For the third year in a row, no Nigerian university has made it to the top 1,000 of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, once again excluding all 297 Nigerian universities from the global elite list. Only three institutions,...
No end to wars: Trump, Pakistan and the art of self-congratulation
Mint
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June 27, 2025
Against this backdrop, Pakistan’s nomination seems to be motivated by strategic sycophancy, aimed at currying favour with Washington in exchange for ‘diplomatic goodwill.’ In West Asia, Trump has openly favoured Israel across multiple wars. His...