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Israel-Iran Cease-Fire Takes Hold After Trump Rebuke

ByIsabel Kershner, Aaron Boxerman, Maggie Haberman and Michael Levenson

The truce went into effect after pressure from President Trump and Qatar. Israel said its forces were now shifting their attention back to Gaza.

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Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte

ByPjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh in The Hague

Exclusive: As alliance members arrive at The Hague summit, secretary general says Moscow capable of launching attack within three to five yearsMark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise de…

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Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte

ByPjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh in The Hague

Exclusive: As alliance members arrive at The Hague summit, secretary general says Moscow capable of launching attack within three to five yearsMark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise de…

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Flying in the new age of conflict – the hotspots diverting flights and leaving pilots blind

ByJonathan Yerushalmy

Amid conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, airlines have been forced to divert around warzones while managing new threats to their systemsThe first indication that something was wrong came when the clock on the flight deck began to go backwards. Th…

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Putin Condemns Strikes on Iran but Stops Short of Offering Concrete Support

ByAnatoly Kurmanaev

President Vladimir V. Putin met with Iran’s foreign minister on Monday, but did not explicitly call out Israel or the United States for their strikes on Russia’s longtime ally.

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Russia, ‘a Friend’ of Iran, Seems Unlikely to Offer Much Help

ByAnatoly Kurmanaev
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Russia, ‘a Friend’ of Iran, Seems Unlikely to Offer Much Help

ByAnatoly Kurmanaev
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The Guardian view on Israel, the US and Iran: you can’t bomb your way out of nuclear proliferation | Editorial

ByEditorial

The age of disarmament is over. But military action only increases the dangers instead of ending the threatEighty years after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 40 years after the US and Soviet Union pledged to reduce their arse…

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Iranian regime collapse would be serious blow for Russia

ByPjotr Sauer

While some in Moscow have tried to put positive spin on Israel’s assault, Kremlin risks losing key strategic partnerWhen a group of Russian and Iranian foreign policy officials arranged to meet in Moscow for a conference titled “Russian-Iranian coopera…