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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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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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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…