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UK Deploys Sanctions as a Deterrent Against New Israeli West Bank Settlement

LONDON, June 7 -- The British government is treating its sanctions regime against Israeli settlers and ministers not merely as a response to past abuses but as a deterrent designed to head off new one... Read More


Armenia Closes Polls as Vote Count Begins, Turnout Nears Record High Amid Moscow's Legitimacy Challenge

YEREVAN, June 7 -- The last polling stations in Armenia shuttered at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, handing ballot-counters a question that Kremlin officials had already decided to answer before the first tally... Read More


LvivPride 2026 Opens Ukraine's First Full Pride Season Under Martial Law, Counter-Protesters Gather

The event, June 7 -- The square in front of the Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre filled with competing flags on Sunday morning: rainbow banners on one side, handwritten signs declaring ... Read More


Italy's Tajani Condemns Hamas Attack in Central Israel, Calls Terrorism 'Never Justified'

New Delhi, June 7 -- The statement came quickly, and from a foreign minister whose relationship with Israel had grown notably strained. Antonio Tajani, Italy's deputy prime minister and top diplomat, ... Read More


UK Has Gone Years Without a Credible Defence Plan, Parliament's Spending Watchdog Warns

New Delhi, June 7 -- Britain has gone years without a credible military plan, and the cost of that absence is no longer theoretical. The committee's report, published on June 7, targets the Defence I... Read More


Albania's Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe Into Kushner Resort Land Deals

New Delhi, June 7 -- TIRANA, Albania - The investigation did not begin with the protests. It began with a document trail. On June 1, Albania's Special Structure Against Corruption and Organised Crime ... Read More


Finland's Stubb Dismisses Baltic Attack Fears, Calls for Restored Russia Ties

New Delhi, June 7 -- For the leader of a country sharing more than 1,300 kilometres of border with Russia, Alexander Stubb's message was striking in its composure. The Finnish president said Sunday he... Read More


EU Calls Hezbollah's Bluff, Backs Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire With €100 Million Military Aid to Beirut

BRUSSELS, June 7 -- Three days after Hezbollah rejected the ceasefire its own government had agreed to, the European Union stepped into the vacuum on Sunday with a statement that did something few Eur... Read More


France's Election-Watchdog Unit Is Now Running Filters on Armenia's Internet, Report Says

YEREVAN, June 7 -- The agreement was signed in early May, just days before Emmanuel Macron landed in Yerevan and told reporters he saw nothing wrong with it. France's VIGINUM unit - the government bod... Read More


EU Presses Germany to Dismantle Schengen Border Checks as Berlin Refuses

New Delhi, June 7 -- The word came back quickly from Luxembourg. When German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt was asked on Thursday whether Berlin would now lift its controls at the Schengen Area'... Read More