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Gadi Eisenkot, ex-IDF chief, challenges Netanyahu for leadership
TEL AVIV, June 30 — For communities across Israel and the wider region watching the country’s political landscape,…
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Former Israeli Army Chief Gadi Eisenkot Emerges as Political Challenger to Netanyahu
Gadi Eisenkot built his reputation inside the Israeli military over four decades. He served as chief of staff…
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Former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot launches leadership challenge against Netanyahu
TEL AVIV — History does not repeat, but it sometimes rhymes. For Israelis watching a retired general challenge…
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Eisenkot’s New Party Yashar Gains Ground in Polls Against Netanyahu
Three years after the worst security failure in Israel’s history, the political ground is shifting under Benjamin Netanyahu.…
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UK-Africa relations: Starmer’s ‘reset’ that never delivered
LONDON, June 29 — Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer walked into Downing Street in July 2024 on…
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Trump Says Iran Meeting to Take Place in Qatar
TEHRAN, June 30 — President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran has requested a meeting, and that it…
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Conricus chides Netanyahu, blames Egypt, hails Lebanon deal
JERUSALEM, June 30 — For communities across Asia watching the Middle East, the picture has often looked like…
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U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon accord faces Hezbollah rejection
BEIRUT, June 29 — A diplomatic breakthrough has raised cautious hopes that one of the Middle East’s most…
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Iran and US to negotiate peace deal in Doha after strikes
DOHA, June 29 — Iranian and American technical teams are expected to meet in the Qatari capital in…
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Trump says Iran sought Doha talks; Tehran denies direct US negotiations
WASHINGTON, June 29 — The first meeting of a joint committee to implement the Hormuz memorandum took place…
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Labour’s Starmer promises Africa reset with partnership and investment focus
Keir Starmer entered Downing Street in July 2024 with a promise. The Labour leader, fresh off one of…
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Conricus sees Lebanon deal as hopeful sign amid regional tensions
Jonathan Conricus counts the pieces. The Strait of Hormuz. Iran. Bahrain. President Trump’s threat to “complete the job.”…
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Former IDF Spokesman Sees Lebanon Deal as Possible Exit from Conflict
JERUSALEM — Jonathan Conricus has spent years explaining Israel’s wars to the world. Now he sees something else:…
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Ruling Party’s Survival Margin Narrows to Single Vote, Sources Say
The arithmetic of survival in Greece’s parliament has narrowed to a single vote. That is the cold calculation…
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Takaichi’s Economic Plan Emerges From Years of Demographic Pressure
TOKYO — The economic blueprint now taking shape inside Japan’s ruling party did not emerge from a sudden…
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Athens: Ruling Party M.M. Fears Single Vote Could Decide Key Legislation
ATHENS — One parliamentary vote. That is the number now obsessing strategists inside the ruling party, known internally…
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M.M. Party Views Every Parliamentary Vote as Survival Test, Sources Say
The ruling party known as M.M. is now operating under a fixed internal rule: every parliamentary vote is…
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Hormuz Accord Faces Early Tests as Joint Committee Meets in Muscat
Fresh military strikes and competing claims over de-mining rights are testing the Hormuz memorandum almost as soon as…
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U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Holds After Weekend Strikes Threaten Collapse
The fragile U.S.-Iran interim peace deal survived its first real test over the weekend. Tit-for-tat strikes threatened to…
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U.S. and Iranian Envoys to Be in Doha Simultaneously
Both Washington and Tehran are sending people to Doha this week. Neither side calls it a meeting. The…
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Iran Skips Doha Strait of Hormuz Talks; US Confirms No-Show
History has a way of repeating itself in the Persian Gulf, and the latest round of US-Iran diplomacy…
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UK aid cuts under Starmer overshadow reset promises in Africa
The scaled-back aid budgets that Keir Starmer inherited and failed to reverse are the detail that sticks in…
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Conricus views Lebanon deal as key breakthrough amid separate regional incidents
Jonathan Conricus has been watching the Middle East long enough to know the difference between a single war…
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Expert Says UK’s Africa Reset Policy Survives but Lacks Delivery
LONDON — Alex Vines has watched the UK’s Africa policy cycle before. He remembers the launch. “At the…
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