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West teetering on brink of conflict between nuclear powers. says Russia
'United States and NATO were obsessed with the idea of inflicting "strategic defeat" on Russia,' says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
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EU foreign ministers to discuss air defence for Ukraine, Iran sanctions
After a video conference of NATO defence ministers with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, Stoltenberg said he expected announcements soon
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Argentina asks to join Nato as Prez Milei seeks to boost ties with the West
The request came as NATO's Deputy General Secretary Mircea Geoana held talks in Brussels on regional security challenges with visiting Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri
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G7 foreign ministers seek urgent defence support for desperate Ukraine
G7 ministers kicked off a second day of talks on the Italian island of Capri by discussing the Middle East crisis and will turn their attention to Ukraine in the afternoon
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Polish Prez Duda latest leader to visit Trump as allies eye possible return
Duda's visit comes a week after Trump met with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, another Nato member and key proponent of supporting Ukraine, at the former president's Florida estate
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Trump to meet Duda as Nato leaders call for additional support for Ukraine
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday in New York.
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India-US partnership has achieved new heights: US NSA Jake Sullivan
The NSA added that next month the president will welcome the president of Kenya for a state visit here, "a historic moment"
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Ukraine fires over 50 drones against Russia in one of biggest air attacks
Russian media reported that there is a military airfield near the town of Morozovsk, but it was unclear whether the airfield was the target of the attack
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Nato marks 75th birthday as Ukraine war, rising populism gnaw at its unity
The alliance's ranks have almost tripled over more than seven decades from its 12 founding members, but Finland and Sweden joined in record time to shelter under Nato's collective security guarantee
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Nato @ 75
The transatlantic alliance seeks a global role
Nato debates plan to provide long-term military support to Ukraine
We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said
Nato proposes $100 billion package over five years to aid Ukraine
Allies are still discussing Stoltenberg's proposal and any mechanics of the accounting, including whether to factor in bilateral aid to Ukraine into the overall sum
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Russia will not attack Nato, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine: Putin
The Kremlin, which accuses the U.S. of fighting against Russia by supporting Ukraine with money, weapons and intelligence, says relations with Washington have probably never been worse
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Russia's Putin warns west, says conflict with Nato just one step from WW3
The Ukraine war has triggered the deepest crisis in Moscow's relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Polish prez pushes Nato to ramp up spending, calls on US to fund Ukraine
The Polish leader made the call as he and Tusk visited Washington to mark their country's 25th anniversary of joining the now 32-member transatlantic military alliance.
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Erdogan offers to host peace summit with Russia during Zelenskyy visit
The war has created a sharp division between China and the West
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Sweden officially joins Nato after completing its accession process
The White House said that having Sweden as a NATO ally will make the United States and our allies even safer
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Europe's higher defence expenditure may hit exports
To find more resources to fund higher defence expenditure, Europe may have to raise taxes or cut government spending on welfare and other development activities
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Sweden joins Nato bidding farewell to more than 2 centuries of neutrality
Sweden is now leaving 200 years of neutrality and nonalignment behind us," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said after Hungary's Parliament gave its approval Monday
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Putin warns of nuclear war risk, says Moscow can strike Western targets
Visibly angry, Putin suggested Western politicians recall the fate of those like Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and France's Napoleon Bonaparte who had unsuccessfully invaded Russia in the past
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