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World Leaders Call for De-Escalation Between Israel and Iran

Following a report from two US officials on Friday morning that a missile strike by Israel had hit targets in Iran, international leaders around the world have called for de-escalation. The targeted area of Iran was Isfahan, the site of...

Sweden Officially Becomes a Member of NATO

Sweden, a historically neutral country, has officially become the thirty-second member of NATO and the second country to join the Western military alliance since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Stockholm's ratification process was finally completed in Washington today, on...

Mitsotakis – Blinken Agree on Further Defense Cooperation

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed to further defense cooperation between the two nations on Saturday. The two officials met at the home of the Greek PM in Chania, Crete to discussed Greek-American...

State Department Issues Worldwide Alert for US Citizens

Amidst the war between Israel and Hamas, the U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide security alert for American citizens abroad. The advisory comes in the wake of heightened tensions triggered by Hamas' recent terror attack on Israel and...

US to Arm Ukraine With Depleted Uranium Tank Shells

The US has announced it will send depleted uranium tank shells to Ukraine as part of more than one billion dollars (£800 million) in military and humanitarian aid. The controversial shells are made of depleted uranium - naturally occurring uranium...

US Secretary of State Blinken Meets China’s Leader Xi in Beijing

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Beijing aimed at easing soaring US-China tensions. Blinken is the first US Secretary of State to visit Beijing in...

Greece and Turkey Must Preserve Current Positive Climate, Athens Says

Greece and Turkey must preserve the positive climate in their relations following the deadly earthquakes, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, Dendias said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his...

Secretary Blinken Launches New Round of Greece-US Strategic Dialogue

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias launched on Tuesday the start of the 4th Greece - US Strategic Dialogue in Athens. Dendias said the strategic relations between the two countries show the “continuous interest...

Secretary Blinken Lauds Role of Greece in the Region During Athens Visit

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lauded the role that Greece is playing throughout the region during his meeting with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Monday. "The role that Greece is playing throughout the region as an energy...

Selling F-16 Jets to Turkey in US ‘National Interest’, Blinken Says

Upgrading and selling F-16 jets to Turkey is a “national and security interest” for the Biden administration, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. After talks in Ankara with his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, Blinken said that the Biden...