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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Wednesday that ending the war in Lebanon is as important to Tehran as ending the war in Iran, according to ISNA news agency. Speaking at the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) …
June, 2026
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24 June
Trump says US inspectors to join IAEA in Iran uranium inspections
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that American inspectors will take part in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) missions when it eventually enters Iran for uranium inspections. Trump told Fox News that there was currently “no rush” to deploy the teams. He said Tuesday that inspection teams …
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24 June
Why Britain Is Getting Its Seventh Prime Minister in Just 10 Years
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, making him the seventh leader of the country in a decade. This ongoing political turmoil can be traced back to the Brexit referendum that occurred ten years ago. Since that event, the UK has been trying to establish …
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24 June
Can Pakistan Turn Its Iran Peace Role Into an Economic Dividend?
Pakistan’s role in facilitating diplomatic talks during the Iran conflict has brought it international attention and praise from global leaders. The engagement, which included Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and military chief Asim Munir, has been described by analysts as one of Islamabad’s most visible diplomatic interventions in recent …
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24 June
Why Washington Would Buy Diego Garcia: America’s Strategic Calculus
Arthur Michelino In June 2026, reports surfaced that Washington had begun considering a plan to purchase the Chagos Islandsoutright from Mauritius, bypassing London and dealing directly with Port Louis to secure permanent control of Diego Garcia. The plan arrived as an alternative to the British cession of the …
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24 June
The Lebanon War and the New Push for Regional Peace
The reported progress toward ending the Lebanon war is a rare diplomatic opening in a region exhausted by escalation. That is why mediation by Pakistan and Qatar deserves recognition. Neither country can impose peace, but together they have created political space where military logic had begun to dominate. …
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24 June
The Middle East Between: De-escalation and Regional Reconfiguration
Dr. Cherkaoui Roudani The history of international relations shows that the most enduring crises do not end when an agreement is signed, but when a new balance of power becomes acceptable to the principal actors involved. The memorandum concluded between the United States and Iran does not yet …
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24 June
Why the United States Needs India’s Democratic AI Model
Dimitra Staikou When Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the G7 summit, the most consequential conversation was not about trade, tariffs, or diplomacy. It was about who will shape the future of artificial intelligence—and whether that future will be defined solely by the United States and China. India …
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24 June
Why Has Turkey Increasingly Positioned Itself Against India?
Hadi Elis The sharp deterioration in relations between Turkey and India over recent years did not emerge overnight. It is the culmination of diverging geopolitical interests, competing regional alignments, and Turkey’s increasingly close strategic partnership with Pakistan. What was once a relatively balanced relationship based on trade, tourism, …
