Carol J Williams

Live updates: Iran’s ‘potential new leadership’ open to US talks, Trump is ‘eventually’ willing, AP source says A senior White House official says that “new potential leadership” in Iran has suggested they are open to talks with the U.S. The official said Trump says he is “eventually” willing to talk.

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Trump’s Iran Gamble How the latest strikes risk opening a Pandora’s box in the Gulf.

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Iran vows ‘no leniency’ as it launches reprisal attacks on Israel and US air bases Tehran says strikes on country, which targeted key leaders and have killed at least 40 children, breach UN charter

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Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government

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Live updates: US and Israel launch attack on Iran The U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said the Iranian public should “take over" their government. The first strikes appeared to target Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al...

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Deadly shooting in Cuban waters highlights obsessions with counter-revolution as US pressure mounts Word from the Cuban government of a deadly encounter between its troops and a boat carrying armed expatriates is casting a spotlight on Cubans living in the U.S. who still harbor aspirations of a coun...

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Live updates: US, Israel attack Iran in ‘preemptive strike,’ Trump posts video on Truth Social | CNN President Donald Trump described the military campaign in Iran as “massive and ongoing.” Follow for live updates

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World Briefing by CJ Williams: Danish PM calls early election to solidify parliamentary bloc defending Greenland and Denmark sovereignty, Hungary PM Orban blocking release of EU 90-bln euro loan to Ukraine amid Russian destruction of energy grid @cjwblue.bsky.social

After tense US-Greenland standoff, Denmark calls an early election Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced that the Scandinavian country will hold a parliamentary election on March 24.

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Israeli attacks on police sites kill six in southern, central Gaza Hamas says latest attacks show Israel's 'blatant disregard for the efforts of mediators' and 'the Peace Council'.

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Canada's Carney visits India to boost trade, mend ties on latest 'middle powers' trip Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Mumbai on Friday on his first official visit to India, hoping to reset the sometimes fractious relationship with the world's most populous country as he ...

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‘Nobody understands’ Hungary's Orbán, Estonian PM says Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal criticised the Hungarian premier for blocking a €90 billion loan that had been approved by all 27 EU member states in December and was intended to cover Ukraine’...

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How a Call From Trump Ignited a Bitter Feud Between Two U.S. Allies

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Sweden intercepts suspected Russian drone during visit by French aircraft carrier Officials say that the Swedish military has intercepted a suspected Russian drone off the south of the country as a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö.

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‘Open war’: Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban claim major casualties Both sides say Pakistan has bombed targets in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia in an escalation of recent tit-for-tat attacks.

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China Is Winning by Waiting How Beijing turns predictability into power.

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World Briefing by CJ Williams: How Putin sold Trump a false narrative on his staggering war in Ukraine to halt US military aid to Kyiv, polls show Americans concerned about Iran nuclear ambitions but don't trust Trump's judgment on use of force @cjwblue.bsky.social

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South Korea relaunches truth commission with focus on adoption fraud South Korea has relaunched a fact-finding commission into its past human rights violations, with a key focus on the extensive fraud and malfeasance that corrupted the nation’s historic foreign adoptio...

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What Americans think about Trump's judgment on military force as Iran talks resume: new AP-NORC poll A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, many U.S. adults continue to view Iran’s nuclear program as a threat.

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Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to infiltrate the country Cuba says the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.

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The Danes Haven't Forgotten Greenland
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Taking the Pulse: Can European Defense Survive the Death of FCAS? France and Germany’s failure to agree on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) raises questions about European defense. Amid industrial rivalries and competing strategic cultures, what does the future o...

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America the Predatory Hegemon A Conversation With Stephen M. Walt

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How Putin Sold a False Win in Ukraine to Trump Eight thinkers on four years of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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Donald Trump’s unworthy state of the union An address not fit for America’s 250th birthday

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World Briefing by CJ Williams: Ukrainians face fifth year of Putin's staggering war defiant of his conquest aims and determined to turn the war back on Russia, foreign policy experts predict Trump's threatened attack on Iran would lead to a quagmire @cjwblue.bsky.social

US women's gold medal-winning team declines invitation from Trump to attend State of Union address The U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence | CNN Mexican security forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes in a high-stakes operation on Sunday that set off a spiral of violence and chaos.

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These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace

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