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EU urges restraint as US joins Israel-Iran conflict
Punch
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June 22, 2025
The European Union on Sunday called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations after the United States joined Israel’s war with Iran by striking Iranian nuclear sites. Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Iran on June 13....
EU Urges Restraint Following US Strike on Iran
Kyiv Post
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June 22, 2025
The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Sunday called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations after the United States joined Israel’s war with Iran by striking the country’s nuclear sites. Kallas said that Iran must not be allowed...
Muslim world to Russia, China and UK. Who stands where on US strikes on Iran
Financial Express
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The United States’ decision to launch targeted strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities has triggered a wave of international reactions, with Israel hailing the move while several nations, the United Nations, and regional powers voiced alarm over...
Europeans seek ‘digital sovereignty’ as they reject US tech firms
InnovationAus
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June 22, 2025
At a market stall in Berlin run by charity Topio, volunteers help people who want to purge their phones of the influence of US tech firms. Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the queue for their services has grown. Interest in European-based...
US Bunker Busters busted the cliché that the World is Multipolar
Dispatch News Desk Pakistan
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June 22, 2025
Agha Iqrar Haroon The US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and entering into the Iran-Israel war has busted the myth that the global dynamics have changed and the world is now multipolar. The US Bunker Busters have busted the cliché that China...
China Eastern Airlines announces world’s longest one-stop flight from Shanghai to Buenos Aires via Auckland
FTN News
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June 22, 2025
China Eastern Airlines has announced an ambitious new long-haul route, connecting Shanghai Pudong to Buenos Aires Ezeiza, with a stopover in Auckland, New Zealand. It will be the first route linking Shanghai and South America and the only air...
European giants struggle to win over Indian car buyers — What’s holding them back?
Financial Express
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European carmakers Renault, Volkswagen, and Skoda continue to face declining sales in India amid tough competition, tax challenges, and shifting consumer preferences towards compact SUVs and alternative fuel vehicles. Despite years of presence in...
US Strikes Iran, Tehran Warns of “Everlasting Consequences”
Al Manar
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June 22, 2025
US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday it had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes overnight, in a major new escalation of the confrontation with the Zionist entity, as the Islamic Republic warned of “everlasting consequences.”...
European Defence Delusion: The EU Talks Strategy, But NATO Still Pays the Bills
EUToday
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June 22, 2025
15 That is the current NATO guideline for defence spending as a share of GDP, and for most European Union member states, it remains as elusive as ever. Despite the war raging on Europe’s doorstep and the repeated admonishments from Washington, a...
EU says Iran must not have 'nuclear weapon' after US strikes
Middle East Eye
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June 22, 2025
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, has warned that Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, calling it a threat to international security. In a post on X on Sunday, Kallas urged all parties to...
US strikes on Iran LIVE | ‘Op Midnight Hammer’ took months of preparation, says US Defence Secy Hegseth
The Print
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June 22, 2025
New Delhi: The US has announced it bombed and “completely and fully” obliterated three key Iranian nuclear facilities, joining Israel’s war in the early hours of Sunday. US President Donald Trump first announced the military action on Fordow,...
EU urges 'all sides to step back' after US strikes Iran
The Peninsula
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June 22, 2025
Brussels, Belgium: The European Union on Sunday called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations after the United States joined Israel's war with Iran by striking Iranian nuclear sites. Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on...
US strikes on Iran an ‘extraordinarily dangerous escalation’ – Irish minister
Express & Star
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June 22, 2025
The US strikes on Iran represent an “extraordinarily dangerous escalation” of the conflict in the Middle East, the Irish foreign affairs minister has said. Simon Harris, who is also Ireland’s deputy premier, said an escalation in the “tinderbox”...
Europe’s leaders call for talks, but Iran says diplomacy’s been blown away
Euronews
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Published on 22/06/2025 - 14:16 GMT+2 European leaders responded variously with caution and concern to news of the massive US air strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but they all called for a return to the negotiating table, despite Iran claiming...
US attacks 3 main nuclear sites in Iran, widening conflict
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) — American bombers struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites overnight, putting the US directly into Tehran’s war with Israel despite President Donald Trump’s longtime promises to avoid new conflicts. Most Read from Bloomberg Addressing...
EU-funded project developing tool to boost food production
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 22, 2025
A Horizon Europe project funded by the European Union, PrAEctice, is developing a technological tool to improve farming practices in Sub-Saharan African countries. During a workshop held in Lagos in June, themed “Research to Commercialisation:...
US airport privatisation: Can airports in the US be assessed by their ownership criteria?
Routes
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In the US, and as is well recognised now, the original Airport Privatisation Pilot Programme produced no discernible result - with only one small airport leased, and that quickly returned to public sector control. Until 2013 that is, when Puerto...
EU repeats plea for diplomacy after US bombs Iran
EurActiv
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June 22, 2025
The EU reiterated its call for a diplomatic solution to the war between Israel and Iran, after the US bombed three key Iranian nuclear sites. "I urge all sides to step back, return to the negotiating table and prevent further escalation," the...
EU diplomacy chief urges Iran, Israel, US to return to negotiating table
TASS
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June 22, 2025
BRUSSELS, June 22. /TASS/. The European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas has urged not to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, and called on Iran, Israel and the US to return to the negotiating table. "Iran must...
EU diplomacy calls for dialogue after US attack on Iranian nuclear sites
IPN
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June 22, 2025
Moldova’s Sovereignty Day will be marked on Monday, June 23, in Chisinau, with a march organized by the authorities at the initiative of the country’s president, Maia Sandu, as well as a rally announced by the leadership of the Socialist Party,...