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#international-relations

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a pro-Palestinian Lebanese fighter, was released from French incarceration after nearly 40 years and flown to Beirut, Lebanon.

Both countries blame the other for triggering the latest clashes, with Cambodia firing rockets and shells into Thailand, prompting a Thai military response involving F-16 jets.

Iranian state media described the encounter as tense, claiming the USS Fitzgerald attempted a provocative approach towards Iranian territorial waters, which prompted warnings from an Iranian helicopter.

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan approached the brink of a full-scale war, a confrontation that could have become an extinction-level event, with the potential to claim up to 2 billion lives worldwide.

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticized the Occupied Territories Bill, suggesting that Ireland needed to "sober up" and implying that the bill reflects poor diplomatic judgment.

Vice President J.D. Vance has expressed strong concerns regarding the deterioration of free speech and democracy, attributing it to Europe's neo-liberal elites and is noticeably displeased with the UK's actions.

The Home Office is basically going to have to back down, as the US vice-president JD Vance was especially opposed to the UK's demand, which may violate the Cloud Act treaty.

In Gaza, talk of ceasefires, truces and pauses typically ends in tears. The sheer scale and depravity of war crimes and other conflict-zone atrocities is extraordinary.

The upcoming congressional vote on two bills will expedite U.S. arms sales by reducing necessary vetting and possibly omitting congressional notification altogether.

Washington conclusively demonstrated its total unreliability as a diplomatic partner. The lessons of this moment are being metabolized by heads of state across the world, including on the Korean Peninsula.

The Bayeux tapestry's loan mirrors the 1963 Mona Lisa loan, illustrating how art serves as a tool for international diplomacy and cultural relations.

Cory Doctorow coined the term 'enshittification' to describe a cycle in the online economy where platforms exploit users after locking them in with high switching costs.

Francesca Albanese emphasized that the two-day conference in Bogota, attended by 30 nations, is a critical political development for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, marking a shift towards collective action.

Russia's request for better ties with the Taliban is mainly driven by increasing concerns regarding foreign terrorist presence in Afghanistan, particularly from groups like ISIS-K.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is renewing its push towards nuclear disarmament, urging global powers to sign the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty.

The recent peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda is marked by its ambitious goals, aiming to resolve longstanding tensions in the region.

"We need to explore how far, how deep we can go in the Pacific area with other countries," EU competition chief Teresa Ribera said on Bloomberg TV on Monday. "For instance, these conversations that are ongoing with India are quite important," she said, referring to free-trade talks with the South Asian nation expected to be completed by year's end.