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US & Colombia Recall Envoys As Diplomatic Rift Deepens

This past Thursday, the United States and Colombia took major diplomatic measures against each other by both recalling their top envoys from the other country. The sequential actions are a major shock to a bilateral relationship that has a history of cooperation and success. Now, with intra-American diplomacy taking

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By: Atlas

Hezbollah Leader Refuses To Disarm Until Israel Withdraws From Southern Lebanon

Naim Qassem, the new head of Hezbollah, gave a speech in Beirut in which he defiantly rejected appeals from all across the world for his group to disarm. He claimed that the organization will keep its weapons until Israel leaves southern Lebanon totally and maintains the truce that went into

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Trump Threatens Tariffs Up To 70% For A Dozen Non-Compliant Countries

The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump signed “take-it-or-leave-it” tariff letters to a first group of 12 trading partners after talks stalled ahead of the self-imposed July 9 deadline. Copies are scheduled to leave Washington on Monday, July 7; additional batches will follow

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US-Iran Nuclear Talks Begin Again Next Week In Norway - Trump Offers To Talk Directly To Iranian Leadership

The White House has authorized Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oslo as early as next week, aiming to restart nuclear negotiations suspended after the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran’s enrichment sites in June. No firm date is on the books, and

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Trump’s Cornerstone Legislation ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Signed Into Law

President Donald Trump signed the 887-page One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, completing a tax-and-spending package that had cleared the Senate 51-50 on July 1 and the House 217-214 on July 3. The statute makes permanent the individual and corporate

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Clashes In Turkey Over Jailed Cartoon Artist Depicting Muhammad

Turkish police arrested cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan on June 30th after the satirical weekly LeMan printed a drawing widely interpreted as depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Prosecutors applied Article 216 of the penal code, which criminalizes “openly insulting religious values,” and issued warrants for several editors and layout designers linked to the

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Israel Agrees To Ceasefire in Gaza, Trump Calls For Hamas To Accept Terms

Israel has formally accepted the outline of a U-S-brokered 60-day ceasefire with Hamas after weeks of indirect talks in Doha and Cairo. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed the decision to Washington on July 1st, ahead of his White House meeting scheduled for July 7th, telling aides the

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Iran Warns EU Regarding ‘Destructive Approach’ With EU Foreign Policy Chief

A 12-day exchange of Israeli air-strikes and Iranian missile fire in June left more than 700 people dead and set back—but did not destroy—Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. The fighting halted on June 24th under a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, yet diplomatic fallout continues. In parallel,

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Denmark Starts Drafting Women To Supplement Military Need

Denmark’s parliament voted in early June 2025 to extend compulsory military service to women, ending a century-old system that drafted only men and accepted women solely as volunteers. Starting with anyone who turns 18 after July 1, the gender-neutral lottery will determine who fills the annual quota

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Former VP Of Ecuador Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison

Ecuador’s National Court of Justice handed former vice president Jorge Glas, 55, a new 13-year prison term on June 30 for embezzling earthquake-reconstruction funds, bringing his total number of corruption convictions to four and stretching his earliest release date to 2041. Judge Mercedes Caicedo also fined him

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Zelenskyy Signs Decree for Ukraine's Withdrawal From Anti-Landmine Treaty

On June 29, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed into law Decree 441/2025, which formalizes Ukraine’s exit from the Ottowa Convention. This is a treaty which disallows the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of landmines, specifically anti-personnel ones. This decision marks a significant break from earlier versions

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Czech Intelligence: China planned to assassinate Taiwan's vice president in Prague

By: Daniel Murrah, Staff Writer for Atlas In March 2024, Czech military intelligence uncovered what officials described as an "unprecedented" plot orchestrated by Chinese diplomats and intelligence operatives to stage a car crash targeting Taiwan's Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim during her visit to Prague. The

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