World Affairs · August 31, 2026
The parties and minority lawmakers appear able to clear the 80-vote threshold, but parliament has not yet scheduled the decisive votes.
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World Affairs · August 16, 2026
The rare direct meeting in Cairo moved the stalled ceasefire process back into high-level diplomacy, but it did not produce verified disarmament steps or resolve Israel's opposition to the proposed sequence.
Reporting draws on 3 named sources.
World Affairs · August 15, 2026
Ottawa says its measures matched earlier U.S. actions and that it remains ready for intensive negotiations under the North American trade framework.
Reporting draws on 4 named sources.
World Affairs · August 10, 2026
The three-month transition is the clearest redefinition yet of Russia’s military footprint in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Reporting draws on 5 named sources.