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While stopping short of violating its 2015 deal with world powers for now, Iran threatened more action if countries do not shield it from U.S. sanctions.
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Even though NATO has evolved over the years, at 70 it seems to be plagued with crisis
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Italy’s inclusion marks a fundamental shift in China’s grand project
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Luxembourg’s prime minister’s called out homophobia in the Arab world at the Arab League-EU summit
LGBT+ relationships are illegal across most of the Middle East and North Africa