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UN Secretary-General calls for end to war in Sudan that is ‘spiralling out of control’
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UN Secretary-General calls for end to war in Sudan that is ‘spiralling out of control’

6 November 2025
The United Nations Secretary-General has warned that the war in Sudan is “spiralling out of control” after a paramilitary force seized the besieged and famine-stricken Darfur city of el-Fasher. Speaking in Qatar during the opening of the World Summit for Social Development on 4th November, Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the two-year conflict that has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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Rubio plans to visit all five Central Asian countries as Trump hosts their leaders in Washington
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Rubio plans to visit all five Central Asian countries as Trump hosts their leaders in Washington

6 November 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday 5th November that he planned to visit the five Central Asian countries in the coming year, as he met their foreign ministers as part of a Trump administration charm offensive aimed at the resource-rich region. The presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are set to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on 6th November for talks that are likely to include discussions of rare earths minerals and other resources in the Central Asian nations.
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Biden and Putin agree that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought".
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Biden and Putin agree that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought".

17 June 2021
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have committed to nuclear arms control and reaffirmed that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The leaders' first in-person meeting since Biden became president took place at a lakeside villa in Geneva on Wednesday, 16 June.
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NATO identifies China as a "systematic challenge"
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NATO identifies China as a "systematic challenge"

15 June 2021
The leaders of NATO countries, representing thirty member states in Europe and North America, have identified China as a “systematic challenge” and promised to work together to address this. NATO leaders reaffirmed the Alliance’s dual-track approach of defence and dialogue towards Russia. They also pledged to continue to support NATO partners Ukraine and Georgia, bringing them closer to the Alliance.
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Opinion: Indo-European rapprochement and the competing geopolitics of infrastructure
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Opinion: Indo-European rapprochement and the competing geopolitics of infrastructure

15 June 2021
With the geopolitical focus shifting towards the Indo-Pacific region and China's growing assertiveness, Indo-European relations become increasingly important. In this op-ed for commonspace.eu, Alex Petrosyan looks at how the EU and India are taking their co-operation to a higher level with the Connectivity Partnership launched in May, and why even closer relations are necessary.
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G7 leaders call for "a cleaner, greener, freer, fairer and safer future for our people and planet"
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G7 leaders call for "a cleaner, greener, freer, fairer and safer future for our people and planet"

14 June 2021
"We look forward to working alongside our G20 partners and with all relevant International Organisations to secure a cleaner, greener, freer, fairer and safer future for our people and planet". This was stated by the leaders of the G7 countries when they ended their meeting in Cornwall in England on Sunday (13 June).
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G7 leaders meet in Cornwall to discuss the main issues of our time
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G7 leaders meet in Cornwall to discuss the main issues of our time

12 June 2021
G7 leaders met in Cornwall, in the South of England on Friday (11 June) to discuss the main issues of our time.  They are later today expected to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated in a declaration that sets out a series of measures intended to achieve this.
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The special relationship
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The special relationship

10 June 2021
The special relationship between the US and the UK was reaffirmed today at a meeting of US President Joe Biden and the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, ahead of the G7 summit starting Friday in Cornwall. After the talks Johnson said there is “so much” the US presidential team want to do together with the UK, including security, NATO and climate change.
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