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Turkey's Erdoğan Approves Finland's NATO Bid

Turkey's Erdoğan Approves Finland's NATO Bid

On Friday, Turkey's Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved Finland's bid to join NATO — ending nearly a year of impasse after he threatened to veto both Finland and Sweden's application over concerns about their alleged ties to militant groups....

Lockdown Files: Hancock Threatened to Block Disability Funding, Pressured Lawmakers

Lockdown Files: Hancock Threatened to Block Disability Funding, Pressured Lawmakers

Former UK Health Sec. Matt Hancock supported pressuring a Conservative Minister of Parliament, James Daly, if he failed to vote to implement the government's COVID tier system, leaked WhatsApp messages have revealed. The exchange specifically suggests Hancock backed plans to threaten to block fun...

Former Italian PM Conte Investigated Over COVID Response

Former Italian PM Conte Investigated Over COVID Response

Italian prosecutors from Bergamo, a city in the Lombardy province worst hit during the first wave of COVID, are investigating former PM Giuseppe Conte, former health minister Roberto Speranza, and 17 others under suspicion of 'aggravated culpable epidemic' and manslaughter related to their pandem...

Finland Building Fence on Russian Border

Finland Building Fence on Russian Border

On Tuesday, Finland — worried about a surge in Russians fleeing the country — started construction of a 124-mile (200 km), 10-foot (3 m) tall barbed-wire fence along its land border with Russia, covering 'riskier areas' such as border crossings....

Report: US Responsible for Bombing Nord Stream Pipeline

Report: US Responsible for Bombing Nord Stream Pipeline

On Wednesday, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report on his Substack claiming that the US was responsible for bombing the Nord Stream pipelines last year. Hersh cited a source allegedly with “direct knowledge” of the plot....

Turkey's Erdoğan Threatens to Block Sweden's NATO Bid After Quran Burning

Turkey's Erdoğan Threatens to Block Sweden's NATO Bid After Quran Burning

Speaking in televised remarks after a cabinet meeting on Monday, Turkey's Pres

Erdoğan Hints Finland's NATO Bid May Be Accepted Without Sweden

Erdoğan Hints Finland's NATO Bid May Be Accepted Without Sweden

Turkish President Recep Erdoğan stated on Sunday that his government could accept Finland into NATO without ratifying Sweden, citing that Helsinki 'should not make the same mistake' Stockholm did.