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The domestic armed threat facing Iran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-07T19:06:22+00:00

External support for ethnic armed groups poses an escalating security threat to Iran, experts and state officials warn.

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Allemagne : Ulrich Siegmund, la tête de liste du parti d’extrême droite AfD, remporte les élections régionales en Saxe-Anhalt

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T19:01:00+00:00

Le parti d’extrême droite Alternative pour l’Allemagne (AfD), fondé en 2013, a enregistré, dimanche 6 septembre, le meilleur résultat de son histoire dans ce Land de l’ancienne Allemagne de l’Est. Une première pour l’extrême droite depuis la seconde guerre mondiale.

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Britain Set to Target Israeli West Bank Settlements With Trade Ban

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-07T18:50:37+00:00

The expected move will be announced on Tuesday, officials said, and underscored Israel’s mounting isolation over its policies toward Palestinians following the war in Gaza.

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Policing minister makes statement on ‘intimidating and thuggish’ anti-migrant protests – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-07T18:49:04+00:00

Sarah Jones tells MPs ‘those responsible should expect to face the consequences’Healey says Andy Burnham set out in his statement to MPs last week what he thought had gone wrongThe fundamentals of our economy [were] hollowed out through a series of past policy decisions, political power was centralised, weakening the relationships between the people, the businesses and the institutions who can make things happen beyond Whitehall. The economic enablers were privatised and outsourced, leaving accountability to a thicket of arm’s length bodies and regulators, too often without the predictability

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UK set to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-07T18:34:37+00:00

Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move likely to draw fierce criticism from US and IsraelEd Miliband will announce what he has described as a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the Palestinian cause.In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, the foreign secretary will impose a UK ban on the trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements. He has also told civil society groups he is determined

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UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-07T18:34:37+00:00

Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move likely to draw fierce criticism from US and IsraelEd Miliband will announce what he has described as a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the Palestinian cause.In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, the foreign secretary will impose a UK ban on the trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements. He has also told civil society groups he is determined

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Por qué AfD es un partido de extrema derecha

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-09-07T18:12:56+00:00

La formación que lidera Alice Weidel está a un paso de hacerse con el Gobierno de Sajonia-Anhalt, uno de los Estados más pobres de Alemania

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Israel’s plan to split the West Bank

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-07T18:11:31+00:00

Israel's E1 plan risks splitting the West Bank in two.

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L’Union européenne promet de resserrer les liens avec le Groenland

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T18:00:02+00:00

Huit mois après les menaces américaines d’annexion du territoire autonome danois, Ursula von der Leyen, présidente de la Commission européenne, s’est rendue à Nuuk, les 6 et 7 septembre. Elle y a présenté une enveloppe de 200 millions d’euros de soutien à l’île.

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L’UE promet de resserrer les liens avec le Groenland

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T18:00:00+00:00

Huit mois après les menaces américaines d’annexion du territoire autonome danois, Ursula von der Leyen, présidente de la Commission européenne, s’est rendue à Nuuk, les 6 et 7 septembre. Elle y a présenté une enveloppe de 200 millions d’euros de soutien à l’île.

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German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-07T17:48:37+00:00

Friedrich Merz said his conservative CDU was shaken ‘to its very foundations’ after far-right victory in Saxony-AnhaltA “shocked” and chastened Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite the far right’s triumph in a state election that has brought anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin politicians within striking distance of power.The German chancellor, appearing ashen-faced in front of reporters in Berlin, said on Monday that the landslide victory by the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt had shaken his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) “to its very foundations”. Cont

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Nauru opens embassy in Jerusalem

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-07T17:36:05+00:00

Pacific island nation Nauru has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the ninth country to do so.

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Nazi-Looted Painting in Real Estate Listing Must Be Returned

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-07T17:31:53+00:00

The 18th-century painting “Portrait of a Lady” was stolen by a high-ranking Nazi in the 1940s. Last year, it surfaced in a real estate listing in Argentina.

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Alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend go on trial in Mexico

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-07T17:29:20+00:00

Three men on trial for killing Jake and Callum Robinson and Jack Carter Rhoad in Baja California in 2024The alleged killers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot in 2024 have gone on trial in the border resort where the three were murdered.The Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were shot dead after being robbed in Mexico’s violence-hit Baja California. Continue reading...

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Gaza: Genocide in Real Time?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-09-07T17:23:01+00:00

B'Tselem Executive Directo

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Pétrole : au Venezuela, l’équation impossible de Washington

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T17:12:01+00:00

Les modalités de l’accord pétrolier conclu entre Washington et Caracas restent floues. La mainmise des Etats-Unis sur les réserves vénézuéliennes ne permettra pas de compenser dans l’immédiat les barils perdus au Moyen-Orient.

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Au Venezuela, les ambitions pétrolières contrariées de Washington

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T17:11:59+00:00

Les modalités de l’accord pétrolier conclu entre Washington et Caracas restent floues. La mainmise des Etats-Unis sur les réserves vénézuéliennes ne permettra pas de compenser dans l’immédiat les barils perdus au Moyen-Orient.

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Au Venezuela, les ambitions pétrolières contrariées des Etats-Unis

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T17:11:59+00:00

Les modalités de l’accord pétrolier conclu entre Washington et Caracas restent floues. La mainmise des Etats-Unis sur les réserves vénézuéliennes ne permettra pas de compenser dans l’immédiat les barils perdus au Moyen-Orient.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : la Finlande inaugure une clôture de 200 kilomètres à sa frontière avec la Russie ; Moscou annonce fermer le consulat d’Allemagne à Saint-Pétersbourg

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-07T17:04:07+00:00

La clôture a été érigée par tronçons le long de la frontière finlandaise avec la Russie, afin de dissuader Moscou d’« instrumentaliser » les migrants pour la déstabiliser. Par ailleurs, la fermeture du consulat allemand à Saint-Pétersbourg survient en réaction à la décision de Berlin de fermer le consulat russe à Bonn et le centre culturel russe de Berlin après la découverte d’un drone chargé d’explosifs à l’aéroport de Leipzig.

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