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Detained shadow tanker Boracay departed from French port and began moving southwest through the Bay of Biscay early Friday - It remains unclear why it was allowed to leave after being raided by French Navy commandos last weekend @safety4sea safety4sea.com/detained-sha...
Detained shadow tanker departs from French port
The Boracay tanker, suspected of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” and already under Western sanctions, has departed from its
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(29-9) Spain bans transit of US arms shipments to Israel via bases Rota in Cádiz and Moron near Sevilla -'Rota and Moron are not a backdoor,' sources familiar with functioning of US-Spain Joint Committee confirm (Il Pais) v.aa.com.tr/3702031
Spain bans transit of US arms shipments to Israel via Rota, Moron bases
'Rota and Moron are not a backdoor,' sources familiar with functioning of US-Spain Joint Committee confirm - Anadolu Ajansı
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Sinai in the eye of the storm: Egypt's military build-up strains Camp David limits - Israel's war on Gaza and Cairo's bid to pre-empt a forced Palestinian displacement may be pushing Egypt toward redefining sovereignty in Sinai thecradle.co/articles-id/...
Sinai in the eye of the storm: Egypt's military build-up strains Camp David limits
Israel's war on Gaza and Cairo's bid to pre-empt a forced Palestinian displacement may be pushing Egypt toward redefining sovereignty in Sinai.
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Protests erupt worldwide against Israeli attack on Global Sumud Flotilla - Demonstrations broke out in Greece, Spain, Sweden and Belgium, large rallies took place in Italy, where the largest trade unions announced a general strike for 3 October
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Protests erupt worldwide against Israeli attack on Global Sumud Flotilla
Strikes, blockades, and rallies spread across multiple continents as unions, students, and activists voiced solidarity with the aid fleet
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Pentagon scales back military mission in Iraq - Under the plan, the US and its coalition allies will focus on combating ISIS remnants in Syria and shift most of their personnel to Iraq's Kurdistan - US forces in Iraq will number 2,000, most in Erbil www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Pentagon says Iraq mission being scaled back
The Pentagon recommitted itself in a statement on Tuesday to scaling back its military mission in Iraq, a process that a U.S. official said will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of Islamic State inside its own country.
www.reuters.com
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As the US military hands over the bulk of its counterterrorism mission in Iraq to Baghdad, a parallel drawdown of American troops in Syria has been on pause amid concerns about the country’s stability under the new Islamist-led government in Damascus www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
US troop drawdown in Syria on hold over regime stability concerns
While American troops in Iraq hand over operations against the Islamic State to Baghdad's forces, the parallel drawdown in neighboring Syria has been halted amid concerns about the abilities of the ne...
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"Privately, government officials have expressed worries about the prospect of a 'Franz Ferdinand moment,' where a sudden escalation threatens to drag the continent into conflict, like the 1914 assassination of the archduke that triggered World War I" www.politico.eu/article/lead...
Leaders press to reshape EU under Putin’s aggressive shadow
Wednesday’s Copenhagen summit is a step toward turning the EU into a military power. But the bloc isn’t united and the risks are great.
www.politico.eu
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SPD-stichting probeert de paniek bij de Europese NAVO-leden tot bedaren te brengen - Militair is er niet veel aan de hand, de politieke reakties zijn volkomen overtrokken www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus... @IPGJournal
Cool bleiben
Europas militärische Antwort auf Putins Luftprovokationen zeigt: Die Verteidigung steht. Also wäre mehr Gelassenheit durchaus angesagt.
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EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause - EU's top court ruled the deal breached principle of self-determination - “In the end, it’s just a rerun of the previous deal (..) with weaker wording to keep Rabat happy” www.euractiv.com/news/eu-scra...
EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause | Euractiv
After the EU's top court ruled that the deal breached the principle of self-determination, Brussels was given 12 months to comply
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Microsoft terminated Israeli military’s access to Azure cloud technology that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls - The repository of intercepted calls – 8,000 terabytes of data – was held in a datacentre in the Netherlands (Middenmeer) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
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CSIS: Washington lacks a military plan for deterring Beijing - The Pentagon has not yet developed an equivalent of the so-called AirLand Battle concept that U.S. leaders established in the 1970s to defeat the Soviet Union in central Europe (Seth G. Jones) www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Pentagon’s Missing China Strategy
Washington still lacks a credible military plan for deterring Beijing.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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De NAVO schroeft de bescherming van haar oostgrens met Rusland mogelijk op van bewaking tot verddiging zegt admiraal Cavo Dragone (Militair Comité) - Letland en Estland zijn in gesprek over de komst van NAVO F-35 vliegtuigen die atoomwapens kunnen afvuren www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categ...
NAVO onderzoekt sturen F-35's met kernwapens naar Baltische Staten
De NAVO schroeft de bescherming van haar grens met Rusland mogelijk op van bewaking naar verdediging, zegt de hoogste militair van het bondgenootschap. Dat is "een van de opties" als nader onderzoek n...
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Italy's defence minister condems drone attack on flotilla trying to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid - Crosetto ordered an Italian Navy frigate to head towards the 52 boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) off the coast of Crete www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy condemns 'attack' on Gaza aid flotilla and deploys frigate
Italy's defence minister directs a navy vessel to assist the flotilla's boats after what he says was a drone attack by unidentified perpetrators off Crete.
www.bbc.com
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Kom woensdag 24 september naar het Spui voor het 81e vredesprotest!
Op woensdag 24 september houden we als Stop de Oorlog Amsterdam onze 81e vredesactie 18.00 uur op het Spui.
De sprekers zijn Tofik Dibi, lijsttrekker van BIJ1 en Miko Kok van de ASVA www.stopdeoorlogamsterdam.nl
Stop de Oorlog
Vredesactie Stop de oorlog Amsterdam met Tofik Dibi (BIJ1) en Miko Kok (UvA) woensdag 24 september 2025 18 uur op het Spui tegen meer dan 3 jaar oorlog in Oekraïne. Sprekers, dichters, muziek en twee ...
www.stopdeoorlogamsterdam.nl
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Egyptian armed forces have been on full alert at the border with Gaza since the start of latest Israeli offensive in Gaza City, anticipating a mass influx of Palestinian refugees to the enclave’s south www.newarab.com/news/egypt-h...
Egypt on high alert on Gaza border, fearing Palestinian exodus
Egypt is imagining worst case scenarios where thousands of Palestinians would flee to northern Sinai after being forced out of Gaza by the Israeli military
www.newarab.com
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6/ As this aeronautical chart shows, Vaindloo is just within the St Petersburg Flight Information Region (FIR). However, the Estonia-Russia demarcation line takes a detour to the north, around Vaindloo. Estonian airspace south of the line from Vaindloo to Narva is restricted.