• US Formally Removes Turkey from F-35 Programme
• Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey Urge Taliban to Commit to Afghan Peace Talks
• Strategic Competition Act Further Pushes China-US ties Toward Confrontation
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• Pakistan Reached Boiling Point
• Turkey is Strongest Maritime Force in the Region
This week US President Joe Biden announced that he will not reverse his predecessor’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan but will delay it until 11 September 2021, which marks 20 years after the 9/11 attacks that were the excuse for the invasion of Afghanistan. Officially, the US claims to have only 2,500 troops in Afghanistan and will now begin to withdraw on 1 May, rather than ending the withdrawal by 1 May as committed by President Trump...
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US Warns China against Aggressive Moves in Contested South China Sea
India, Pakistan Foreign Ministers in UAE
Uncertainty Surrounds US Pullout from Afghanistan
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Lebanon Economic Crisis
The Jewish Entity’s Attack on Iran
France Bans Islam on University Campuses
Biden Commissions Study to Rebalance the US Supreme Court
Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia, Jordan, Turkey
