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Turkey closes its airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria’s war

Turkey closed its airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria, a significant shift in Turkish policy aimed at increasing the cost of the war in Ukraine for Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service

Turkish Air Space Closed to Planes Carrying Troops from Russia to Syria

Turkish air space has been closed to military and civilian planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria after consultation with Moscow, Turkey's state broadcaster TRT Haber cited Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying on Saturday. NATO member Turkey has good relations with both Russia and Ukraine and has sought to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

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Germany must support Ukraine without endangering its own security - minister

Germany must do everything in its power to help Ukraine win the war against Russia but without endangering its own security and NATO's defence capability, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Saturday.

Reuters

Who is Marine Le Pen? French far-right leader into run-off election with Emmanuel Macron

Le Pen is known for pursuing policies targeting Muslims and foreign immigrants

The Independent UK

Explainer-Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West

The French will decide on Sunday whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream consensus in favour of far-right Marine Le Pen.

Reuters

Russia Beefs up Forces in Eastern Mediterranean

Russia had reinforced its military capacity in the Mediterranean before invading Ukraine on February 24, military observers said. Thibault Lavernhe, regional communication officer of the French army in the Mediterranean, said Russia has doubled, if not tripled, its military capacity in the area in terms of destroyers, frigates and submarines.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters third month

Russia heads into the third month of its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday with no end in sight to fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

Reuters

India has own problems, China fears Quad: Biden

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping once told him that he was strengthening Quad against China. China, which has territorial disputes with many countries in the strategic Indo-Pacific region, has been vehemently opposing the Quad alliance since its formation.

The Times of India

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Deadly Russian strikes hit Odesa

Ukraine news from April 23: Russian forces fire at least six cruise missiles at the strategic Black Sea port.

Al Jazeera

Seeking the big picture on Ukraine, and why the truth matters here

Jacques F. Baud: Swiss analyst, ex-NATO, UN, on Ukraine

Newcastle Herald

Vladimir Putin's nightmare scenario looks more likely as Finland and Sweden consider NATO membership

A seismic shift has taken place in Finland since the invasion of Ukraine, which could lead to it possibly joining NATO. It would deliver a significant blow to the Russian President by potentially bringing the West right to his doorstep.

ABC News

Scholz Says Top Priority Is Avoiding NATO Confrontation with Russia

NATO must avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia that could lead to a third world war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with Der Spiegel when asked about Germany's failure to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine. Scholz is facing growing criticism at home and abroad for his…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Latest blow for troubled £5.5bn Army vehicles as just five of 27 problems fixed

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey forced the information about the Ajax fiasco out of the Ministry of Defence as Vladimir Putin's forces continue their Ukraine invasion

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The Independent UK

Trump boasts he told Nato members he wouldn’t protect them from Russia

Former president called the threat a ‘negotiation tactic’

Reuters

Scholz says top priority is avoiding NATO confrontation with Russia

Reuters

Lithuania's president calls for more NATO troops

NATO should increase its deployment of troops in Lithuania and elsewhere on Europe's eastern flank following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania's president told Germany's foreign minister during a meeting in Vilnius on Friday.

Bristol Post

Last B-52 bombers leave Fairford but they'll soon be used for 'huge arctic NATO exercise'

Shortly before their departure, the B-52s stationed at Fairford celebrated the 70th anniversary of the strategic bomber's first flight

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The Conversation

Why the war in Ukraine is pushing the Doomsday Clock’s hands closer to midnight

The so-called Doomsday Clock, created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to measure the imminent risk of nuclear conflagration, has been at 100 seconds to midnight since 2020. It’s now looking increasingly out of time with current events.

Reuters

Canada would be supportive of Sweden and Finland joining NATO -PM Trudeau

Canada would support including Sweden and Finland in the NATO military alliance, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted both countries to consider joining.

Newcastle Herald

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Bangkok Post

Ukraine-Russia war's nuclear end-game

Last Sunday Vladimir Soloviev, the anchor of Russia's most popular current affairs show, Sunday Evening, was delivering his usual all-is-going-splendidly take on the war in Ukraine when he suddenly went off-piste. The United Kingdom, he suggested, is planning to use nukes against the Russian forces in Ukraine.

ABC News

Emmanuel Macron may be the de facto leader of Europe, but could he lose the French presidency to rival Marine Le Pen?

Emmanuel Macron's status as Europe's de facto leader, which has been cemented by the current crisis in Ukraine, certainly aligns with his ambitions. But could it cost him the French presidency?

The Guardian - UK

Prospect of Russia using nuclear arms in Ukraine fuels Finland’s Nato debate

Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto says Finns ‘on the streets’ are concerned with nuclear question

The Conversation

Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

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