Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover – The Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced the government in Baghdad to perform a balancing act that is becoming more difficult by the day. A rocket attack on the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on

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White House, Congress scramble on last-minute deals on Ukraine and US immigration – Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will make his case for more U.S. aid for the war against Russia during meetings in Washington this week, as lawmakers struggle for a deal that would link funding for Kyiv with domestic immigration controls. Zelenskiy has been invited to meetings

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US Climate Activists at COP28 Slam Their Home Country for Hypocrisy – InsideClimate News

Claims by some U.S. lawmakers at COP28 that President Biden’s policies provide global leadership on climate rang hollow with leading American climate activists at the annual conference who faulted the administration for supporting unbridled oil and gas development and for pushing carbon capture as an illusory solution for reducing emissions. 

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Zelenskyy to meet US President Joe Biden, House Speaker as aid stumbles – Al Jazeera English

Ukrainian president will travel to Washington, DC as right-wing Republicans baulk at providing more help to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington, DC on Monday for meetings at the White House and the United States Capitol as right-wing US Republicans resist

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Zelenskyy to meet US President Joe Biden, House Speaker as aid stumbles

Ukrainian president will travel to Washington, DC as right-wing Republicans baulk at providing more help to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington, DC on Monday for meetings at the White House and the United States Capitol as right-wing US Republicans resist

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US will ‘lose face before world’ if it abandons Kyiv, says ex-Ukraine president – The Guardian

Ukraine’s former president Leonid Kuchma has warned that the US “will lose face before the entire world” if it abandons Kyiv, and said mistakes by the west contributed to Vladimir Putin’s all-out invasion last year. In his first interview with a western publication since 2015, Kuchma described Putin as a

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