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Finnish president says he was 'astonished' that Turkey's President Erdogan suggested he might block Finland's NATO application
Sauli Niinistö suggested that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan privately told just a month ag…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Finland's president initiated phone call with Putin to tell him the country is applying to join NATO
"The conversation was direct and straight-forward and it was conducted without aggravations," Finla…
Katie Balevic
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Finland's president has a message for Russia as it inches closer to joining NATO: 'You caused this'
Sauli Niinisto said on Wednesday if Moscow wonders why Helsinki is moving toward joining NATO then …
Jake Epstein
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Finland officially announces intention to join NATO in historic decision that breaks with decades of neutrality
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin made the announcement at a joint ne…
Joshua Zitser
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Finland's president says he is 'sure' Turkey's Erdogan will eventually back NATO bid
Erdogan has said he will not support NATO bids from Finland and Sweden, citing their support of Kur…
Jake Epstein
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Sweden's prime minister announces that for the first time in decades the country's ruling party supports joining NATO
Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said while none military alignment has served Sweden we…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Russia cuts off energy to Finland as the country's president tells Putin he plans to proceed with NATO bid: report
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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4 out of the 5 EU countries bordering Russia are banning Russian tourists, even if they hold visas for the border-free Schengen zone
The EU banned Russian flights from its airspace over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but Russian trav…
Huileng Tan
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Turkey's President Erdogan signals he'll block Finland and Sweden's NATO applications, claiming they're home to 'terrorist organizations'
Sweden and Finland are expected to apply to join NATO, but all member countries need to agree for t…
Sinéad Baker
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Sweden and Finland announce they'll apply for NATO, defying Russia's threats and ending their historic neutrality
Finland shares an 830-mile border with Russia, and has gone to war with it in the past. Finland and…
John Haltiwanger
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NATO's 2 closest partners are doing some hard thinking about the alliance after Russia's attack on Ukraine
Following Russia's attack on Ukraine, Sweden and Finland are looking to bolster their security, inc…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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Why isn't Ukraine already in NATO? Here's what it takes to join the 30-country alliance
NATO employs an "open door policy" for aspiring European members, but nations have to meet certain …
Erin Snodgrass
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Foreign countries have disputed Trump's comments about weapons sales twice in a week
The State Department gives final approval of any foreign-military sales. When asked about any such …
Christopher Woody
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Trump's decision to end DACA sparks backlash from both sides of the aisle
"To have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest, we cannot admit everyone…
Sonam Sheth
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Trump's latest message to North Korea: 'Talking is not the answer!'
North Korea's latest missile test flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Tuesday mor…
Peter Jacobs
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Trump offered to help Putin put out the wildfires ravaging Siberia
7.4 million acres of Siberian woodland - a patch of land equivalent to the size of Maryland - has s…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Trump blasts Comey's exoneration of Clinton as part of a 'rigged system'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham released a statement on …
Alex Lockie
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As Trump rages about corruption, his State Department has proposed drastically cutting its anticorruption program
Addressing a controversial phone call he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during wh…
Sonam Sheth
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Trump warns North Korea after missile passes over Japan: 'All options are on the table'
"The two leaders agreed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United Stat…
Peter Jacobs,David Choi
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'Putin's downfall': Here are 3 possible outcomes for the Russian regime
Petrov, who was formerly the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center's Society and Regions Program, bel…