Rutte and Polish officials cheer Trump’s U-turn on NATO troops in Europe – POLITICO
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Niger and Algeria signaled a new diplomatic phase after talks in Algiers, with the military-led Nigerien authorities and Algerian President Tebboune announcing a “new dynamic” and a planned Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline from Algeria to Nigeria, via Niger. Key details: - Meeting between General Abdourahamane Tiani (Niger) and President Tebboune in Algiers; commitment to a 4,000 km gas pipeline project and broader cooperation. - Tebboune described an end to a period of chilliness;
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Zelenskyy’s Gabala Visit Upgrades Ukraine–Azerbaijan Bilateral Relations
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