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2 days ago | aljazeera.com | Hanna Duggal

NATO leaders signed a deal to increase defence spending as the annual alliance summit in The Hague drew to a close after two days of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. At the top of the agenda was a big new defence spending target demanded by US President Donald Trump, which will see NATO members spend 5 percent of their economic output on core defence and security.

3 days ago | aljazeera.com | Mohamed Gabobe

Mogadishu, Somalia - Ending the United States' "forever wars" was a major slogan of Donald Trump's 2024 election campaign, during which he and many of his supporters spoke out against American resources and lives being put to waste in conflicts across the globe. But on February 1, a mere 10 days after being inaugurated for a second time, President Trump announced that the US had carried out air strikes targeting senior leadership of ISIL (ISIS) in Somalia.

3 days ago | aljazeera.com | Marium Ali |Hanna Duggal

The decades-long military involvement of the United States in the Middle East expanded once again this week after its warplanes bombed at least three of Iran's nuclear facilities. According to a briefing by US General Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, seven B-2 stealth bombers, each valued at approximately $2.1bn, dropped at least 14 bunker-buster bombs worth millions on Fordow and Natanz.

4 days ago | aljazeera.com | Hanna Duggal

With Israel and the US engaged in an escalating conflict with Iran, Western leaders are using words that sound all too familiar from the lead-up to the Iraq war. "Today, we have the greater power to free a nation by breaking a dangerous and aggressive regime. With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives without directing violence against civilians."That may sound like something said yesterday, following US strikes on Iran. Recommended Stories But it wasn't.

5 days ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal

The United States struck three key nuclear sites in Iran early on Sunday, injecting itself into Israel's war with Iran in a sophisticated mission and prompting fears of military escalation in the Middle East amid Israel's brutal onslaught of Gaza. In a televised address early on Sunday, US President Donald Trump justified the strikes, saying they were aimed at stopping "the nuclear threat" posed by Iran.