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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

Francesco FONTEMAGGI

France's newly appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (R), flanked by outgoing Prime Minister Michel Barnier, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on December 13, 2024. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
December 13, 2024, 9:54 pm
Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s fourth prime minister of 2024
Amid months of political crisis, Bayrou becomes 6th prime minister under French president’s mandate; Macron had apparently been leaning toward naming defense minister to role
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI, Stuart Williams and Anna SMOLCHENKO
French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, and his wife Brigitte Macron, third right, visit the restored interiors of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Nov.29, 2024 in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 29, 2024, 8:14 pm
France shows off Notre Dame after ‘impossible’ restoration following devastating fire
Visiting the cathedral, Macron tells workers they healed ‘national wound’ with renovation work costing hundreds of millions of euros after 2019 blaze
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
US President Joe Biden (left) and Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (Collage, AP)
June 10, 2022, 9:59 pm
Iran’s nuclear tactics push Biden further from elusive JCPOA revival
IAEA censure of Islamic Republic gives opponents of return to agreement even more ammunition, while angering Iran, which responds by shutting off 27 cameras at its nuclear sites
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
This combination of pictures shows US President Joe Biden, left, speaking at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021; and Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his annual press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2019. (Jim Watson and Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
March 8, 2022, 6:07 pm
US hopes to assist Ukraine without provoking ‘World War III’
Washington officials say Moscow’s firepower should not be ‘underestimated’ as suffering in Ukraine ‘likely to get worse before it gets better’
By Sylvie LANTEAUME and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks at a press conference on the final day of the G7 foreign ministers summit in Liverpool, north-west England on December 12, 2021. (Jon Super / POOL / AFP)
December 12, 2021, 3:24 pm
UK minister: Iranians have a ‘last chance’ to be serious about saving nuclear deal
British foreign minister says time running out as G7 conference issues strong warning to Tehran, tells Russia there will be ‘massive consequences’ to an invasion of Ukraine
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
November 24, 2021, 6:50 am
Biden invites Israel to global democracy summit, snubbing Egypt, Jordan, Turkey
US also extends invitation to Taiwan, Brazil and Poland, but not to China, Russia or Hungary, with 110 countries slated to participate in virtual conference
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
Taliban fighter (C) is seen surrounded by locals at Pul-e-Khumri on August 11, 2021 after Taliban captured Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province about 200 kms north of Kabul. (AFP)
August 12, 2021, 4:50 am
US frustration mounts over Afghan failure to blunt Taliban’s advance
Biden officials privately expressing surprise over how easily Islamist militia is sweeping through several key cities after US spent billions to train and equip country’s army
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI and Paul Handley
Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran, poses for a picture during an interview with AFP in Washington, DC, on August 3, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
August 4, 2021, 4:48 am
Shah’s son urges West to drive ‘nail in coffin’ of Iran clerical state
Reza Pahlavi urges US, Europe to keep up pressure on ‘fragile regime’ in Tehran, particularly after election of hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as president
By Shaun Tandon and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
Then-senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner, attending a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
December 13, 2020, 5:07 am
Jared Kushner scores late-term wins for Israel, upending expections
President’s son-in-law was widely mocked in the US but made historic breakthroughs in the Middle East, with four Arab countries recognizing the Jewish state within months
By Shaun Tandon and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prepares to board his plane at the Old Doha International airport in the Qatari capital Doha, on November 21, 2020. (Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)
November 22, 2020, 3:05 am
Pompeo meets Taliban and Afghani negotiators in Qatar
Top US diplomat urges sides to speed up talks; no breakthrough in negotiations, but official says a break in the deadlock is ‘very close’
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a security briefing on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights, near Merom Golan on the border with Syria, on November 19, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP)
November 21, 2020, 6:06 pm
Pompeo’s curious farewell tour marked by abundance of symbolism… and silence
US secretary of state nears end of lengthy trip advancing and highlighting foreign policy moves, particularly on Israel, on behalf of a president who has lost but won’t concede
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs a meeting with members of the UN Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal at the United Nation in New York, August 20, 2020. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)
September 20, 2020, 3:45 am
Defying UN, Washington unilaterally asserts sanctions on Iran are back in effect
Pompeo vows Trump administration will ‘impose consequences’ on any state violating ‘snapback’ sanctions to ensure Tehran ‘does not reap the benefits of UN-prohibited activity’
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI and Philippe RATER
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 25, 2020, 8:33 am
Is Pompeo’s Middle East trip diplomacy or a show for US voters?
Critics call US secretary of state’s sojourn a violation of the Hatch Act, which bans officials from engaging in electoral politics while undertaking official duties
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
Former US vice president Joe Biden listens as California Senator Kamala Harris speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
August 4, 2020, 8:39 am
Biden’s VP pick: A shrinking list of leading contenders
Presumptive Democratic nominee has pledged to select a female running mate, with several US lawmakers and Obama’s ex-national security adviser seen as favorites
By Elodie Cuzin and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference about the end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters, in Brussels, on August 2, 2019 (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
August 2, 2019, 7:58 pm
NATO says no to new ‘arms race’ as US, Russia rip up weapons treaty
But alliance chief also places blame for demise of INF treaty on Moscow, expresses support for Washington
By Susan Stumme, Anna SMOLCHENKO and Francesco FONTEMAGGI
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