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At the Ankara Summit, NATO Confronts the Gap Between Its Spending Pledges and Actual Force
As the alliance gathers in Ankara, the central question is whether commitments made a year ago in The Hague can be translated into interceptors, industrial capacity and sustained aid to Ukraine.
Kyiv Buries Its Dead Again as Ballistic Gap Shadows the NATO Table
A second mass strike on Kyiv in under a week killed more than 20 and left every Russian ballistic missile on target, sharpening Ukraine's plea for interceptors as leaders convene.
Beijing Frees Pastor Ezra Jin as Eight Zion Church Leaders Stay Jailed
Pastor Jin Mingri reached Los Angeles on July 4 after nine months in detention, a release Beijing framed as goodwill even as eight Zion Church figures remain imprisoned.
Ankara Silences the Streets as Alliance Leaders Arrive
As NATO leaders converged on Ankara, Turkish police cleared the capital's central square, detaining more than 100 anti-alliance demonstrators in a lockdown that rights groups called a rehearsal for repression.
Sheinbaum Ties Ecuador Detente to Embassy Reckoning, Slowing Any Thaw
President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters that reconciliation with Ecuador cannot be automatic, keeping a two-year rupture rooted in the Quito embassy raid frozen despite Daniel Noboa's overtures.
Storm-Delayed on the Mall, Trump Casts America 250 as a 'Golden Age' Dawn
President Trump used a rain-battered Fourth of July on the National Mall to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, promising a coming 'golden age' after storms pushed his address roughly two hours past its scheduled hour.