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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s Visit to Washington is an official state visit planned to take place at the White House on 21 July 2026 at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. The visit will mark the first time since 2009 that a Lebanese president has met face to face with a US president at the White House. During the talks, it is expected that the implementation of the framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel on 26 June 2026, the permanent establishment of the ceasefire, t

Aleksandar Vučić (born 5 March 1970, Belgrade) is one of Serbia’s politicians with a legal education. Since the 1990s he has held positions in both the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), which followed a nationalist line, and later in the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), of which he was one of the founders. He has served as both prime minister and president of Serbia and has become one of the most decisive figures in the country’s politics due to his influence over the executive branch and party struc

Sir Tony Blair is a politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Blair, the only leader to win three consecutive general elections as head of the Labour Party, is known for his reforms in education and health, his mediation in the Northern Ireland peace process, and his doctrine of “liberal interventionism” in foreign policy.【1】 Early Life and Political Career Sir Tony Blair was born on 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. His father, a

Steven C. Witkoff (b. 1957, New York, USA) is an American businessman, real estate developer, and diplomat, best known for his special representative roles on critical international files such as the Middle East, Russia–Ukraine War, and Iran nuclear negotiations, where he has served as one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most trusted figures. Early Life and Education Steven Charles Witkoff was born in 1957 in the Bronx district of New York and raised on Long Island. He began his academic career

CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), translated into Turkish as "Amerika'nın Hasımlarıyla Yaptırımlar Yoluyla Mücadele Etme Yasası", is a comprehensive sanctions law adopted by the US Congress in 2017. The law consolidates economic, financial, diplomatic, and defense-related sanctions against Russia, Iran, and North Korea under a single legal framework, establishing a permanent legal basis for US sanctions policy against these countries. Enacted on 2 August 2017 by th

Yahya Bostan (born 1981, Istanbul) is a Turkish journalist and author who serves as Academic and Publications Coordinator at Anadolu Agency and has written on foreign policy for Yeni Şafak. After graduating from Beylerbeyi High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Istanbul Bilgi University and completed his master’s degree at Boğaziçi University’s Atatürk Institute with a thesis on the history of diplomacy. Career Throughout his professional career, Bostan has worked in Istanb

The Australia-India Uranium Export Agreement is an administrative arrangement signed on 9 July 2026 in the city of Melbourne between Australia and India to regulate the export of Australian-origin uranium to India for peaceful purposes. The agreement was signed following talks between the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Melbourne.【1】 The arrangement entered into force under the framework of the Australia-India Nuclear Cooperation Agre

Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962, London) is a British politician and lawyer who led the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and served as Prime Minister. Raised in a working-class family, Starmer practiced human rights law after completing his legal education and served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Holborn and St Pancras constituency in 2015 and succeeded Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party in April 2020,

Hakan Fidan’s Visit to Russia is a two-day official visit by Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, to the capital of the Russian Federation, Moscow, on 16–17 June 2026, at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During the visit, Minister Fidan is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with his Russian counterpart Lavrov and other senior officials. He is also expected to hold meetings with Turkish businesspeople operat

Venezuela's Acting State President Delcy Rodriguez undertook a working visit to Türkiye on 8 June 2026 at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. During the visit, the two leaders held bilateral and delegation-level talks at the Presidential Dolmabahçe Working Office in Istanbul. The talks addressed the development of bilateral relations between Türkiye and Venezuela, particularly in trade, energy, and mining. Background and Organization of the Visit Burhaneddin Duran, Director of the