sovereignty

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Afghan officials have repeatedly denied the accusations from Islamabad, and counter that Pakistan harbours hostile groups and does not respect its sovereignty.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

To excavate biblical Palestine was, in his mind, to restore Jewish sovereignty over the Jewish story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The EU’s executive arm outlined a tech sovereignty package with policies targeting a range of tech infrastructure, from semiconductors to cloud services, data centers and AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

She has decried revelations of the recent participation of CIA officials in a raid on a drug lab in northern Chihuahua state, saying it was a breach of sovereignty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Because of the Treaty of Paris, Washington believed the US had sovereignty over the Ohio Country, a belief that was not shared by the people of the Indigenous nations who lived there.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz