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IMF Chief Says Economy Weathered Hormuz Shock Better Than Feared, but Risks Remain
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva described the global economy as a “storm-tossed vessel” on…
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US Hits Iranian Rocket Launchers on Larak Island as Iran Retaliates and Oil Climbs
Washington, March 15 — The United States launched targeted strikes on Iranian rocket launchers in the Gulf, marking…
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Bessent Says U.S. Will Sanction Another Bank in Iran Pressure Campaign
AUGUST 31 — Washington, DC — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans to sanction an additional Iranian…
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Netanyahu Condemns Settler Attacks on Qusra and Jalud in the West Bank
Jerusalem, August 29 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denounced recent settler violence in the West Bank on…
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Six Months Into the Iran War, Sanctions Bite but Tehran Holds On
Manila, August 28 — Six months after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on…
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Six Months On, Iran Is Still Standing, but Survival Is Becoming More Costly
Manila, August 28 — Six months after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on…
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Iran Proposes Military Vessel Ban in Strait of Hormuz Talks With Oman
August 29 — Dubai Iran and Oman have reached a potential arrangement to manage commercial shipping through the…
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Jerusalem Post Column Argues Bankrupting Iran Would Beat More Bombing
On August 23, 2026, the focus of the conflict between the United States and Iran has shifted from…
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Pakistan’s army chief to visit Tehran on Monday
The city of Cairo, August 23 — Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, is set to visit Tehran on…
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Myanmar military airstrike kills 14 at Buddhist monastery: reports
Mandalay, August 22 — A military airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in central Myanmar has left 14 people…
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Iran, US keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions
Tehran condemned the United States’ plans to announce new sanctions that could further strain Iran’s already struggling economy,…
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US Tells Citizens to Be Ready to Leave Middle East as Reports Say Trump Ordered New Iran Strikes
WASHINGTON D.C., August 1 — President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered military strikes against Iranian targets, an action…
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The 1980s Tanker War in the Gulf and Its Lessons for US Navy Escorts Today
DUBAI, July 31 — The Iran-Iraq War, a protracted and devastating conflict spanning much of the 1980s, left…
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UN Experts Say Boeings Tied to US Army Veteran Flew Weapons for Sudan’s RSF
WASHINGTON, July 16 — A Reuters investigation published in 2024 has revealed that companies controlled by a U.S.…
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Drone Attacks Hit Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq as Trump’s Pause on Iran Strikes Tested
RIYADH, July 28 — The drone attacks that struck Saudi Arabia and Jordan on November 2, 2024 have…
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Cheap Drones Overwhelm Costly Air Defenses in New Asymmetric Warfare
JERUSALEM, July 28, 2026 — The battlefield arithmetic of modern drone warfare has become a stark numbers game,…
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What the Revolutionary Guard Is: Iran’s Parallel Army, Its Size and Its Reach
TEHRAN, July 19 — For communities across Asia watching the shifting currents of Middle Eastern power, one institution…
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Iranian Attacks on Kuwait Power, Water Plants Enter Fourth Day
KUWAIT CITY, July 21 — For the fourth straight day, Iranian strikes have hammered Kuwait’s power and desalination…
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After Soleimani’s killing, Qaani inherited a Quds Force facing setbacks in Syria and Iraq
TEHRAN, July 21 — Six years after a U.S. drone strike killed Major General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad…
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Iran Executed at Least 972 People in 2024, Amnesty Reports
TEHRAN, July 21 — For communities across Asia watching the rule of law in the region, Iran’s use…
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Ten years after the 2016 South China Sea ruling, Manila and Beijing still dispute it
THE HAGUE, July 20 — The Permanent Court of Arbitration’s 2016 ruling on the South China Sea remains…
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IRGC-linked media outlet sanctioned for human rights abuses
TEHRAN, Jul 19 — Tasnim News Agency, the Iranian semi-official outlet long tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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Liberia’s EPA Gets a Permanent Home After Sixteen Years of Rent
MONROVIA, July 17 — Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the government body tasked with safeguarding the country’s environment…
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Ukrainian public outcry follows minister’s dismissal amid war
KYIV, March 22 — Against the backdrop of a nation at war, a single dismissal has reignited the…
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