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How NATO Has Backed Ukraine Since 2022: Funding Pledges, a Training Command and No Invitation
BRUSSELS, July 15 — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, born from the aftermath of World War II and…
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Four Years of Western Sanctions on Russia: $300 Billion Frozen, Economy Adapting
MOSCOW, July 15 — The economic impact of Western sanctions on Russia has produced a mixed record of…
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Amazon’s Satellite Internet Effort: From 2023 Prototypes to 1,000 Satellites Built
MANILA, July 15 — Two years after Amazon launched its first prototype satellites, the company’s Project Kuiper is…
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Omar Torrijos and Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal treaties in 1977
PANAMA CITY, July 15 — The legacy of Omar Torrijos, the Panamanian military leader who negotiated the return…
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Trump Drops 20% Hormuz Cargo Fee After Appeals From Gulf Leaders
DUBAI, July 14 — The proposed cargo fee that threatened to rattle global shipping lanes through the Strait…
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First Daughters Soften Japanese Fathers’ Views on Gender Equality, Study Finds
TOKYO, July 8 — A new longitudinal study drawing on two decades of Japanese survey data is offering…
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Mike Pompeo Set Out 12 Demands for Iran Weeks After Becoming Secretary of State
WASHINGTON, July 14 — For communities across Asia watching the shifting tides of American foreign policy, the name…
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Rubio Leads US Team in Jeddah as Ukraine Accepts 30-Day Ceasefire Proposal
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The shift in American foreign policy is becoming unmistakable. Marco Rubio, the United States…
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U.S. Withdrew From Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018, and Iran Then Breached Its Limits
VIENNA, July 14 — The shift is unmistakable. Eleven years to the day after world powers signed the…
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Timeline of U.S.-Iran Tensions Since 1979 Revolution
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The date marks a bitter anniversary in the long arc of U.S.-Iran relations. It…
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Qasem Soleimani’s 2020 Assassination Escalated U.S.-Iran Tensions
BAGHDAD, July 14 — The killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, remains…
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What History Suggests About Enforcing a US Naval Blockade at the Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, July 13 — A 20 percent toll on oil tanker traffic in the Persian Gulf would represent…
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Trump drops 20% Hormuz shipping fee a day after announcing it, keeps Iran blockade
MANAMA, July 13 — The hum of engines from Naval Support Activity Bahrain carries across the waterfront this…
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Trump Drops 20% Hormuz Toll Plan Within a Day as Experts Call It Illegal
WASHINGTON, July 13 — A proposal to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz would run…
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Hungary’s Magyar says government will amend constitution to remove President Sulyok
BUDAPEST, July 13 — The Hungarian parliament passed a constitutional amendment on February 26, 2024, that retroactively created…
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How Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Controls the Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, July 13 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the branch of Iran’s armed forces born from the…
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Trump Announces, Then Drops, 20% Strait of Hormuz Toll as Iran Attacks Tankers
MANAMA, July 13 — The waters of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint through which a significant…
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Trump Restarts Iran Blockade and Announces 20% Hormuz Cargo Toll, Ending Versailles Truce
WASHINGTON, July 13 — For the families in Japan, India, and South Korea, the price of a tank…
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US and Iran Trade Strikes Over Hormuz as Gulf States Come Under Fire
MANAMA, July 13 — The U.S. Fifth Fleet, America’s primary naval force in the Persian Gulf, operates as…
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Strait of Hormuz: Geography, Traffic, and Strategic Importance
ABU DHABI, July 13 — A narrow ribbon of water, just 21 miles wide at its narrowest, carries…
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Iran Is Documenting Strikes on Universities for Legal Forums, Jerusalem Post Column Argues
UNITED NATIONS, July 13 — The Trump administration’s decision to impose a new policy affecting the Strait of…
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U.S. Mulls Fees for Navy Escorts in Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, July 13 — The latest escalation in the long-running confrontation between the United States and Iran over…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Strait of Hormuz: What the Force Is and Does
DUBAI, July 13 — The 20% toll on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, announced March 18, 2025,…
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Hungary’s Parliament Votes to End President Sulyok’s Mandate in One Sentence
BUDAPEST, July 13 — The shift in Hungary’s legislative landscape is stark, and it’s not just about who…
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