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Trump Proposes 20% Strait of Hormuz Toll in Surprise Move
WASHINGTON, July 13 — Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential election and a…
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Nicolas Maduro: From Caracas Bus Driver to Venezuelan President in US Custody
CARACAS, July 13 — The calculus for Nicolas Maduro has always been survival through strategic endurance. Now in…
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Venezuela’s Opposition Votes to End Guaidó’s Interim Government in December 2022
CARACAS, July 13 — Juan Guaidó’s political arc is a study in rapid ascent and grinding decline. The…
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Venezuela: Guaido Interim Government Rose and Fell After 2019 Claim to Presidency
CARACAS, July 13 — Against this backdrop of a prolonged political standoff, the Venezuelan presidential crisis continues to…
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How US Sanctions on Venezuela Escalated From Arms Ban to Oil Embargo
WASHINGTON, July 13 — The technical reality of the US sanctions regime on Venezuela is that it has…
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Guaidó’s fall from Venezuela’s interim president to U.S. exile
CARACAS, July 12 — The figure that matters for investors tracking Venezuela’s political risk: Juan Guaidó, once recognized…
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Venezuela’s Economic Collapse: How Oil, Mismanagement and Sanctions Wrecked the Country
CARACAS, July 12 — The figure that matters: 200%. That is the inflation rate the International Monetary Fund…
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Kiel Study: Only 41.7 Billion Euros of Germany’s 100 Billion Went to Ukraine
BERLIN, July 12 — Across the polished corridors of the German Chancellery, the ledger of war and diplomacy…
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Italy Breaks Up Alleged Russian Spy Ring Seeking Air Defense Data on Ukraine
MOSCOW, July 12 — The Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, known as the GRU, has been implicated in a…
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US Strike Kills Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad; Iran Retaliates With Missiles
BAGHDAD, July 12 — The assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani remains one of the most consequential…
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After Ali Khamenei’s Death, His Son Vows to Keep Strait of Hormuz Closed
TEHRAN, July 12 — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who held final authority over all state matters including…
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Russian Espionage in Europe: Czech, Dutch and Norwegian Cases From 2021 and 2022
THE HAGUE, July 12 — The Italian counterintelligence operation that led to the arrest of two Italian citizens…
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Why Chancellor Scholz Delayed Leopard 2 Tanks for Ukraine Until January 2023
BERLIN, July 12 — Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende, the “turning point” in German defence policy he announced three days…
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Italy Expels Two Russian Attaches and Arrests Ex-Intelligence Staff Over Air Defense Spying
ROME, July 12 — Against this backdrop of heightened tensions between Russia and the West, Italian authorities have…
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How Iran’s uranium enrichment moved past the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal
WASHINGTON, July 12 — The International Atomic Energy Agency has documented Iran’s non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement,…
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Russia’s Shadow Fleet Switches Flags as Europe Boards Ships and Ukraine Strikes Tankers
LONDON, July 12 — The shadow fleet that Russia has assembled to circumvent Western oil sanctions presents a…
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Germany Breaks With Decades of Policy and Sends Weapons to Ukraine
BERLIN, July 12 — The record shows that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who took office in December 2021,…
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Iran’s Hormuz Permits and Tolls Collide With Law of the Sea Transit Rules
THE HAGUE, July 12 — The legal architecture governing the world’s maritime chokepoints rests on a treaty the…
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Strait of Hormuz Shut for 94 Days as Oil Passes $120 a Barrel
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Strait of Hormuz sits at the center of a legal gray area that…
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Italy Breaks Up Russian Spy Cell Hunting Ukraine’s Air Defense Positions
ROME, July 12 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable: a quiet, targeted Russian intelligence operation that ran…
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Strait of Hormuz: Geography, Depth, and Traffic Patterns Explained
TEHRAN, July 12 — A narrow waterway that most people in Asia never see is quietly responsible for…
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Italy Arrests Two Ex-Intelligence Officers Over Alleged Russian Spying, Expels Attachés
ROME, July 12 — Against this backdrop of heightened global tensions, the Italian Security Information Department (DIS) has…
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Strait of Hormuz and the Law of the Sea: Transit Passage, Iran and the U.S.
LONDON, July 12 — The legal architecture governing the Strait of Hormuz is facing its most serious test…
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Ukrainian PM Shmyhal Resigns as Zelensky Backs Svyrydenko to Lead Government
KYIV — Against the backdrop of a war that began on February 24, 2022, Ukraine’s political landscape has…
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