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Iran Says Tankers Caught Fire in Hormuz as Qatari Mediators Return to Tehran
WASHINGTON, July 12 — The Strait of Hormuz has been a persistent flashpoint in U.S.-Iran tensions for decades,…
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Venezuela’s Crisis: From Chávez to Maduro, and the Rise and Fall of Guaidó
CARACAS, July 12 — The political crisis in Venezuela, now entering its third decade, shows no signs of…
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Over Half of Russia’s Shadow Fleet Tankers Are Corroding, FT Reports
ROME, July 12 — The shadow fleet is an environmental disaster waiting to happen, and the Black Sea…
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Can Pipelines Replace the Strait of Hormuz? What Gulf Bypass Routes Can Carry
ISLAMABAD, July 12 — A new analysis of global oil transit routes offers a sobering look at the…
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Italy Arrests Ex-Intelligence Worker Over Russian Spying on Ukraine’s Air Defenses
ROME, July 12 — Italy’s internal and external security services have spent the better part of two years…
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Hormuz Stays Closed as U.S. Strikes Iranian Vessels and Allies Hold Back
MANAMA, July 12 — When Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the ripple effects moved…
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Strait of Hormuz: UNCLOS transit passage rights under threat
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has announced a closure of the Strait of…
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Mojtaba Khamenei’s Reported Health Decline Raises Questions Over Iran’s Succession
TEHRAN, July 12 — As Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approaches his birthday on July 17, the Iranian Supreme Leader’s…
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Wagner Mutiny of June 2023 Exposed Weakness in Putin’s System, Stanford Experts Say
MOSCOW, July 11 — A new analysis of the Wagner Group’s trajectory has underscored the lasting fractures the…
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Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Since 2022: From Istanbul to Geneva
KYIV, July 11 — The path toward ending Europe’s largest armed conflict since 1945 remains strewn with the…
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Who Surrounds Putin: The Generals, Spymasters and Banker Behind the War in Ukraine
MOSCOW, July 11 — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, a group of longstanding loyalists and influential figures,…
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Zelenskyy Says Putin’s Circle Is Sending Signals as a “Toxic Atmosphere” Builds
KYIV, July 11 — The shift is subtle, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is signaling a potential fracture…
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Putin’s Inner Circle: Decades of Loyalty Anchor His Rule
MOSCOW, July 11 — The shift inside the Kremlin is subtle, but it’s there. No public defections. No…
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NATO Expansion Since 2022 Reshapes Global Military Alliances
BRUSSELS, July 11 — The enlargement of NATO has reshaped the European security map in ways that were…
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Kiel Institute: Only 41.7 Billion Euros of Germany’s Reported 100 Billion Went to Ukraine
KYIV, July 11 — The shift in the global conversation around Ukraine is no longer just about weapons…
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Iran’s IRGC Navy: Island Bases, Fast Boats and a Commander Reported Killed in March
TEHRAN, July 11 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a branch of Iran’s military established in 1979…
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Sanctions on Russia: Price Cap, Shadow Fleet and an Economy Under Pressure
BRUSSELS, July 11 — The mechanics here are worth dissecting. Since February 2022, the United States, the European…
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Timeline: Diplomatic Efforts to End Russia-Ukraine War
LONDON, July 11 — The shift is becoming impossible to ignore. Four years into the largest conflict on…
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How the Moscow Kremlin grew from a wooden stockade into a brick fortress
MOSCOW, July 11 — Against this backdrop of a grinding war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has once again…
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Russia Shuts Kerch Strait to Shipping After Ukrainian Drones Hit Over 100 Vessels in Azov
MOSCOW, July 11 — The Kerch Strait, a narrow waterway connecting the Black Sea to the Azov Sea,…
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Eight Foreign Ministers Meet in Istanbul and Call for Diplomacy Over Regional Conflicts
KYIV, July 11 — Against the backdrop of an ongoing war, the diplomatic landscape surrounding the Russian invasion…
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Rubio Calls Ukraine Peace Talks Elusive, While Zelensky Says No Dead End
MOSCOW, July 11 — Peace negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war have stalled across multiple tracks, with no…
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Trump Weighs Military Options in Strait of Hormuz as Iran Talks Stall
ABOARD USS MONTEREY, Persian Gulf, July 11 — The low thrum of a warship’s engines is the only…
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US Sends Iran Message Through Mediators as Trump Says Deal Is Possible
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The technical reality of the Trump administration’s Iran policy was always more layered than…
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