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China Holds Neutral Stance on Ukraine Amid Deepening Russia Ties
BEIJING, July 10 — China’s position on the war in Ukraine remains formally neutral, a stance it has…
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Revised Russia Sanctions Bill Would Let Trump Tariff Buyers of Russian Energy Up to 100%
WASHINGTON — The calculus for Donald Trump’s return to the White House is sharpening into a clear geopolitical…
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Trump to back heavy tariffs on Russian oil to end Ukraine war
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The shift is unmistakable: the Trump administration is preparing to throw a much heavier…
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China’s firm stance on nuclear threats shifts Ukraine war dynamics
BEIJING, July 10 — The story begins not with a single dramatic declaration, but with a slow, deliberate…
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Ukraine War Toll: Civilian Casualties and a $486 Billion Reconstruction Bill
KYIV, July 9 — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that more than 8 million Ukrainian…
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Diplomatic Stalls Cast Shadow Over Iran Nuclear Talks
VIENNA, July 9 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. After months of indirect talks between the United…
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Russia Sanctions Since 2022: Impact and Effectiveness
BRUSSELS, July 9 — The shift is now undeniable. What began as a shock-and-awe financial blitz against Moscow…
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How Trump’s First China Trade War Ended in a Phase One Deal That Fell Short
WASHINGTON, July 9 — How does a trade war actually reshape the global economy? The answer, researchers have…
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Vienna talks on reviving Iran nuclear deal adjourn as EU envoy warns of weeks, not months
VIENNA — The diplomatic dance between the United States and Iran, unfolding here since April 2021, has drawn…
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Iran’s Nuclear Program From Atoms for Peace to the 2015 Deal and the 60% Stockpile
TEHRAN, July 9 — Iran’s nuclear program has reached a level of enrichment and stockpile size that has…
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Israel Warned US of Iranian Plot to Kill Trump, Wall Street Journal Reports
WASHINGTON, July 9 — Israel recently shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran was plotting to…
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Xi Pledges AI Cooperation With Trump at White House, Presses Taiwan and Iran
WASHINGTON, July 9 — The story begins not with a bang but with a ledger, columns of exports…
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How U.S.-Israel security and intelligence cooperation works, from MOUs to Stuxnet
WASHINGTON, July 9 — The intelligence-sharing relationship between the United States and Israel is one of the most…
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Nepal’s National Assembly Introduces Six Key Legislative Bills
KATHMANDU, July 3 — Six bills that had already passed the House of Representatives were formally tabled in…
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Israeli Intel on Iranian Hardliners Targeting Trump Falls Short of Specific Plot, US Sources Say
WASHINGTON — The quiet, methodical work of intelligence-sharing between nations rarely makes headlines. But when it does, it…
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Iran Rejects Partial Sanctions Relief as Araghchi Leads Vienna Talks in 2021
TEHRAN, July 9 — Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, is holding firm in Vienna…
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NATO Grows Black Sea Footprint on Land and in the Air as Montreux Keeps Warships Out
ISTANBUL, July 9 — The mechanics of NATO’s presence in the Black Sea have become a careful balancing…
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US-Iran Nuclear Talks in May 2025: Oman Mediates as Enrichment Blocks a Deal
TEHRAN, July 9 — Indirect talks between the United States and Iran, hosted by Oman and Qatar, remain…
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Iranian Plots Against U.S. Officials: From the Bolton Case to the Trump Warning
WASHINGTON, July 9 — The years-long shadow war between the United States and Iran has taken another sharp…
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How the US-Iran ceasefire and June memorandum broke down over Hormuz
WASHINGTON, July 9 — The fragile architecture of the 2024 U.S.-Iran ceasefire, painstakingly assembled through Omani and Qatari…
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Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna Pause After Six Rounds as Sanctions Dispute Persists
VIENNA, July 9 — The mechanics here are deceptively simple on paper, yet the machinery has been grinding…
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U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Collapses as Both Sides Resume Missile and Drone Attacks
MANILA, July 9 — A ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, negotiated in late 2024, has…
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Ebrahim Raisi’s Hardline Record on Nuclear Talks, Missiles and Dissent
TEHRAN, July 9 — The record shows that Ebrahim Raisi, the eighth President of Iran, took office on…
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IAEA Says It Cannot Locate or Verify Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile
VIENNA, July 9 — The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that Iran’s uranium enrichment has reached 84…
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