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Ethiopia’s Nearly $5bn Nile Dam Leaves Egypt and Sudan Without a Water Deal
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 — For the millions of people who depend on the waters of the Nile,…
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres Mediates US-Iran Crisis
UNITED NATIONS, July 8 — The corridors of the United Nations have rarely felt so fragile. António Guterres,…
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Greenland’s Strategic Value: From the Pituffik Base to Arctic Minerals
NUUK, July 8 — The United States has again cast its gaze toward Greenland, a pattern that repeats…
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EU Sanctions Reach Almost 600 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers, but Oil Still Flows
BRUSSELS, July 8 — Against this backdrop of grinding war in Ukraine, the transatlantic machinery of sanctions has…
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Prince Henry the Navigator’s Captains Reached Madeira in 1418, Opening Portugal’s Atlantic Push
LISBON, July 8 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. Six centuries after a Portuguese prince launched the…
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Finland Becomes NATO’s 31st Member, Ending Decades of Military Non-Alignment
BRUSSELS, July 8 — NATO has undergone nine rounds of enlargement since the alliance was founded in 1949,…
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NATO’s Article 5 Invoked Only Once After 2001 U.S. Attacks
BRUSSELS, July 8 — The text is stark, almost clinical in its brevity. Article 5 of the North…
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NATO’s Article 5 Has Been Invoked Only Once, After the 2001 Attacks
BRUSSELS, July 8 — Against this backdrop of a resurgent Russia and a shifting security landscape, the North…
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Why Sisi Treats Ethiopia’s Nile Dam as a Red Line for Egypt
CAIRO, July 8 — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has led Egypt since June 8, 2014, continues to…
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German Chancellor Scholz Pursues De-Risking Amid China Tensions
BERLIN, July 7 — Olaf Scholz, who has been Germany’s Chancellor since December 8, 2021, is steering a…
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Dombrovskis Presses China on Subsidies and Trade Imbalances
BRUSSELS, July 7 — For Indian exporters and manufacturers tracking the European Union’s hardening stance on Chinese trade…
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Ukrainian Sergeant Warns of Drones Over Polish Cities as Ties Fray
MOSCOW, July 3 — A senior Ukrainian military officer has warned that a dispute over historical grievances between…
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Iran’s Record of Seizing Ships Near Hormuz, From Stena Impero in 2019 to 2023
TEHRAN, July 7 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has a long history of harassing and seizing commercial…
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Gen. Frank McKenzie’s Three Years at CENTCOM Were Defined by the Iran Threat
MANAMA, July 7 — A former top U.S. commander who oversaw American military operations across the Middle East…
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Trump Weighed Hormuz Options, and Iran Later Vowed to Close the Strait if Attacked
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal, is…
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Hormuz Closure Squeezes Global Oil Supply and U.S. Fuel Prices, Brookings Says
MANAMA, July 7 — For the families who depend on affordable energy, and for the patients who rely…
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Report: Iranian Strikes Heavily Damaged US Fifth Fleet Base in Bahrain
MANAMA, July 7 — The United States Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain, remains the cornerstone of American naval…
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CENTCOM Chief Visits Strained USS Abraham Lincoln as Middle East Tensions Rise
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The United States is expected to increase naval patrols and consider additional military measures…
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Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader Since 1989, Dies at 86 in US-Israeli Strikes
TEHRAN, July 7 — For nearly four decades, one man has held the final word on Iran’s military,…
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Iran Asserts Control Over Strait of Hormuz and Warns Gulf States Over US Deal
TEHRAN, July 7 — Iran’s long-standing threat to block the Strait of Hormuz is back in the headlines,…
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Telangana ACB arrests DSP Bheem Reddy after searches find assets worth Rs 200 crore
HYDERABAD, July 7 — When the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested DSP Sankireddy Bheem Reddy on Monday night, the…
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Hormuz Standoff Hardens as Ships Come Under Fire and Truce Nears Expiry
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The Biden administration is weighing increased naval patrols and possible escort operations for commercial…
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Strait of Hormuz: Why It Remains a Global Chokepoint
ISLAMABAD, July 7 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, remains one of…
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Red Sea Strait Conflict Risks Seafarers, Regional Populations
BANDAR ABBAS, July 7 — The escalating attacks in the Strait of Hormuz are placing tens of thousands…
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