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How the New Executive Order Changes U.S. Policy-Making for Venezuela
WASHINGTON, July 12 — An executive order signed in March has quietly shifted the centre of gravity for…
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U.S. Sanctions and Emergencies Against Venezuela Since 2015
CARACAS, July 12 — The air in Caracas has a familiar tension. On the streets, residents describe a…
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Can the World Bypass the Strait of Hormuz With New Routes?
ISLAMABAD, July 12 — A new analysis of global oil transit routes offers a sobering look at the…
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Italian Arrests Expose Russian Spy Ring Targeting Ukraine Air Defenses
ROME, July 12 — Italy’s internal and external security services have spent the better part of two years…
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Iran’s IRGC Navy: Elite Force Guards Strategic Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, July 12 — For a force that operates small speedboats and fast attack craft, the Islamic Revolutionary…
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Iran Strait Closure: Diplomatic, Military Scenarios Emerge
UNITED NATIONS, July 12 — The United Nations Security Council could face an emergency session following Iran’s declaration…
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U.S. Fifth Fleet, Iran IRGC, Oman Mediate Strait Tensions
MANAMA, July 12 — The U.S. Fifth Fleet, the American naval formation established in 1995, remains the central…
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Italian Probe: Arrested Suspects and Expelled Diplomats
ROME, July 12 — Against the backdrop of heightened tensions between NATO and Russia over the war in…
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State Department Gains Power Over Venezuela Sanctions
WASHINGTON, July 12 — The figure that matters: one executive order signed March 22, 2025, has shifted control…
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Iran’s Past Threats to Close Strait of Hormuz Highlight Tensions
TEHRAN, July 12 — Iran’s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz have moved from rhetoric to a…
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Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Blockade Raises Global Tensions
MANAMA, July 12 — The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy…
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Oversees IRGC, Strait of Hormuz Strategy
TEHRAN, July 12 — A key strategic waterway that moves a significant portion of the world’s oil is…
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Strait Closure: Military and Diplomatic Responses Weighed
MANAMA, July 12 — When Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the ripple effects moved…
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Iran’s Strait of Hormuz closure sparks global crisis with legal, military stakes
DUBAI, July 12 — The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has sent a jolt through…
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Iran’s Khamenei Holds Final Say on IRGC, Strait Closure
TEHRAN, July 12 — For communities across Asia that depend on the flow of oil through the Strait…
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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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Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz, Escalating Tensions
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has made its most direct threat yet to…
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Khamenei’s Health Fuels Succession Speculation in Iran
TEHRAN, July 12 — As Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approaches his birthday on July 17, the Iranian Supreme Leader’s…
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Strait of Hormuz: UN Security Council’s High-Stakes Chokepoint
UNITED NATIONS, July 12 — A potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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IRGC Navy and Regular Iranian Navy: Two Forces, Distinct Roles
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has announced a closure of the Strait of…
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Diplomatic Efforts Fail to Unite Russia and Ukraine in Peace Talks
MOSCOW, July 11 — The diplomatic track between Russia and Ukraine has produced no breakthrough agreement since the…
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Putin’s Inner Circle: Key Players and Potential Dissenters
MOSCOW, July 11 — Against this backdrop of grinding war and intensifying Western sanctions, the inner circle surrounding…
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Diplomatic efforts stall as Russia-Ukraine peace talks repeatedly collapse
KYIV, July 11 — The pattern is becoming familiar: a flurry of diplomatic activity, a moment of apparent…
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Wagner Mutiny Exposes Lasting Rifts in Russia’s Ruling Elite
MOSCOW, July 11 — A new analysis of the Wagner Group’s trajectory has underscored the lasting fractures the…
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