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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: Structure, History, Foreign Operations
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of Iran’s armed forces established on May…
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US-Iran Tensions Escalate Over Legacy of Slain General Qasem Soleimani
TEHRAN, July 8 — The shadow of Qasem Soleimani still stretches across the Middle East, years after his…
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Iran’s Strait: Narrow Chokepoint with Global Stakes
MUSCAT, July 8 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, remains one of…
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Prince Henry the Navigator Launches Age of Discovery from Portugal in 1418
LISBON, July 8 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. Six centuries after a Portuguese prince launched the…
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Jens Stoltenberg led NATO through its most turbulent era since Cold War
OSLO, July 8 — Jens Stoltenberg, the 13th Secretary General of NATO, is expected to step down in…
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Historical Context: U.S.-Iran Tensions and the 2024 Ceasefire
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The fragile understanding that had kept a lid on direct hostilities between the United…
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NATO Reaches 32 Members With Finland’s 2023 Accession
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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Japanese Survey Reveals Two-Decade Shift in Gender Attitudes
TOKYO, July 8 — A new longitudinal study drawing on two decades of Japanese survey data is offering…
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Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Iran’s Economy Since 2018
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The economic pressure on Iran, a centerpiece of American foreign policy since the 2018…
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Iran Crisis: Trump, Rouhani, Qatari Mediators at Center
TEHRAN, July 8 — Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a key architect of the JCPOA, remains an influential…
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NATO’s Article 5 Invoked Only Once Since 1949 for Collective Defense
BRUSSELS, July 8 — Against this backdrop of a resurgent Russia and a shifting security landscape, the North…
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IRGC: Iran’s powerful parallel military force shaped by revolution
TEHRAN, July 8 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of Iran’s armed forces established after the…
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei remains pivotal in shaping Iran’s policies and authority
The record shows Khamenei has held this singular position of power for decades, outlasting multiple U.S. administrations and…
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Denmark Pledges Full NATO Defense, Including Greenland, After Key Meeting
COPENHAGEN, July 8 — The shift is unmistakable: the Arctic is no longer a frozen afterthought in global…
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NATO Article 5 binds allies including Denmark in collective defense.
BRUSSELS, July 8 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. For decades, Article 5 of the North Atlantic…
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El-Sisi makes Nile dam dispute defining issue of his presidency
CAIRO, July 8 — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has led Egypt since June 8, 2014, continues to…
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Japan Slides to 116th in Global Gender Gap Rankings
TOKYO — The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022 places Japan 116th out of 146 nations,…
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EU Launches Anti-Subsidy Probes, Trade Defense Measures
BRUSSELS, July 7 — The European Commission’s anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, launched on September 13, 2023,…
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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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Miri Regev Championed Israel’s Water Independence via Desalination
JERUSALEM, July 7 — For years, a familiar but misleading story has circulated about Miri Regev and Israel’s…
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China Overcapacity Shifts Global Trade and Manufacturing
GENEVA, July 7 — China’s share of global exports of manufactured goods rose from 10% in 2000 to…
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International Reactions to US Military Strikes on Iran
UNITED NATIONS, July 7 — The mechanics of the Security Council’s emergency session on February 3 tell a…
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Timeline of US-Iran Military Confrontations Since 2019
WASHINGTON, July 7 — For the first time since the 2020 strike that killed Quds Force commander Qasem…
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