Geopolitics
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Timeline of U.S.-Iran Tensions Since 1979 Revolution
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The date marks a bitter anniversary in the long arc of U.S.-Iran relations. It…
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Trump Tells Congress US Is Back at War With Iran, Restarting War Powers Clock
WASHINGTON, July 14 — The scene inside the White House briefing room was tense by mid-afternoon, as a…
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Major General Soleimani’s death sparks direct U.S.-Iran military exchange
BAGHDAD, July 14 — Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, was killed by a U.S. drone…
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Trump drops 20% Hormuz shipping fee a day after announcing it, keeps Iran blockade
MANAMA, July 13 — The hum of engines from Naval Support Activity Bahrain carries across the waterfront this…
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Trump Drops 20% Hormuz Toll Plan Within a Day as Experts Call It Illegal
WASHINGTON, July 13 — A proposal to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz would run…
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Trump Announces, Then Drops, 20% Strait of Hormuz Toll as Iran Attacks Tankers
MANAMA, July 13 — The waters of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint through which a significant…
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Strait of Hormuz: Geography, Traffic, and Strategic Importance
ABU DHABI, July 13 — A narrow ribbon of water, just 21 miles wide at its narrowest, carries…
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Iran Is Documenting Strikes on Universities for Legal Forums, Jerusalem Post Column Argues
UNITED NATIONS, July 13 — The Trump administration’s decision to impose a new policy affecting the Strait of…
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U.S. Mulls Fees for Navy Escorts in Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, July 13 — The latest escalation in the long-running confrontation between the United States and Iran over…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Wildberries Warehouse Near Moscow in One of War’s Largest Attacks
KYIV, July 13 — The shift is subtle but unmistakable. After the March 1, 2025 strike, the pattern…
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Zelensky Says Ukrainian Strikes Cut Oil Shipments at Three Russian Ports
MOSCOW, July 13 — The shift is unmistakable. Ukraine’s campaign of strikes on Russian oil infrastructure has carved…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Strait of Hormuz: What the Force Is and Does
DUBAI, July 13 — The 20% toll on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, announced March 18, 2025,…
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Crimea Halts Public Fuel Sales as Ukraine Hits Oil Depots and Logistics Sites
STAVROPOL, Russia — Against the backdrop of a grinding war of attrition, Ukraine has methodically targeted the fuel…
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Ukraine Reportedly Hits Stavropol Oil Depot as Drones Strike Moscow Oblast
STAVROPOL, July 13 — A Ukrainian drone strike on an oil depot in Stavropol Krai on April 27,…
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Strait of Hormuz: What the 1980s Tanker War Reveals About a Chokepoint Under Threat
TEHRAN, July 13 — The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that has long been a flashpoint in…
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Russia hits Kyiv with drones and missiles as Medvedev threatens EU diplomats
MOSCOW, July 13 — The shift is in how Russia calibrates its military and diplomatic playbook after Ukrainian…
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Zelensky Replaces Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi With General Syrskyi
KYIV, July 13 — The corridors of Ukrainian military command have long been the quiet engine of a…
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Nicolas Maduro: From Caracas Bus Driver to Venezuelan President in US Custody
CARACAS, July 13 — The calculus for Nicolas Maduro has always been survival through strategic endurance. Now in…
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Kiel Study: Only 41.7 Billion Euros of Germany’s 100 Billion Went to Ukraine
BERLIN, July 12 — Across the polished corridors of the German Chancellery, the ledger of war and diplomacy…
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US Strike Kills Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad; Iran Retaliates With Missiles
BAGHDAD, July 12 — The assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani remains one of the most consequential…
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After Ali Khamenei’s Death, His Son Vows to Keep Strait of Hormuz Closed
TEHRAN, July 12 — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who held final authority over all state matters including…
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Russian Espionage in Europe: Czech, Dutch and Norwegian Cases From 2021 and 2022
THE HAGUE, July 12 — The Italian counterintelligence operation that led to the arrest of two Italian citizens…
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How Iran’s uranium enrichment moved past the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal
WASHINGTON, July 12 — The International Atomic Energy Agency has documented Iran’s non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement,…
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Strait of Hormuz Shut for 94 Days as Oil Passes $120 a Barrel
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Strait of Hormuz sits at the center of a legal gray area that…
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