Geopolitics
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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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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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Ukraine Steps Up Strikes on Russian-Annexed Crimea to Cut Off Supplies
SIMFEROPOL, July 9 — Against this backdrop of grinding war, the Crimean Peninsula remains the most strategically contested…
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Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive: Why It Fell Short of Its Goals on the Zaporizhzhia Front
KYIV, July 9 — The summer of 2023 may have been a season of high expectation for Ukraine’s…
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Ukraine Hits 21 Russian Shadow Fleet Vessels in the Azov Sea in 72 Hours
NOVOROSSIYSK, October 2023 — In a concentrated 72-hour window from October 6 to October 8, Ukrainian forces struck…
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German Court Jails Two Men Over Iranian-Directed Plot to Kill Jewish Leaders
WASHINGTON, July 9 — When the United States designated Iran’s Quds Force a terrorist organization in April 2019,…
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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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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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How Iran’s Supreme Leader Commands the Military and Shapes Nuclear Policy
TEHRAN, July 9 — For nearly four decades, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has held the final word on Iran’s…
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Esmail Qaani, the Low-Profile Commander Who Runs Iran’s Quds Force
TEHRAN, July 9 — Esmail Qaani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, remains in Tehran directing operations as…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Quds Force: Who They Are and How the US Responded
WASHINGTON, July 9 — For the families of American service members stationed across the Middle East, the past…
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Qasem Soleimani: The General Who Shaped Proxy Warfare
TEHRAN, July 9 — Six years after a US drone strike killed Major General Qasem Soleimani near Baghdad…
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IAEA chief Grossi says Iran inspections are coming while Tehran ties access to a final deal
VIENNA, July 9 — The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General, Rafael Grossi, has spent time as the…
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Iran’s new supreme leader vows to keep Hormuz closed as oil climbs above $100
TEHRAN, July 8 — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader since 1989, remains the ultimate authority over the…
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NATO Chief Mark Rutte Pushes Allies Toward a Joint Arctic Defense
BRUSSELS — Mark Rutte, the former Dutch prime minister who took the helm of NATO on October 1,…
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Trump Renews Push to Acquire Greenland as Denmark and Greenland Say No
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The scene is familiar, almost a political rerun: Donald Trump, now back in the…
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Trump and Zelensky relations hit new low after Russia sanctions waiver and diesel deal
KYIV, July 8 — Against this backdrop of shifting geopolitical winds, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be…
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Zelensky says Trump approved Ukraine’s license to produce Patriot missiles
WASHINGTON — The shift is unmistakable: for the first time, Ukraine is being cleared to produce American Patriot…
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Ali Bagheri Kani: Profile of Iran’s Nuclear Negotiator and Acting Foreign Minister
Bagheri Kani, born in 1967, stepped into the role after the death of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. He had previously…
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Treasury launches Operation Economic Outcast with new Iran sanctions across five sectors
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The economic war between the United States and Iran, waged through layers of sanctions…
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Arctic Rivalry: Russia’s Buildup, a Paused Council and the Northwest Passage Dispute
MOSCOW, July 8 — Russia has the longest Arctic coastline of any nation, and the record shows Moscow…
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Russia’s Military Buildup in the Arctic: A Challenge for NATO
MOSCOW, July 8 — The shift is happening in the Arctic, and it’s been building for nearly two…
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