Geopolitics
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Zelensky Calls for Patriot Missile Production in Ukraine After Deadly Kyiv Attack
KYIV, July 8 — Against this backdrop of grinding war and shifting geopolitical alliances, Volodymyr Zelensky remains the…
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Zelensky Says Trump Made Final Decision to Let Ukraine Manufacture Patriot Missiles
WASHINGTON, July 8 — President Donald Trump informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 4, 2024, that Ukraine…
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U.S. Sends More Warships Toward Iran as Guard Warns of Response and Tanker Is Hit
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The U.S. Navy’s USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group is staying put in…
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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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NATO’s Response to Russia’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine: Defense
BRUSSELS, July 8 — The mechanics of NATO’s posture shift since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February…
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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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Ukrainian Drones Hit TANECO Refinery in Tatarstan, Two Killed, Russian Officials Say
MOSCOW, September 20 — On September 20, Ukrainian drones struck the Taneco oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan. Taneco…
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Ukrainian Drones Start Fires at Russian Refinery, Fuel Depots and Port as Shortages Persist
KYIV, July 7 — Since the start of 2024, Ukraine has been systematically targeting Russia’s oil industry, one…
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Ukraine Strikes Bryansk, Kaluga and Belgorod Targets as Russian Missiles and Drones Hit Back
KIRISHI, Russia, July 7 — The March 23, 2025 strike on the Kirishi refinery has shifted the calculus…
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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Is Preparing Asymmetric Countermeasures to Russian Plans for Autumn
KYIV, July 7 — Against the backdrop of a war that has now stretched into its fifth year,…
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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 Drones Strike Siberia as Fire Point Extends Range Past 3,000 Kilometers
KYIV, July 7 — On March 24, 2025, Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Siberia is “within reach” of Ukrainian…
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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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Key Players: U.S. and Iranian Military Forces in the Persian Gulf
MANAMA, July 7 — The United States Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain, remains the primary naval force in…
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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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Iranian Strikes Knocked Out Satellite Terminals at US Fifth Fleet Base, Report Says
MANAMA, July 7 — The United States Fifth Fleet, the Navy’s principal maritime force in the Middle East,…
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Tankers Burn in Strait of Hormuz as Qatari Mediators Return to Tehran
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The United States and Iran remain locked in a confrontation that traces its origins…
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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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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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