Middle East
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Trump Drops 20% Hormuz Cargo Fee After Appeals From Gulf Leaders
DUBAI, July 14 — The proposed cargo fee that threatened to rattle global shipping lanes through the Strait…
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U.S. Withdrew From Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018, and Iran Then Breached Its Limits
VIENNA, July 14 — The shift is unmistakable. Eleven years to the day after world powers signed the…
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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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Qasem Soleimani’s 2020 Assassination Escalated U.S.-Iran Tensions
BAGHDAD, July 14 — The killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, remains…
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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 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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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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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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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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Trump Reimposes Blockade of Iranian Ports and Threatens Power Plants and Bridges
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration has announced a new escalation in its standoff with Iran, effectively restarting…
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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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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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Iran’s Hormuz Permits and Tolls Collide With Law of the Sea Transit Rules
THE HAGUE, July 12 — The legal architecture governing the world’s maritime chokepoints rests on a treaty the…
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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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Iran’s IRGC Speedboat Navy and the Coalitions Patrolling the Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has positioned itself at the centre of a…
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Strait of Hormuz: Geography, Depth, and Traffic Patterns Explained
TEHRAN, July 12 — A narrow waterway that most people in Asia never see is quietly responsible for…
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Strait of Hormuz and the Law of the Sea: Transit Passage, Iran and the U.S.
LONDON, July 12 — The legal architecture governing the Strait of Hormuz is facing its most serious test…
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Iran Says Tankers Caught Fire in Hormuz as Qatari Mediators Return to Tehran
WASHINGTON, July 12 — The Strait of Hormuz has been a persistent flashpoint in U.S.-Iran tensions for decades,…
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IRGC Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri Dies After Attack, Iran’s Press TV Reports
TEHRAN, July 12 — The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, has…
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Iranian State Media Says IRGC Speedboat Fleet Survived 40-Day War Intact
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a force established in 1979 as a separate…
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IRGC Navy Commander Tangsiri, Who Ordered Hormuz Closure, Dies After Attack, Iran Says
TEHRAN, July 12 — The man who ordered the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in April 2025…
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