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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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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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Hungary’s Magyar says government will amend constitution to remove President Sulyok
BUDAPEST, July 13 — The Hungarian parliament passed a constitutional amendment on February 26, 2024, that retroactively created…
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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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Hungary’s Parliament Votes to End President Sulyok’s Mandate in One Sentence
BUDAPEST, July 13 — The shift in Hungary’s legislative landscape is stark, and it’s not just about who…
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Ukraine Agrees to 30-Day Ceasefire; Russia Has Not Accepted
JEDDAH, March 11 — Against this backdrop of a war now grinding through its fourth year, the Saudi…
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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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How US Sanctions on Venezuela Escalated From Arms Ban to Oil Embargo
WASHINGTON, July 13 — The technical reality of the US sanctions regime on Venezuela is that it has…
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Guaidó’s fall from Venezuela’s interim president to U.S. exile
CARACAS, July 12 — The figure that matters for investors tracking Venezuela’s political risk: Juan Guaidó, once recognized…
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Venezuela’s Economic Collapse: How Oil, Mismanagement and Sanctions Wrecked the Country
CARACAS, July 12 — The figure that matters: 200%. That is the inflation rate the International Monetary Fund…
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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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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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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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Ukrainian PM Shmyhal Resigns as Zelensky Backs Svyrydenko to Lead Government
KYIV — Against the backdrop of a war that began on February 24, 2022, Ukraine’s political landscape has…
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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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Venezuela’s Crisis: From Chávez to Maduro, and the Rise and Fall of Guaidó
CARACAS, July 12 — The political crisis in Venezuela, now entering its third decade, shows no signs of…
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Hormuz Stays Closed as U.S. Strikes Iranian Vessels and Allies Hold Back
MANAMA, July 12 — When Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the ripple effects moved…
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Strait of Hormuz: UNCLOS transit passage rights under threat
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has announced a closure of the Strait of…
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Mojtaba Khamenei’s Reported Health Decline Raises Questions Over Iran’s Succession
TEHRAN, July 12 — As Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approaches his birthday on July 17, the Iranian Supreme Leader’s…
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Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Since 2022: From Istanbul to Geneva
KYIV, July 11 — The path toward ending Europe’s largest armed conflict since 1945 remains strewn with the…
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