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Canada's Retaliation Tests Limits of U.S. Power Under Trump
President Trump is leveraging American dominance to challenge both allies and enemies, but nations such as Canada and Iran have found ways to fight back.
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Trump's Korean Gambit Exposes Shifting Security Order in East Asia
Growing doubts surrounding the United States security umbrella are driving new strategic calculations across East Asia, highlighting shifts in the regional order in light of Donald Trump's Korean gambit.
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US Issues Secondary Sanctions Threat Against Iran's Trading Partners
The United States has threatened Iran's partners with secondary sanctions, an economic measure where third-party countries that engage in trade with a sanctioned nation face penalization themselves.
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Iran Strategy Bets Economic Pressure and Midterm Concerns Will Force Trump Retreat
Iran is calculating that global economic fallout combined with concerns from Republicans facing midterm elections will pressure United States President Donald Trump into a political retreat.
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Trump Says All Mines Cleared from Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump has announced that all mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway that Iran closed at the beginning of the conflict, causing wild fluctuations in global oil prices.
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Vatican Envoy Meets Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow Amid Diplomatic Push Over Ukraine
Vatican envoy Paul Gallagher met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow to discuss avenues for peace in Ukraine, as international leaders lobby the US for Patriot missiles and a US military plane landed in Russia.
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Iranian Officials React to Threat of New US Sanctions
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed proposed US economic sanctions as a desperate move, while President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged that the Iranian public faces significant hardships from Washington's economic pressure.