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Apr 12, 2026
Hungarians showed they were tired of Viktor Orbán's rule, as Peter Magyar ousted the prime minister behind unexpectedly high turnout and support.
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Apr 12, 2026
President Donald Trump announced a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving, adding that the U.S. was ready to "finish up" Iran at the "appropriate moment."
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Apr 11, 2026
Face-to-face negotiations have begun between the United States and Iran in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced.
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Apr 10, 2026
In Israel, support for the war against Iran has been high. Civilians readily made sacrifices to support strategic aims. But the ceasefire has left many feeling the job was unfinished, and assessments of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership have been harsh.
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Apr 10, 2026
Pakistan is set to mediate talks between the United States and Iran. But across the Middle East, there is little optimism about what comes next, even if a U.S.-Iran deal comes together.
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Apr 10, 2026
Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party have held office in Hungary for 16 years. A reform-minded lawyer, backed by young voters, might soon end that.
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Apr 10, 2026
Peruvians will elect their 10th president in as many years, choosing their next leader from a crowded field.
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Apr 09, 2026
Delegates from the U.S. and Iran are preparing to meet in Pakistan, where the world hopes they can turn a fragile ceasefire into lasting peace.
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Apr 09, 2026
Weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah have been devastating for Lebanon, where more than a million people are displaced - and hundreds have been killed.
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Apr 09, 2026
Weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah have been devastating for Lebanon, where more than a million people are displaced - and hundreds have been killed.
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Apr 08, 2026
Unaffected so far by the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, the battle to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon has been shaping up to be a main focus of Israelis, renewing the debate: Can force alone deliver security, or does the absence of a political strategy risk open-ended conflict?
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Apr 08, 2026
On the border with Hungary, Ukraine's Zakarpattia region sits at the center of tensions between Kyiv and Budapest over language and cultural rights.
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Apr 08, 2026
In the wake of a shaky ceasefire deal, the U.S. appears in a weaker position globally than when the war with Iran began.
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Apr 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has made threats toward Iran that, if he followed through, might be considered war crimes. Who defines a war crime, and who enforces it?
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Apr 07, 2026
Before the Iran war, regional powers were rushing for a diplomatic solution to rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Now, facing President Donald Trump's threats of a civilization's obliteration, those efforts are at a global peak.
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Apr 06, 2026
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is turning to a familiar boogeyman on the campaign trail: the war in Ukraine, and the danger he claims it poses.
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Apr 06, 2026
The war in Iran is showing that Europe has more leverage over the United States than its leaders had thought. But can they use it?
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Apr 03, 2026
The conflict could be a boon for China's new energy sector, including renewable energy, electric vehicles, and batteries.
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Apr 03, 2026
Three months after the U.S. military captured its authoritarian leader, Venezuela is seeing some change. But any big shift in political or economic life will come slowly.
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Apr 02, 2026
The Iran war is the latest conflict to see blows to principles of international law, rules of war, and protections for civilian populations.
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Apr 02, 2026
Eschewing more lucrative careers, Aramide and Oluwaseun Kayode are behind the free Talent Mine Academy and an online training platform for teachers.
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Apr 02, 2026
Many landlocked Ethiopians want a slice of their neighbor's extensive coastline. Both sides have troops at the border. Is another conflict inevitable?
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Apr 01, 2026
Saudi Arabia hoped that diplomacy would prevent war with Iran. Having come under Iranian attack, the Saudi government is now exploring its own military options.
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Apr 01, 2026
In Haiti, social workers are leading the charge to move children from institutions to foster care, in line with international guidance.
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Mar 31, 2026
The U.S. and Israel aimed vast destructive power at regime targets in Iran. But the Islamic Republic's true believers in the IRGC and Basij militia are operating diligently - and without observed defections - to intimidate any Iranian who might heed the call to rise up.
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Mar 31, 2026
Trump policies - including the trade war resulting from U.S. tariffs - have been a gift for Beijing, which aims to become the preeminent global power.
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Mar 31, 2026
With global oil and gas prices skyrocketing, the Philippines has declared a national energy emergency. People across the country are feeling the impact.
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Mar 31, 2026
Meet Moose the Cleveland Bay horse and Ozzy the Leicester Longwool sheep, exactly the kinds of animals that one would find on any 18th-century farm or estate.
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Mar 31, 2026
Geopolitics feels fraught these days, even between the closest of allies like Canada and the U.S. But the Artemis II moon launch is a reminder of how these two nations continue to work more closely together than ever, in space.
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Mar 30, 2026
Pakistan is leading the charge to bring the United States and Iran to the negotiating table, leaning on a budding friendship with Washington and deep ties to Tehran. But its role as mediator faces headwinds.
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Mar 30, 2026
In stark contrast with residents of other Arab countries in the Gulf region, Saudis exhibit a decidedly blasé attitude toward the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Conversations focus on jobs and the economy and reveal faith in their government's ability to provide security.
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Mar 29, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has laid out a new policy on nuclear deterrence that extends beyond the borders of France.
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Mar 28, 2026
The Iran war is simultaneously undercutting India's energy security, remittances, and geopolitical influence - making Delhi one of the biggest losers in a war it isn't even fighting.
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Mar 27, 2026
It started in Australia. Now dozens of countries are working on laws to keep younger kids away from social media. But do they really work?
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Mar 26, 2026
Under cover of the Iran war, settler extremists have increased violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank. A range of Israeli leaders, from rabbis and former diplomats to Benjamin Netanyahu's hand-picked military chief of staff, are raising their voices in condemnation.
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Mar 26, 2026
Maine Needs began as a Facebook group aiding immigrants. It now helps tens of thousands of other people as well - with volunteers lining up in droves.
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Mar 26, 2026
With all the focus on what the Iran War is, or isn't, achieving, the U.S. and its regional allies will have to grapple with an issue critical to the shape of a post-war Middle East: the war's "opportunity cost."
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Mar 25, 2026
China has long been Iran's lifeline, but its muted response to the war highlights Beijing's pragmatic, self-interested approach to foreign relations.
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Mar 25, 2026
The Kremlin seems to be moving to shut online messaging services out of Russia in favor of one super-app - potentially upending many Russians' lives.
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Mar 24, 2026
The Iranian military's destructive capacity is far from that of the United States and Israel. Yet its asymmetric strategy, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, has given it the confidence to issue its own demands. What that means for ending the war, and the aftermath.
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Mar 24, 2026
Inaccurate and incomplete moderation on TikTok and other social media platforms has pushed users in Kenya to police themselves.
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Mar 23, 2026
Germany was supposed to have learned how to protect itself from energy shocks after the Ukraine war. But the Iran war has shown that gaps still exist.
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Mar 23, 2026
The endangered monarch butterfly migrates thousands of miles across the Americas. A new Bluetooth-enabled smartphone app means you can follow along.
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Mar 22, 2026
The United States and Iran are threatening to target critical infrastructure as the war in the Middle East puts lives and livelihoods at risk.
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Mar 22, 2026
In Lebanon, Iran ally Hezbollah has plunged into a battle with Israel that its rank and file has embraced as existential. Yet the regional conflict involves far larger powers with much higher stakes, and how Hezbollah emerges and what it achieves might be out of its hands.
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Mar 20, 2026
Although Japan's prime minister navigated a high-stakes meeting in Washington this week, concerns remain about the reliability of the U.S. partnership long term.
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Mar 20, 2026
A surprise U.S. military intervention took down Venezuela's president. But a U.S. attempt at something similar in Cuba would probably be very different.
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Mar 19, 2026
After decades of conflict, Iraqis have enjoyed increased political stability and a promising future, even embracing a unified national identity. But attacks by Iran, the United States, and homegrown militias are tugging at the divides that had held Iraq back.
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Mar 19, 2026
In the Iran war, victory looks different for each side: The U.S. and Israel must decisively win, while the Iranian regime only has to survive.
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Mar 19, 2026
Millions of Haitians are internally displaced, including members of a Port-au-Prince artist collective still trying to make art despite unrest.
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Mar 18, 2026
Indians have the right to a speedy trial, yet it can take decades for cases to make it through the country's overworked and understaffed courts.
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Mar 18, 2026
Interest in studying Swahili - the lingua franca of much of East Africa - is booming in Egypt.
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Mar 17, 2026
Israel's killing of Ali Larijani, a pivotal Iranian leader, served only to escalate the crisis atmosphere that Iranians are feeling: How to cope and envision a future, while facing crushing U.S.-Israeli attacks and a rigid regime that sees protesters as "just like the enemy."
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Mar 17, 2026
After nearly 2 1/2 years of intermittent war, with sirens, dashes to shelters, and sleepless nights - "this madness that is our new normal" - Israelis acknowledge war fatigue's toll even as they want arch foe Iran to be defeated.
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Mar 17, 2026
Women are increasingly challenging social norms by forming farming cooperatives.
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Mar 16, 2026
Iran has shown they can do a lot of damage to United States and Israeli assets - and regional allies in the Gulf - via missile and drone attacks. Ukraine can help stop it.
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Mar 15, 2026
Global oil prices have soared as one-fifth of the world's supply normally transits the strait.
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Mar 15, 2026
From soaring oil prices to depleted interceptors, the Iran war's impacts reverberated quickly in the Ukraine conflict. And the needs of the Mideast combatants - intelligence and anti-drone measures - have created diplomatic and strategic openings for both Russia and Ukraine.
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Mar 14, 2026
The islands off Iran have become the latest focus of the war after a U.S strike destroyed military sites on Kharg Island. The string of islands are critical to Iran's oil industry and its national security.
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Mar 13, 2026
The vast majority of the oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz was Asia-bound. Now, countries there are forced to make do with what they have, highlighting the cost of fossil fuel dependence.
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Mar 13, 2026
The war in Iran has shocked global energy markets, but it's also putting precious water resources in the Gulf region under threat.
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Mar 12, 2026
If the United States expected Iran to capitulate by now, it refuses to do so. Instead, it is pursuing a survival strategy of fighting on and selecting targets to raise the war's costs so high that the U.S. and Israel would think twice before attacking again.
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Mar 12, 2026
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has been consistent in stating his Iran war aim: regime change. But can he declare victory without it? "An exit strategy needs to be realistic," cautions one Israeli analyst. "Because if it is not realistic, there is no exit."
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Mar 12, 2026
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has been consistent in stating his Iran war aim: regime change. But can he declare victory without it? "An exit strategy needs to be realistic," cautions one Israeli analyst. "Because if it is not realistic, there is no exit."
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Mar 12, 2026
The Iran war shows that despite President Trump's rejection of globalization, the world economy still relies on international links.
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Mar 11, 2026
As U.S. and Israeli missiles fall on Iran, African students studying there on government scholarships are caught in the crossfire.
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Mar 11, 2026
Now that the Syrian civil war is over, Sweden wants Syrian expats to go home. For those who've built a new life in Sweden, that's not a small request.
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Mar 11, 2026
Now that the Syrian civil war is over, Sweden wants Syrian expats to go home. For those who've built a new life in Sweden, that's not a small request.
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Mar 11, 2026
After Fukushima, Japan shut down its nuclear reactors. Now, the country is returning to nuclear energy, seen as a reliable low-carbon option.
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Mar 10, 2026
Jordanians are inviting stranded foreigners to break-the-fast evening Ramadan meals amid the stress of war.
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Mar 10, 2026
"Peace does not fall from the sky," according to Joseph Ben Kaifala, founder of the Center for Memory and Reparations.
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Mar 10, 2026
Britain's Labour Party seems to be alienating its traditional leftist base - and opening the door for the Green Party to potentially supplant it.
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Mar 09, 2026
Choosing continuity amid war, Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, despite President Donald Trump's criticism and Israel's threats. He has a hard-liner's pedigree, but will his tenure be confrontational, or seek to broaden internal support for the regime?
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Mar 09, 2026
Once dismissed as a political novice, the former Kathmandu mayor is now on track to become Nepal's next prime minister.
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Mar 09, 2026
The United States and Europe have responded to a wave of migration with tighter border policies. Spain is taking a different approach.
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Mar 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be "unacceptable" for the position.
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Mar 08, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called special elections to fill three open seats next month. His party could gain a majority if it wins.
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Mar 07, 2026
Seventeen countries signed on to a joint security agreement to "eradicate cartels" in Latin America.
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Mar 06, 2026
Once again, a crisis in the Middle East has the U.S. appealing for military help from the stateless Kurds, this time as boots-on-the-ground proxies in Iran. Affecting any desire to contribute is the memory of letdowns after vital roles played in Iraq and Syria.
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Mar 06, 2026
The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is crystallizing Russian perspectives on President Trump, and may reshape how the Kremlin deals with the White House.
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Mar 05, 2026
The U.S. and Israeli leaders have made it clear they want regime change in Iran. But the Islamic Republic had prepared for this day, with a political succession plan and a battlefield strategy. The result so far is Iranian confidence, despite the existential threat of the war.
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Mar 05, 2026
Israel's dual strategy: Break Hezbollah but don't destroy the possibility of ties with the Lebanon's government.
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Mar 05, 2026
Over the years, Cubans have figured out ways to carefully express disapproval of their repressive government. But calls for change are getting louder.
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Mar 05, 2026
U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran have turned into a broader regional conflict that will change the political dynamics of the Middle East. But who drove the decision to attack - and what the vision is for a postwar Middle East - remains unclear.
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Mar 04, 2026
Gulf Arab states lobbied hard for the United States to engage in talks with Iran. Yet in the war, 1,800 Iranian missiles and drones have been intercepted in Gulf airspace, with hundreds breaking through. The Gulf is being transformed by conflict. Will that last?
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Mar 04, 2026
Europe followed the United States into war in Iraq in 2003, but today that defensive lockstep is broken, as it draws lines against the war in Iran.
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Mar 04, 2026
Every year, hundreds of thousands of young people leave Nepal in search of work. These elections - the country's first since youth-led protests overthrew the government - are giving some a reason to stay.
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Mar 04, 2026
Botswana used its mineral wealth to slash poverty. But now, lab-grown diamonds are threatening the future of its biggest industry.
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Mar 04, 2026
Botswana used its mineral wealth to slash poverty. But now, lab-grown diamonds are threatening the future of its biggest industry.
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Mar 03, 2026
For many opponents of Iran's regime, news of the supreme leader's death at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran brought elation. But, says a Tehran student who risked his life in protests, there are concerns that the job of regime change is incomplete.
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Mar 03, 2026
In an interview, senior Middle East correspondent Scott Peterson talks about how the U.S., Israel, and Iran arrived at this point. He addresses who might replace the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and whether Iranians will be better off once the conflict subsides. And he delves into the ethos of Shiite martyrdom.
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Mar 03, 2026
In an interview, senior Middle East correspondent Scott Peterson talks about how the U.S., Israel, and Iran arrived at this point. He addresses who might replace the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and whether Iranians will be better off once the conflict subsides. And he delves into the ethos of Shiite martyrdom.
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Mar 03, 2026
China is engaged in a huge nuclear weapons expansion, growing the size and capabilities of its arsenal. At a time when the will to curb nuclear proliferation is waning, this could unleash a new wave of nuclear arms competition.
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Mar 02, 2026
Mexican diplomatic support to Cuba has long boosted the communist island. It also helps Mexico assert independence from the United States.
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Mar 01, 2026
Iran has sent hundreds of missiles and drones across the region this weekend. The government claims it is only targeting U.S. military sites and personnel, but strikes are much more widespread.
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Mar 01, 2026
U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, this weekend. His death closes a nearly four-decade chapter in Iran marked by iron-fist rule and resistance to the U.S. and Israel.
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Feb 28, 2026
Israeli civilians have been accustomed to hearing air-raid sirens and running to shelters. But after weeks of building anticipation of some new conflict with Iran, they awoke Saturday to messaging from their leaders that the stakes in this war would be far higher.
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Feb 28, 2026
Iran missile strikes in the Gulf mark the first time Tehran has attacked the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
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Feb 28, 2026
US and Israeli strikes hit at least five Iranian cities overnight, targeting missile sites and top leaders' offices. Iran retaliated across the region.
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