WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Some U.S. experts warned of continued uncertainty surrounding efforts to end the Iran conflict after U.S. President Donald Trump deferred a final decision on a draft deal with Tehran on Friday. Trump’s move comes on the heels of the United States and Iran reaching a tentative …
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Saudi Arabia has been directly hit by missiles and drones during the Iran war, but the country is hosting the all-important Muslim pilgrimage anyway NEWS ANALYSIS | CATHRIN SCHAER | This year is the first time that Saudi Arabia has chosen to go ahead with the annual Hajj pilgrimage while it is …
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COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | China–US relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world. The two are the world’s leading economic and military powers. Both carry influence far and wide, across the geographical spread of this pale blue dot. You would imagine it must be in the …
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TEHRAN | Xinhua | Iran’s latest draft proposal for talks with the United States calls for an immediate cessation of conflict on all fronts, a guarantee for no more “aggression” against Iran, and the lifting of U.S. sanctions and naval blockade, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Sunday. “The proposal …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Two U.S. Navy destroyers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Gulf after navigating an Iranian barrage, U.S. media outlet CBS News reported on Monday night. The USS Truxtun and USS Mason, supported by Apache helicopters and other aircraft, faced a series of …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Iran and its allies have damaged at least 16 U.S. military sites across eight Middle Eastern countries during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran starting on Feb. 28, rendering some of those positions virtually unusable, a CNN investigation has found. The damaged facilities constitute the majority of …
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As crises become more complex, less predictable, and increasingly intertwined, the global system is no longer anchored by shared rules and norms COMMENT | MARK LEONARD | The US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and launched the United States’ most consequential Middle Eastern adventure since …
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CAIRO | Xinhua | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday announced its decision to quit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the wider OPEC+ alliance, effective on May 1, following “a careful look at the regional power’s energy strategies.” Why is the UAE leaving one of …
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US-Iran war has relegated Sudan conflict to the back burner NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Three years into Sudan’s brutal war, the country has become a fractured map of collapsing cities, displaced families, and shifting frontlines that show no sign of settling. What began as a power struggle …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will extend the ceasefire with Iran as the current two-week truce is set to expire on Wednesday night. “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal …
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