US Navy eyes options if Iran grips choke point
WASHINGTON — Iran retains the naval assets and other capabilities it would need to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could pin any US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf, US military officials say.
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June 17, 2025 Starmer to announce new sanctions targeting Russia
The UK is expected to unveil new sanctions against Russia designed to “restrict Putin’s war machine” alongside other Ukraine allies on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the measures would increase economic pressure on the Kremlin to show Vladimir Putin “it is in his and Russia’s interests to demonstrate he is serious about peace”. […]
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June 15, 2025 Israel-Iran conflict set to dominate G7 summit
This week’s G7 summit in Canada will be dominated by war – only not one of those that the world leaders had expected. High on the agenda had been Russia’s war against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s tariff war against America’s trading partners. Instead the three-day gathering in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta will inevitably be […]
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June 10, 2025 Turkey to launch its own marine parks in response to Greek plan, report says
Following Greece’s announcement that it would create two marine parks in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, Turkey is expected to map similar parks in a tit-for-tat move, according to Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu on Tuesday.
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May 25, 2025 Russia launches largest air attack yet on Ukraine
Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. At least 14 people, including three children, were killed and dozens injured in widespread strikes, officials said. The attack came a day after the Ukrainian capital Kyiv suffered one of the heaviest assaults of the […]
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May 21, 2025 Turkey in nuclear plant talks with Candu, energy minister says
Turkey is in talks with Canada’s Candu Energy and other companies regarding plans to build its second and third nuclear power plants, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said.
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May 14, 2025 Turkish police detain 97 students over university protest
Turkish police detained 97 students on Tuesday in Istanbul’s Bogazici University over a protest against an Islamic preacher’s conference on the campus, the city’s governor said.
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May 7, 2025 Kashmir: Why India and Pakistan fight over it
How old is this conflict? Kashmir is an ethnically diverse Himalayan region famed for the beauty of its lakes, meadows and snow-capped mountains. Even before India and Pakistan won their independence from Britain in August 1947, the area was hotly contested. Under the partition plan provided by the Indian Independence Act, Muslim-majority Kashmir was free […]
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May 5, 2025 Trump says non-US movies to be hit with 100% tariffs
US President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world. Trump said he was authorising the US Department of Commerce and Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy because America’s movie industry was dying “a very […]
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April 29, 2025 Trump set to ease tariff impact on US car makers
President Donald Trump is set to take action to ease the impact of his tariffs on US car makers, a top White House official says. “This deal is a major victory for the President’s trade policy by rewarding companies who manufacture domestically,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a statement provided to the Reuters news […]
