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​U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum look on, on the day he signs an executive order, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 23, 2025.
REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
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Trump says Strait of Hormuz could remain closed, Hegseth’s broker accused of insider trading, Wikipedia bans AI-written articles

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​Emergency personnel respond at a site following Iranian missile barrages in central Israel, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2026.
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Gulf states weigh joining Iran war, EU and Australia cinch trade deal, French centrists hope local win brings momentum

​Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister and Social Democrats party leader, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 25, 2026.
REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Danish center-left could retain power despite damaging election, Israel to create buffer zone in Lebanon, Democratic presidential hopefuls distance themselves from AIPAC again

​US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, on March 23, 2026.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Trump postpones strikes on Iran’s power plants, US gov’t to greenlight giant local news merger, Iran war hurting global airline sector

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​Paramilitary police cadets sit in rows as they watch a parade performance to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of their military school in Kunming, Yunnan province July 8, 2011.
REUTERS/Wong Campion
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China closely watching Strait of Hormuz’s closure, Foreign interference roils Slovenia’s election, Ukraine lends drone defense to the Gulf

​Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, right, alongside United States Vice President JD Vance. 07 Nov 2025
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Vance bids to save Orbán, Thai Parliament selects PM, Venezuela’s interim leader puts her stamp on power

US President Donald Trump’s allies have taken a major interest in European politics over the last 18 months, attempting to boost far-right leaders in Albania, Germany, and Poland.

Workers are unloading coal from a cargo ship on the Turag River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 06, 2024.
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Asia seeks coal amid Iran conflict, Israel expands its war within a war, Chile’s Kast builds a wall

Much as Europe did when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, Asia is turning to a retro, highly-polluting fuel source as the Iran conflict limits the supply of liquefied natural gas: coal.

March 13, 2026, Tehran, Iran: ALI LARIJANI (C), Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, participates in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran.
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Israel says it killed Iran’s security chief, US considers tying Zambia’s HIV aid to minerals access, Cuba’s power grid cuts out

Ali Larijani, who was head of the Islamic Republic’s influential security council and had effectively run the country since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death, was killed in a strike overnight, Israel has said. Tehran has not confirmed his death.

​U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he arrives back at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 15, 2026.
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Trump asks for help reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict rages on, Ugandan opposition leader flees

Two weeks into his war against Iran, the US president is now calling on other countries to send forces to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

​Mexicans participate in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record, where organisers aim to break the mark for the world's largest football (soccer) lesson as part of efforts to promote the country ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico, March 15, 2026.
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Mexico City mass soccer trainings, Bangladesh struggles to keep the lights on, Records smashed at the Oscars

9,500: The number of people in Mexico City who participated in a soccer training session on Sunday, smashing a Guinness World Record as part of a campaign ahead of the World Cup in June.

​Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists to comment on new U.S. sanctions targeting two major Russia's oil producers, as well as other international issues, in Moscow, Russia, October 23, 2025.
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Trump eases Russian oil sanctions, US-Cuba talks, Zimbabwe to leverage lithium mines

The US has paused Russian oil sanctions in a bid to stabilize energy markets rocked by the war with Iran. Administration officials stress that it’s a “tailored” measure, applying only to oil already loaded onto tankers, but it’s still a gift to Russia, which has already been clocking an extra $150 million daily in oil revenues since the war began.

A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged following unidentified attacks that targeted two foreign tankers, according to Iraqi port officials, near Basra, Iraq, on March 12, 2026.​
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Iran focused on closing Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine makes drone without Chinese parts, Beijing deals another blow to China’s minorities

​The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026.
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Iran ups the ante on oil threats, Chile’s new president inaugurated, Russia tries to save Orbán’s re-election bid

Iran has been upping its threats against the world’s oil supply, striking at least one cargo ship yesterday and reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway near Iran through which 20% of global oil supply passes.

Sanae Takaichi announces running for presidential election of the LDP
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Japan critical minerals deal, Military take over in Madagascar, Argentina week in NYC

Australian mining giant Lynas will sell rare earths to Japan for 12 years in a major pact meant to chip away at China’s dominance of the global market.

Pirhossein Kolivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, stands in front of the Shahran oil depot, which was targeted by US-Israeli strikes, in western Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.
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Iran conflict sends oil prices surging, Trial begins for Erdogan’s main adversary, German Greens win in auto state

Cargo ships are unloading newly arrived chemical fertilizers at the port terminal in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, on February 27, 2024. ​
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Iran conflict fueled food crisis, Rapper set to win in Nepal, US gives Russia sanction relief

Disruptions to a key Gulf waterway in the Iran conflict aren't just threatening the world’s oil and gas supplies; they could also cause a food security crisis.