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China faces Trump’s Iran offensive in the Hormuz Strait

US President Donald Trump’s decision to block ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz presents China with a sticky choice: to accept Trump’s prohibition on trade with Iran, Beijing’s staunch ally, or challenge the closure and turn this Middle East conflict into a duel between

EU loan aims to keep Ukraine war going until 2029

Viktor Orban’s “democratic ouster” is expected to remove Hungary’s procedural opposition to the EU’s planned 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine, to be financed by members raising common debt. State-run RT published a detailed article about this plan last December, which

Who should speak for Myanmar? Not Min Aung Hlaing

In the span of 12 days, two councils were formed claiming to lead Myanmar toward peace and unity. They could not be more different — and the contrast between them is the clearest argument yet for why Washington and the international community must stop hedging and start acting.