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Pakistan, Iran, Japan and Russia each strengthen their forces to deter attack
In one week, four governments took steps to make their military threats harder to ignore.
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Iran war may be pausing, and oil prices are starting to fall
Two officials in the region told the Associated Press that mediators trying to stop the war in Iran are making real progress.
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America stopped bombing Iran — and it's not because anyone made peace
After nearly two weeks of nightly strikes, the US guns have gone quiet over Iran. The reported reason isn't diplomacy — it's dwindling stockpiles of interceptor missiles. Here's why a lull built on ammunition math is so easy to break.
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The Sign in the Window: Why Deterrence Is Failing Everywhere at Once
Deterrence has always been a belief, not a weapon. This week, in Tehran, Kyiv, Tokyo and along the Korean border, that belief started to fail in the same place at once.
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US disables tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Saudi Arabia strikes Yemen
The US disabled a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports as Saudi Arabia struck Yemen and the Houthis vowed retaliation, pulling the world's key oil chokepoint into the war.
EU adds Iranian judges and a cyber figure to its human-rights sanctions list
The EU has listed several Iranian judges and a leading cyber-group figure over the persecution of dissidents and religious minorities. Here is how the listing works and what it binds.
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The Gulf offramp is gone: US strikes hit a 13th night as oil breaks $100
The floated 10-day ceasefire has not held: US strikes reach a 13th night, Trump threatens a 'bigger' offensive, and oil above $100 turns a regional war into a worldwide price shock.
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Ten nights of strikes, one offramp: mediators float a 10-day Gulf ceasefire
The US-Iran exchange has entered its tenth consecutive night as Houthis threaten Saudi shipping, yet mediators are pushing a 10-day ceasefire — the first concrete offramp in a widening Gulf war.
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The Gulf war jumps the strait: Kuwait and Bahrain now under Iranian fire, US strikes hit ninth night, Brent tops $90
Kuwait says it is intercepting Iranian drones and explosions have been heard in Bahrain, drawing two more Gulf states directly into a conflict that until now centred on Israel, Iran and US forces. US strikes continued for a ninth straight night and Brent crude broke $90.
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Iran vows 'full-scale' offensive as US strikes enter seventh night and hit civilian targets
Iran threatened to resume full-scale offensive operations and renewed strikes on Gulf states after a seventh consecutive night of US airstrikes, France 24 and Reuters reported.
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US hits Iran for a seventh straight night — strikes now reaching civilian infrastructure
For the seventh night running, US forces struck Iran as fighting over the Strait of Hormuz escalated. What is new is the target set: reporting now describes both sides hitting civilian infrastructure, raising the humanitarian and energy stakes of a conflict already parked on the world's most important oil chokepoint.
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US strikes hit Iranian bridges and railways; Kuwait reports damage to power and water plant
US strikes on Iran extended overnight to bridges, an airport and a railway station, Iranian media said, as Kuwait reported damage to an electrical and desalination plant and Cathay Cargo postponed Riyadh freighter services.