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China's state oil tankers have avoided the Strait of Hormuz since late July
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that much of the world's oil passes through.
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Trump puts new tariffs on drones, but EU and UK pay much less
US President Donald Trump has placed steep new import taxes on drones and drone parts, saying he wants to rebuild American drone manufacturing, which the White House calls key to modern warfare.
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Netanyahu rejects US-backed Gaza plan that Hamas has already accepted
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US-brokered Gaza peace plan, even though Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and has fought Israel there, already agreed to it.
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Netanyahu says Israeli troops will stay in Gaza, rejecting Trump's deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israeli troops will not leave Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons entirely, rejecting the terms of a Gaza ceasefire and disarmament deal that US President Donald Trump announced only days earlier.
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US military plans Ukraine aid out to 2029 as Trump prepares to meet Zelenskyy
The Pentagon, the US military's headquarters, is now planning its support for Ukraine as far ahead as 2029.
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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 Tariff Wall Draws Fire: Canada Weighs Its 'Full Range,' Allies Call It 'Unjustified'
Washington's new tariff wall has moved the story from complaint to counter-move, with Canada threatening its 'full range' of retaliation and allies from Brussels to Canberra contesting the reasoning itself.
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One Signature, 60 Countries: Trump's New Tariff Wall Goes Up
Trump's new tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries replace levies expiring Friday, recast as a crackdown on forced-labour imports after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier measures.
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Trump puts a price on the Saudi nuclear deal: recognise Israel first
President Trump said the agreement to help Saudi Arabia build civilian nuclear power will proceed only if Riyadh normalises relations with Israel. In one sentence, an energy pact became a lever on the Middle East's biggest unfinished deal.
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US imposes 50% tariff on $20bn of Canadian goods; Carney says Canada 'won't bow down'
President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, prompting Prime Minister Mark Carney to say Canada would not 'bow down' as a new North American trade conflict opened.
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US opens a new tariff front against Brazil with a 25% levy
The United States is imposing a 25% tariff on Brazilian imports at President Trump's direction, escalating its trade war to reach the world's tenth-largest economy and raising the risk of fresh commodity and supply-chain shocks.
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Trump lets Ukraine build its own Patriot interceptors — and quietly rewrites the alliance's arms-supply rulebook
President Trump says the U.S. will let Ukraine co-produce Patriot interceptors — the weapons defending its cities from Russian ballistic missiles. It is a small sentence with a large consequence: it changes how the West arms Ukraine, from shipping finished stock to sharing production.