The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
The Middle East will remain a region of instability and insecurity despite the interim agreement that has been reached on June 14. The agreement calls for a ceasefire on all fronts, Iran
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Iran have reached a preliminary peace agreement, marking a major diplomatic shift in a conflict that has disrupted global energy flows, reshaped
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The United States has moved to sharply restrict access to some of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, triggering a sweeping suspension by Anthropic of its flagship models Fable 5 and
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Cuba has presented what officials describe as its most extensive economic opening package in decades, unveiling a set of reforms intended to address a prolonged national crisis affecting energy production, tourism, agriculture,
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China has expressed strong opposition to a decision by the United States Defense Department to include several prominent Chinese companies on its updated list of firms it alleges are linked to China’s
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A luxury resort project in southern Albania involving international investors including Jared Kushner is facing escalating controversy after villagers alleged that parts of the development are being built on land that was
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The United States Navy littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived at the Port of Colombo on June 12, the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka announced, marking another scheduled stop in
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), intensifying Washington’s efforts to increase pressure on the Cuban government as the island faces a severe energy
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A United States congressional delegation has visited the Parliament of Sri Lanka as part of a coordinated technical assistance program aimed at strengthening the legislature’s ability to independently analyze government spending, economic
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Donald Trump’s war in Iran has been an unmitigated disaster. The conflict has killed thousands, disrupted the lives of millions more, imposed enormous (and rising) economic costs, and yielded no discernible strategic
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A prolonged political deadlock in the U.S. Congress over immigration enforcement funding ended on Tuesday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a $70 billion bill to finance U.S. Immigration and Customs
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The United States has escalated its scrutiny of Chinese technology and industrial firms, adding some of the country’s most prominent companies—including Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, CATL, Unitree, Huawei, and chipmaker CXMT—to a Pentagon
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The worst is not the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private contractors, wielding baseball bats and batons, who flood the parking lot at the end of their shifts and unleash on
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When Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel on Sunday for the first time since a 61-day ceasefire took hold, the fragile pause in hostilities across the Middle East gave way to renewed
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There are moments in history when words lose their meaning. Not because dictionaries are rewritten, nor because language itself changes, but because political power empties words of the realities they once described.
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