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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Pompeo Declares Economic War on Iran
The U.S. secretary of state vowed “unprecedented financial pressure in the form of the strongest sanctions in history.”
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters In Europe, Standing Up to America Is Now Patriotic
Trump’s decision to leave the Iran deal is bigger than Iran. It’s exposing more cracks in the trans-Atlantic alliance.
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Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters The Man Who Could Shape Iraq's Future
Moqtada al-Sadr, who once led part of the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq, may pick the next prime minister.
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Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters A Shia Cleric's Radical Vision for Iraq
Moqtada al-Sadr has transformed himself—and could emerge a kingmaker after elections this weekend.
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Omar Sanadiki / Reuters The Battle Between Israel and Iran Is Spreading
As the Syrian Civil War winds down, a potentially more dangerous conflict intensifies.
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Jonathan Ernest / Reuters Trump's First Big Breakthrough in North Korea Negotiations
American detainees who were held in Pyongyang are headed home.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Rips Up a 'Decaying and Rotten Deal' With Iran
President Trump said he'll begin reinstating nuclear sanctions on the Iranian regime, effectively marking the beginning of the end of the agreement.
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Omar Sobhani / Reuters Afghanistan Takes a Bloody Path to Pursue Peace
The recent carnage notwithstanding, the government has called for talks with the Taliban.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters What Netanyahu Did and Didn't Say About Iran's Nuclear Program
What Israel’s prime minister included in his presentation is as striking as what he left out.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters Netanyahu's Bizarre PowerPoint Presentation on Iran
Israel’s leader says Iran cheated on the nuclear deal, adding doubts about the agreement’s survival. But he mostly described past programs.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Kim Jong Un Is Manipulating the World
The North Korean leader has deftly exploited fissures between the U.S. and South Korea.
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Muhammad Hamed / Reuters Trump's Selective Empathy for Syrian War Victims
He has intervened to try to stop chemical attacks. But those fleeing the war zone are mostly not welcomed in the U.S.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Sanctions on Russia That Never Came
The White House’s walk-back on punitive measures expected Monday shows an administration at odds with itself—as well as the complexity of responding to alleged chemical strikes in Syria.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Will This Attack on Syria Be Any Different?
President Trump ordered the military action days after an alleged chemical-weapons attack by the Assad regime in Douma.
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Reuters / Khalil Ashawi The Syrian War Is Actually Many Wars
President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. strikes against government targets in Syria after a suspected chemical attack.
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Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik / Reuters All the Ways Russia Enables Assad
From airstrikes to diplomacy and propaganda
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Cynthia Karam / Reuters The Strange Geography of the Latest Syria Strike
Israel is said to be behind the attack on the T4 airbase where Iran is active.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Another Strike on Syria Could Be Coming
President Trump blasted Vladimir Putin and “animal” Assad for the assault on Douma.
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Ruben Sprich / Reuters American Sanctions Are Getting Closer to Putin
They include oligarchs and Russian officials.
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China Daily / Reuters China and the Cost of a Television
What a trade war might mean for consumers
