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Trump Warns of More Iran Sanctions, But Not Much Is Left for U.S. to Target
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President Donald Trump is threatening Iran with additional sanctions on Monday, but there’s not much left for the U.S. to target because most of the Islamic Republic’s economy...
By Peter Harrell
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Three months on, landless IS still a threat in Syria
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The Islamic State group may have lost its "caliphate", but three months later, experts have warned the jihadists are still attacking fighters and fields in Syria to show they ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?
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The United States stepped right up to the brink of striking Iran over a downed American drone—and then abruptly stepped back. Yet the conditions that have stoked weeks of tens...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are intensifying. What might come next?
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The downing of a U.S. drone by Tehran is the latest salvo fuelling fears of war between the U.S. and Iran. Tensions have been rising over the past year since U.S. President ...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Pompeo to push Iran pressure campaign, oil sanctions compliance while in India: State official
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to India next week, but will offer no relief from oil sanctions to what was a top Iranian export market just two months ago, a se...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Administration ponders more Iran sanctions, but hasn't imposed them yet despite Trump's claim
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One day after coming within minutes of military strikes on Iran, the Trump administration has backed off its threat and is now weighing imposing additional sanctions against T...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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What Will Follow Trump’s Cancelled Strike on Iran?
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Shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired a missile at a U.S. drone flying near the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic gateway for world oil supplies. Th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Pence puts off China speech sequel ahead of Trump-Xi talks
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called off a planned China speech that had been cast as a sequel to a blistering broadside he delivered in October to avoid exacerbati...
By Ely Ratner
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Trump’s Iran Response Underlines Republican Rift Over National Security
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President Trump’s decision to pull back on a planned military strike against Iran has divided Republicans, pitting hawks who criticized his midoperation retreat against a noni...
By Richard Fontaine
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The rare earths brawl
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In 2010, China and Japan got into a mighty fishing kerfuffle, and Beijing responded by halting exports of rare earth minerals, elements crucial to a slew of military and comme...
By Martijn Rasser
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How the Pentagon Nickel-and-Dimed Its Way Into Losing a Drone
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Wednesday’s downing of a U.S. drone by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard exposes a weakness in U.S. operations. The United States has some of the world’s most sophisticated drones fo...
By Paul Scharre
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Hong Kong’s Uprising Rattles the Mainland
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Smelling blood, the protesters thronged in greater numbers. Demonstrators against an extradition bill in Hong Kong swelled on June 16 even after the city’s political leader, C...
By Jude Blanchette
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Trump downplays Iranian shootdown of U.S. surveillance drone
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An unarmed U.S. surveillance drone was shot down by a missile fired from Iran, the Pentagon said Thursday, but U.S. and Iranian military officials disputed whether the unmanne...
By Chris Dougherty
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The U.S. Goes On the Cyber Offensive
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After years of bitter complaints about cyberattacks from foreign adversaries, a new report describes aggressive U.S. cyber plans and intrusions of its own against Russia, a sh...
By Richard Fontaine
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Katyusha rocket hits second US Iraqi base as Trump calls Iran 'nation of terror'
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A Katyusha rocket was fired at a US-Iraqi training base in the city of Mosul late on Tuesday, in the second such attack in almost 24 hours. About 11.15pm, the rocket was fire...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump says he will ‘most likely’ nominate his Army secretary to run the Pentagon
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President Trump said he will “most likely” nominate Army Secretary Mark T. Esper to be his next Pentagon chief, potentially creating some stability after acting defense secret...
By Richard Fontaine
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Are Rare Earths the Next Pawn in the U.S.-China Trade War?
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Since the Trump administration blocked sales by US companies to Chinese telecom giant Huawei last month, the world has waited for Beijing to retaliate. Previously, the trade c...
By Martijn Rasser
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Did China's military-industrial-complex czar pass secrets abroad?
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China's drive to create a 21st century military-industrial complex has hit an obstacle: A key official leading it is under investigation by the country's top anti-corruption a...
By Elbridge Colby
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Congress expands Pentagon aid in Syria to cover Islamic State prisoners
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Congress wants to give the Pentagon more freedom to help US-backed forces in Syria detain Islamic State fighters in the war-torn country. The Senate version of the National De...
By Nicholas Heras
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10 killed in northeast Syrian wildfires: Monitor
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At least 10 people have been killed in Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria since Thursday while trying to extinguish mass wildfires that have recently spread across thousands o...
By Nicholas Heras
