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Iran has sent Washington conditions for ending the war and reopening a path to negotiations. A senior Iranian adviser also said the Strait of Hormuz
A viral theory connects Russia, NATO, Taiwan, North Korea and Greenland to an approaching world war. Some underlying developments are real. The better test is
Iran’s Jan-Fada mobilization is real, and it has now moved into military and emergency training. But the viral claim that 31 million Iranians just signed
Eight people in and around Frankfurt Airport have developed falciparum malaria despite having no relevant travel history, and three have died. The evidence strongly supports
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi has been convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The verdict does not mean the KLA
Dubai chocolate really did help tighten the pistachio market. California’s dominant pistachio traces back to Iran. Wonderful really did expand processing into the UAE, and
Ansar Allah grew from an indigenous Zaydi movement into the dominant power in northern Yemen. Its rise cannot be explained by Iran, popular support, coercion,
The Houthis have not closed Bab el-Mandeb. But their capture of Mokha and advance toward strategic Red Sea positions comes as Saudi Arabia increasingly depends
Claims that Donald Trump is “about to nuke Iran” go substantially beyond the evidence. The Pentagon really is expanding limited nuclear options, and a senior
Spanish police now say traffickers recovered a hidden 1,650-kilogram cocaine shipment from the wreck of the *Nehir*. Court records, a later Swedish case and an
