Any country trading with Iran now faces a 25% tariff, per the White House, but the move is unlikely to ratchet up pressure on Tehran in the short term.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Trump dials up risky Iran tariffs that would hit China, UAE and others: What to know
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Syrian army, Kurds exchange fire in area near Aleppo declared closed military zone
Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exchanged fire on Tuesday in a tense area in eastern Aleppo province, marking a possible new escalation after earlier clashes.
No casualties were immediately…
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Why are US, Israel still waiting to help Iran’s protesters?
When demonstrations broke out in Iran on December 28, protesters had good reason to draw encouragement from what they were hearing from both Israel and the United States.The very next day, the Mossad’s Farsi account on X posted an unusually…
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UN envoy in Cairo for talks as Sudan war tops 1,000 days: What to know
UN-led efforts to end Sudan’s war have stalled, with fighting continuing and negotiations making little headway.
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US takes aim at Muslim Brotherhood in Arab world
The United States on Tuesday designated the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as terrorist organizations, fulfilling a long demand of Arab allies and US conservatives.
Founded in 1928 in Egypt, the pan-Islamist movement once…
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Masih Alinejad tells ‘Post’ of Iranian regime’s cruelty
As images of mass protests and violent crackdowns continue to emerge from Iran, Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad says the world is witnessing not only a popular uprising, but a defining moral test for…
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Clintons refuse to testify at Congress Epstein probe, as GOP mulls contempt charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton say they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena for them to testify in an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Clintons are…
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Iranian ambassadors summoned to France, Germany, Italy
Jean-Noel Barrot, France’s foreign minister, described the regime’s attempts to violently crack down on protests as “unbearable and inhumane” while speaking to the French parliament.Barrot announced that he had communicated the condemnation…
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US designates three Muslim Brotherhood chapters as global terrorists
Jan 13 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday designated the Egyptian, Lebanese and Jordanian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as global terrorists, citing in part what it called their support for Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The move,…
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Authoritarian regimes die gradually then suddenly, but Iran is not there yet
Jeremy BowenInternational editor
Mortuary videos shows violent government crackdown in Iran How does an authoritarian regime die? As Ernest Hemingway famously said about going broke – gradually then suddenly.
The protesters in Iran and their…
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