Armed Conflicts

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Cyberattack on NCBJ: Traces Lead to Iran Science

Cyberattack on NCBJ: Traces Lead to Iran

Hackers attacked the National Centre for Nuclear Research in Świerk, Poland, but Polish security systems repelled the attack. Minister Gawkowski point...

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Hormuz Stranglehold: Oil Crisis Shakes the World Economy Economy

Hormuz Stranglehold: Oil Crisis Shakes the World Economy

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since a US-Israel military campaign against Iran began has sent Brent crude above $100 a barrel, paralyz...

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How Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Work Science

How Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Work

From radar networks to hit-to-kill interceptors, ballistic missile defense systems represent one of the most complex engineering challenges in modern...

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How Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing System Works Economy

How Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing System Works

Lebanon divides every government post by religious sect — a system born in 1943 that was meant to keep the peace but has repeatedly produced paralysis...

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EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia: Fridman and Usmanov Remain Listed Economy

EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia: Fridman and Usmanov Remain Listed

On March 14th, ambassadors from all 27 EU member states agreed to extend individual sanctions against Russia for another six months, despite oppositio...

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Trump Touts Iran's 'Total Defeat' as Hormuz Warships Mobilize Economy

Trump Touts Iran's 'Total Defeat' as Hormuz Warships Mobilize

On Day 15 of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, President Trump declared Tehran 'totally defeated' and seeking a deal, while calling on China, France,...

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Slovakia and Hungary Seek to Remove Oligarchs from Sanctions List Economy

Slovakia and Hungary Seek to Remove Oligarchs from Sanctions List

Bratislava and Budapest are conditioning their approval for the extension of EU sanctions against Russia on the removal of Mikhail Fridman and Alisher...

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Poland Under French Nuclear Umbrella? Tusk in Talks Economy

Poland Under French Nuclear Umbrella? Tusk in Talks

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that Poland is in advanced talks with France and a group of European allies about joining President Emmanuel...

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Qatar LNG Shutdown Sends European Gas Prices Soaring 50% Economy

Qatar LNG Shutdown Sends European Gas Prices Soaring 50%

Iranian drone strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan industrial complex forced QatarEnergy to declare force majeure and halt all LNG production, sending Europe...

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Trump Bombs Kharg Island as Iran War Enters Day 14 Economy

Trump Bombs Kharg Island as Iran War Enters Day 14

President Trump declared that the U.S. has 'totally obliterated' every military target on Iran's Kharg Island oil hub, while Iran fired a new missile...

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Why Gangs Now Control 90% of Haiti's Capital Economy

Why Gangs Now Control 90% of Haiti's Capital

For decades, Haitian politicians armed street gangs to consolidate power. When the state collapsed, those gangs turned on their patrons — and now effe...

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What Are Lethal Autonomous Weapons and How Do They Work? Technology

What Are Lethal Autonomous Weapons and How Do They Work?

Lethal autonomous weapons — sometimes called 'killer robots' — can select and engage targets without a human pulling the trigger. Here's how they work...

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