Diplomacy

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How Political Asylum Works—and Who Qualifies Economy

How Political Asylum Works—and Who Qualifies

Asylum is a legal protection that allows people fleeing persecution to remain safely in another country. Here is how the process works, who qualifies,...

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What Is the Durand Line—and Why It Still Sparks Wars Economy

What Is the Durand Line—and Why It Still Sparks Wars

Drawn by a British colonial officer in 1893, the Durand Line divides Afghanistan and Pakistan along a 2,640-kilometer border that no Afghan government...

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Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean Economy

Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean

France has deployed its sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the Eastern Mediterranean in response to Iran's closure of the Strait of Horm...

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Kast Takes Office in Chile: Country's Biggest Shift to the Right Since 1990 Culture

Kast Takes Office in Chile: Country's Biggest Shift to the Right Since 1990

José Antonio Kast was inaugurated as President of Chile on March 11, 2026, in Valparaíso, with Javier Milei and King Felipe VI among the guests, conso...

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What Is the High Seas Treaty and Why It Matters Science

What Is the High Seas Treaty and Why It Matters

The High Seas Treaty — formally the BBNJ Agreement — entered into force in January 2026, giving humanity its first legally binding framework to protec...

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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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Orbán vs. Magyar: Tightest Race in 16 Years Culture

Orbán vs. Magyar: Tightest Race in 16 Years

Conflicting polls ahead of Hungary's April 12 parliamentary elections suggest a neck-and-neck race between the ruling Fidesz-KDNP and Péter Magyar's T...

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Merz Silent on Trump's Threats: Berlin's Cold War with Madrid Economy

Merz Silent on Trump's Threats: Berlin's Cold War with Madrid

Chancellor Friedrich Merz remained silent in the Oval Office when Donald Trump threatened Spain with a trade embargo – and even doubled down on the is...

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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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How Haiti's Political System Works—and Why It Collapsed Economy

How Haiti's Political System Works—and Why It Collapsed

Haiti is preparing for its first general election in a decade, with over 280 political parties registered to compete. This explainer breaks down how H...

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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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