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How Iran's Supreme Leader Is Chosen—and Why It Matters Economy

How Iran's Supreme Leader Is Chosen—and Why It Matters

Iran's Supreme Leader holds near-absolute power, but the selection process involves a little-known clerical body, heavy vetting, and a constitutional...

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How OPEC Works—the Cartel That Controls Oil Economy

How OPEC Works—the Cartel That Controls Oil

OPEC coordinates oil production among its member nations to influence global supply. Here is how the cartel makes decisions, enforces quotas, and why...

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How Palestinian Elections Work—and Why They Stall Culture

How Palestinian Elections Work—and Why They Stall

The Palestinian Authority holds presidential, legislative, and local elections — but internal divisions, the Fatah-Hamas split, and the question of Je...

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How Iraq's Muhasasa Power-Sharing System Works Economy

How Iraq's Muhasasa Power-Sharing System Works

Iraq divides its top government posts along ethnic and sectarian lines through an informal system called Muhasasa. Here's how it works, why it was cre...

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Iran-US Ceasefire Triggers Historic 16% Oil Price Crash Economy

Iran-US Ceasefire Triggers Historic 16% Oil Price Crash

President Trump and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and sending oil prices plunging more than 16% — the largest si...

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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Oil Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Oil

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint, funneling roughly 20 million barrels per day between the Persian Gulf and global ma...

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Housing Market Stalls as Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High Living & Furniture

Housing Market Stalls as Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Month High

US mortgage rates climbed to 6.46%, their highest in seven months, as the war in Iran drives oil prices higher and reignites inflation fears — but ris...

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Iran War Enters Week 6 as Trump Sets Hormuz Ultimatum Economy

Iran War Enters Week 6 as Trump Sets Hormuz Ultimatum

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran reaches its sixth week with over 2,076 casualties, as President Trump threatens to destroy Iran's infras...

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What Is the Status Quo at the Holy Sepulchre? Culture

What Is the Status Quo at the Holy Sepulchre?

Six Christian denominations share Christianity's holiest church under a centuries-old Ottoman decree, with two Muslim families holding the key — an ar...

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Spain Closes Airspace to U.S. Aircraft Over Iran Conflict Economy

Spain Closes Airspace to U.S. Aircraft Over Iran Conflict

The Spanish government has prohibited U.S. aircraft involved in the war against Iran from overflying its territory and using its military bases, a dec...

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Poland Cuts Fuel VAT to 8% Amid Record Diesel Prices Economy

Poland Cuts Fuel VAT to 8% Amid Record Diesel Prices

Prime Minister Tusk's government has announced a "Lower Fuel Prices" package, reducing VAT on fuel from 23% to 8% and cutting excise duty to the EU mi...

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Paris Bomb Plot Foiled: Three Minors Arrested Culture

Paris Bomb Plot Foiled: Three Minors Arrested

Parisian police have thwarted a bomb attack planned against the Bank of America headquarters in the 8th arrondissement. Three minor suspects have been...

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