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Houthis Seize Perim Island, Putting a Global Shipping Chokepoint in Their Hands
WASHINGTON — The seizure of Perim Island by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels has placed a vital maritime chokepoint under rebel…
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Africa’s New Data Center Race Links Power Projects to AI Infrastructure
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Sweden’s Election Turns on Gang Violence, Migration and the Nordic Model
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Virgo Transport 8 Vanishes From Java Sea Tracking Systems
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Houthis Seize Bab el-Mandeb as Hormuz Traffic Collapses
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The Post-9/11 Security System Faces a Threat It Wasn’t Built to Stop
WASHINGTON — The federal government’s counterterrorism architecture was built after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which killed 2,977 people…
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Houthi Seizure of Yemen Port Pushes Oil Past $100 as Two Key Straits Face Siege
International benchmark Brent crude surged more than 5% to $106.60 a barrel in late Thursday trading, while U.S. West Texas…
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25 dead in cargo ship fire at state-owned Qingdao shipyard, Xi orders probe
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