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Briefing: Gunshots Disrupt Chaharshanbe Suri Celebrations in Tehran

Strategic angle: Crowds flee as gunfire erupts during traditional fire festival.

Briefing: Syrian refugees flee Israeli offensive in Lebanon, returning to a Syria in ruins

Strategic angle: Thousands of Syrian refugees are escaping the conflict in Lebanon, facing a devastated homeland upon their return.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: To return to Gaza, Palestinian refugees first have to face Israeli-backed militias

Strategic angle: Israel is reopening the Rafah border crossing, but challenges remain for Palestinian refugees.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Macron denounces far right and hard left, saying they 'remain dangerous'

Strategic angle: In his first public comments since the first round of municipal elections, President Emmanuel Macron warned against parties making 'deals' with the 'extremes.'

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Beirut building collapses amid fresh Israeli strikes in capital city's centre

Strategic angle: Intense Israeli strikes lead to building collapse in Beirut, raising death toll to at least 900 since early March.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: 'Cuba is not Venezuela': Trump's takeover threat collides with 'disciplined revolutionary state'

Strategic angle: As tensions rise over Cuba's national electric grid collapse, experts discuss the implications of Trump's threats.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: The Fed to meet about interest rates. And, Sen. Mullin faces DHS confirmation hearing

Strategic angle: The Federal Reserve is expected to hold the benchmark interest rate steady today amid economic uncertainty. And, Sen. Mullin faces a confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation

Strategic angle: The Alliance Defending Freedom is promoting the CARE Act to safeguard crisis pregnancy centers amid growing scrutiny.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Two key figures of Iranian leadership killed: Who's next?

Strategic angle: Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, pivotal figures in Iran's security, have been killed, raising questions about the future of the regime.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: President Sassou-Nguesso wins Congo-Brazzaville's election

Strategic angle: Provisional results show Nguesso with nearly 95% of the vote, solidifying his long-standing leadership.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work in rebuke to Kari Lake

A federal judge has mandated that over a thousand Voice of America employees return to work, marking a significant setback for the Trump administration's plans to reduce the news outlet's workforce.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: 'For sale, 5-year-old child, docile and calm': Yazidi genocide trial dives into horrors of IS

Strategic angle: The Paris criminal court heard the harrowing reality of the enslavement of a people in the name of religion.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: SAS to cancel 1,000 flights in April after jet fuel price doubles in 10 days

Strategic angle: The Scandinavian airline has announced further cancellations expected after Easter due to soaring jet fuel prices.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Iran war enters dangerous phase as regime shows resilience despite pressure

Strategic angle: Iran’s leadership is under pressure but the system is built to endure, warns Middle East expert Professor Mehran Kamrava.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Pokémon Go Players Aid in Training Delivery Robots

Strategic angle: A massive database built by Pokémon Go players is now utilized by Coco Robotics to enhance the navigation of street delivery robots in urban areas.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Slovenia's liberal government faces tight race as conservative opposition surges

Strategic angle: Slovenia holds a parliamentary election next Sunday with Janez Janša’s conservative opposition seeking to restore 'traditional values' amid warnings of an illiberal turn.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: The internet was supposed to be free. What went wrong?

Strategic angle: Thirty years ago, countercultural thinkers declared the internet an independent space. Today, it's controlled by a handful of corporations. Were we deceived?

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Argentina has officially left the World Health Organization

Strategic angle: Javier Milei's government finalises Argentina's withdrawal from the WHO, citing health sovereignty.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Are Iran's retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region affecting the US' war strategy?

Israel's military initiates strikes on western Iran as tensions escalate.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Briefing: Cuba vows 'unbreakable resistance' to any takeover attempt

Strategic angle: Cuba's leader accuses the US of collective punishment amid takeover threats.

Editorial Staff Mar 18