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The Mecca Pact Is No ‘Sunni NATO.’ But It’s a Start automated-news
The Mecca Pact Is No ‘Sunni NATO.’ But It’s a Start

It might be hard to imagine that the Middle East is looking beyond Washington at the precise moment it is being massively disrupted by a US-led war. But that is exactly what’s happening – most recently through this month’s signing of the Mecca Agreement, a mutual defense pact between Mohammed bin Sa

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Global food security may be collateral in Ukraine war automated-news
Global food security may be collateral in Ukraine war

Moscow and Kyiv’s attacks on one another’s agricultural exports could result in a worldwide grain crisis

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Trump escalates war, insiders say automated-news
Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Trump escalates war, insiders say

Proposals to retaliate against US assets beyond the Middle East come as many in Tehran see renewed conflict as inevitable

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Iranian academic writes of US detention 'hell' over link to 1979 hostage crisis automated-news
Iranian academic writes of US detention 'hell' over link to 1979 hostage crisis

The immigration status of Maryam Tahmasebi was revoked because her husband is the son of a prominent figure in Iran.

18 Aug 2026 🔒
US sanctions International Criminal Court’s president and top lawyer automated-news
US sanctions International Criminal Court’s president and top lawyer

The US has sanctioned International Criminal Court president Tomoko Akane and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye.

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Hong Kong Gold Exchange taps tech strength in joint venture to power gold settlement automated-news
Hong Kong Gold Exchange taps tech strength in joint venture to power gold settlement

The Hong Kong Gold Exchange (HKGX) and TGX Technology have launched a joint venture to build a “secure, stable and internationally competitive” gold trading and clearing platform, as the city pushes to become a gold trading hub. Hong Kong Gold Exchange Trading System (HKGXTS) would draw on technolog

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Swiss to Reject Stricter Neutrality in Vote Russia Wants to Sway automated-news
Swiss to Reject Stricter Neutrality in Vote Russia Wants to Sway

Swiss voters are set to reject an initiative to strengthen the country’s neutrality in a ballot next month that Russia has tried to sway with jibes about the country’s actions during World War II.

18 Aug 2026 🔒
US, Canada reach trade deal to avert steep tariffs, Trump says automated-news
US, Canada reach trade deal to avert steep tariffs, Trump says

Trump announces pause on 50 percent duty on Canadian exports shortly before midnight deadline.

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Why is Trump threatening to bomb Oman, the Iran mediator trying to clear Hormuz? automated-news
Why is Trump threatening to bomb Oman, the Iran mediator trying to clear Hormuz?

The world knows that US President Donald Trump is angry with Iran. But he is not happy with the small country lying across the Strait of Hormuz from the Islamic Republic, either: Oman. Oman has played a relatively low profile role since the Iran war began, including as a mediator. But its geography

18 Aug 2026 🔒
Trump pauses new tariffs on Canada and says countries close to a deal automated-news
Trump pauses new tariffs on Canada and says countries close to a deal

US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal.

18 Aug 2026 🔒
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