Iran Polls opened in Iran's election to choose a successor to Pres. Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month.Many young Iranians are unenthused about the candidates the conservative clerics a …

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Bolivia A senior Bolivian general, Juan José Zuñiga, staged a brief and bizarre coup attempt yesterday.His team of soldiers drove a military vehicle through a palace door in an effort to oust democra …

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Russia The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russia's most senior military officer, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, and its former Defense Minister (and current Security Council member) …

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Hezbollah Citing U.S. and Israeli officials, Axios reported that U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein asked the Lebanese parliament to warn Hezbollah that "the U.S. won't be able to hold Israel back if the situ …

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North Korea Speaking to reporters in Vietnam following his two-day bromantic reunion with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, Pres. Putin directly threatened to send Kim weapons.He didn't specify what kind o …

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Russia and North Korea After "exchang[ing] their pent-up innermost thoughts," Pres. Putin and Kim Jong Un signed an updated defense pact agreeing to "mutual assistance in the event of aggression." Th …

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