Russia After months of complex negotiations, Russia released sixteen prisoners - including wrongfully detained WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan - in a swap that also …

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Iran Iranian officials warned that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered a direct attack on Israel in retribution for Israel's assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran …

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Venezuela Venezuela's opposition combined two of my favorite things - geopolitics and math - to support its claim that Edmundo González trounced Pres. Maduro in Sunday's election - despite official r …

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Commodity Prices Aluminum: $2,289/tonAntimony (ingot min. 99.65% fob China): $23,100/tonCobalt: $26,625/tonCopper: $9,111/tonGold: $2,374/tozLead: $2,068/tonNatural Gas (Nymex): $1.94/MMbtuWTI Crude …

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Mexico U.S. agents arrested two senior leaders of the Sinaloa cartel - co-founder Ismael Zambada García and the son of the other co-founder (El Chapo), Joaquín Guzmán López - on drug trafficking char …

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Israel PM Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress yesterday to plea for continued U.S. support for his side of a war that has killed tens of thousands on the other side. He framed Israel's war in Gaza …

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