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Pakistan's $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal exposes realpolitik logic of proxy warfare - Islamabad and Riyadh see strategic opportunity where others see humanitarian catastrophe
Pakistan's $1.5B Sudan arms deal reveals proxy war logic
As Khartoum's forces face battlefield reversal, Islamabad and Riyadh see strategic opportunity where others see humanitarian catastrophe
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January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Pakistan's $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal exposes realpolitik logic of proxy warfare - Islamabad and Riyadh see strategic opportunity where others see humanitarian catastrophe
Khamenei accuses protesters of serving Trump in key regime speech - Iran's supreme leader frames nationwide unrest as foreign plot, signaling escalation in state crackdown strategy.
Khamenei frames Iran protests as Trump-backed foreign plot
Iran's supreme leader frames nationwide unrest as foreign plot, signaling escalation in state crackdown strategy
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January 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Khamenei accuses protesters of serving Trump in key regime speech - Iran's supreme leader frames nationwide unrest as foreign plot, signaling escalation in state crackdown strategy.
Coercion and compliance: Trump trades strikes for Venezuelan oil access - After capturing Maduro, credible threat of renewed military action extracts prisoner releases and infrastructure control
Coercion and compliance: Trump's Venezuelan oil strategy
After capturing Maduro, credible threat of renewed military action extracts prisoner releases and infrastructure control from interim government
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January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Coercion and compliance: Trump trades strikes for Venezuelan oil access - After capturing Maduro, credible threat of renewed military action extracts prisoner releases and infrastructure control
Kawthoolei declaration deepens fractures within Myanmar's Karen resistance
Kawthoolei Republic Declaration Fractures Karen Resistance
New breakaway republic on Thai border challenges anti-junta unity and complicates regional security calculus
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January 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Kawthoolei declaration deepens fractures within Myanmar's Karen resistance
Russia fires Oreshnik missile at Lviv in calculated escalation test - Moscow's second-ever deployment of advanced IRBM near NATO border tests Western resolve through strategic signaling
Russia fires Oreshnik missile at Lviv in NATO escalation test
Moscow's second-ever deployment of advanced IRBM near NATO border tests Western resolve through strategic signaling
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January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Russia fires Oreshnik missile at Lviv in calculated escalation test - Moscow's second-ever deployment of advanced IRBM near NATO border tests Western resolve through strategic signaling
Iran imposes nationwide internet blackout as protesters answer exiled prince's call - Regime deploys digital kill switch following Reza Pahlavi's timed protest directive
Iran internet blackout follows exiled prince protest call
Regime deploys digital kill switch following Reza Pahlavi's timed protest directive, marking escalation in confrontation strategy
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January 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Iran imposes nationwide internet blackout as protesters answer exiled prince's call - Regime deploys digital kill switch following Reza Pahlavi's timed protest directive
Russia warns Western troops in Ukraine would face attack - Moscow's threat exposes the gap between European security promises and credible military commitment
Russia warns Western troops in Ukraine face combat risk
Moscow's threat exposes the gap between European security promises and credible military commitment
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January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Russia warns Western troops in Ukraine would face attack - Moscow's threat exposes the gap between European security promises and credible military commitment
German president warns world order becoming 'den of robbers' - Frank-Walter Steinmeier's coordinated Franco-German intervention signals strategic recalibration of transatlantic relationship amid Trump-era fractures
German president warns world order becoming 'den of robbers'
Frank-Walter Steinmeier's coordinated Franco-German intervention signals strategic recalibration of transatlantic relationship amid Trump-era fractures
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January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
German president warns world order becoming 'den of robbers' - Frank-Walter Steinmeier's coordinated Franco-German intervention signals strategic recalibration of transatlantic relationship amid Trump-era fractures
Russia-bound tanker diverts to Turkey after Black Sea drone strike - The Palau-flagged oil tanker Elbus diverted to a Turkish port after sustaining damage from a drone attack in the southwestern Black Sea
Russia-Bound Tanker Hit by Drone Strike in Black Sea
The Palau-flagged oil tanker *Elbus* diverted to a Turkish port on Wednesday after sustaining damage from a drone attack in the southwestern Black Sea, according to Lloyd's List Intelligence and ...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Russia-bound tanker diverts to Turkey after Black Sea drone strike - The Palau-flagged oil tanker Elbus diverted to a Turkish port after sustaining damage from a drone attack in the southwestern Black Sea
Senate set to vote on limiting Trump's Venezuela military authority - Bipartisan resolution tests congressional oversight as lawmakers debate whether Maduro capture constitutes law enforcement or act of war
Senate votes on limiting Trump Venezuela military authority
Bipartisan resolution tests congressional oversight as lawmakers debate whether Maduro capture constitutes law enforcement or act of war
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January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Senate set to vote on limiting Trump's Venezuela military authority - Bipartisan resolution tests congressional oversight as lawmakers debate whether Maduro capture constitutes law enforcement or act of war
U.S. formalizes indefinite control over Venezuelan oil revenue - The mechanics of financial control
U.S. formalizes indefinite control over Venezuelan oil
The mechanics of financial control
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January 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
U.S. formalizes indefinite control over Venezuelan oil revenue - The mechanics of financial control
Rubio to meet Denmark and Greenland leaders next week amid Greenland acquisition push - Washington signals diplomatic track while White House rhetoric keeps military option open, exposing strategic ambiguity in U.S. approach
Rubio to meet Denmark on Greenland amid acquisition push
Washington signals diplomatic track while White House rhetoric keeps military option open, exposing strategic ambiguity in U.S. approach
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January 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Rubio to meet Denmark and Greenland leaders next week amid Greenland acquisition push - Washington signals diplomatic track while White House rhetoric keeps military option open, exposing strategic ambiguity in U.S. approach
Trump co-opts Venezuela's sanctioned strongmen to secure oil access - Washington threatens Maduro's security chief while betting regime insiders can deliver stability and resources better than democrats
Trump co-opts Venezuela's sanctioned strongmen for oil
Washington threatens Maduro's security chief while betting regime insiders can deliver stability and resources better than democrats
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January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Trump co-opts Venezuela's sanctioned strongmen to secure oil access - Washington threatens Maduro's security chief while betting regime insiders can deliver stability and resources better than democrats
Thailand warns Cambodia after disputed border incident threatens ceasefire - Bangkok and Phnom Penh offer conflicting accounts of explosion that injured soldiers, testing 10-day-old truce
Thailand warns Cambodia after border incident threatens ceasefire
Bangkok and Phnom Penh offer conflicting accounts of explosion that injured soldiers, testing 10-day-old truce
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January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Thailand warns Cambodia after disputed border incident threatens ceasefire - Bangkok and Phnom Penh offer conflicting accounts of explosion that injured soldiers, testing 10-day-old truce
Venezuela oil deal follows military capture of Maduro - Trump announces $2 billion crude agreement days after U.S. forces seize president, revealing intervention's economic objectives
Venezuela oil deal follows Maduro capture by U.S. forces
Trump announces $2 billion crude agreement days after U.S. forces seize president, revealing intervention's economic objectives
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January 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Venezuela oil deal follows military capture of Maduro - Trump announces $2 billion crude agreement days after U.S. forces seize president, revealing intervention's economic objectives
Russia deploys submarine to shield Venezuelan tanker from U.S. seizure
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January 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Russia deploys submarine to shield Venezuelan tanker from U.S. seizure
Southern separatist leader vanishes as Saudi-UAE alliance fractures in Yemen
Yemen separatist leader flees as Saudi-UAE alliance fractures
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, leader of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, fled to an undisclosed location on January 7, 2026, hours after refusing to board a flight to Riyadh for emergency talks brokered ...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Southern separatist leader vanishes as Saudi-UAE alliance fractures in Yemen
Paris pact offers Ukraine guarantees calibrated to avoid binding Europe to war
Paris pact offers Ukraine guarantees without automatic defense
Britain and France pledge forward military presence, but monitoring mechanisms stop short of automatic defense commitments
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January 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Paris pact offers Ukraine guarantees calibrated to avoid binding Europe to war
Lockheed Martin to triple Patriot missile production under new Pentagon contract model
Lockheed triples Patriot missile output under new Pentagon deal
Seven-year agreement marks shift toward commercial-style procurement as interceptor demand outpaces Cold War-era production levels
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January 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Lockheed Martin to triple Patriot missile production under new Pentagon contract model
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Colombia readies military as Trump invasion threat shatters historic alliance
Colombia military prepares as Trump threats shatter alliance
Washington's attack on Venezuelan leader and warnings to Petro force decades-long security partner to publicly prepare for U.S. military action
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January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Colombia readies military as Trump invasion threat shatters historic alliance
Aleppo clashes reveal deepening crisis over Kurdish integration into Syria's new state - At least three killed as violence exposes breakdown in merger agreement
Aleppo clashes expose Syria's failing Kurdish integration
At least three killed as violence exposes breakdown in March 2025 SDF merger agreement
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January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Aleppo clashes reveal deepening crisis over Kurdish integration into Syria's new state - At least three killed as violence exposes breakdown in merger agreement
Trump's Venezuela embassy plans expose strategic incoherence, not statecraft. Military intervention & diplomatic normalization collide as Washington pursues oil access through contradictory policy signals
Trump's Venezuela embassy plans expose strategic chaos
Military intervention and diplomatic normalization collide as Washington pursues oil access through contradictory policy signals
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January 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Trump's Venezuela embassy plans expose strategic incoherence, not statecraft. Military intervention & diplomatic normalization collide as Washington pursues oil access through contradictory policy signals
Maduro's arrest answered nothing. How does a nation with more oil than Saudi Arabia become synonymous with starvation and mass exodus?
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Venezuela's collapse: Oil, authoritarianism, and exodus
Maduro's arrest answered nothing. How does a nation with more oil than Saudi Arabia become synonymous with starvation and mass exodus? Venezuela's paradox isn't one man's fall—it's two decades of coll...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Maduro's arrest answered nothing. How does a nation with more oil than Saudi Arabia become synonymous with starvation and mass exodus?
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2026 flashpoints alert: Ukraine, Taiwan, Venezuela, Sudan & more—where great power rivalries test a fracturing world order. (Share if you care)
Ten conflicts to watch in 2026: A realpolitik analysis
As great power competition intensifies and transactional diplomacy replaces principle, a decade of strategic rivalries reaches its breaking point
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January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
2026 flashpoints alert: Ukraine, Taiwan, Venezuela, Sudan & more—where great power rivalries test a fracturing world order. (Share if you care)