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What are the benefits and challenges of using private companies like SpaceX for national security satellite projects?

What impact could Iran's maritime fees in the Strait of Hormuz have on international trade and relations?

Shipping executives fear language will enable Tehran to introduce fees after 60 days or a fund similar to Strait of Malacca

What are the important differences between Trump's agreement with Iran and Obama's nuclear deal?

Trump promised a better deal than the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran - but is it?

What are the potential impacts of armed militias on governance and public safety in Venezuela?

Paramilitary groups known as colectivos rove streets with assault rifles, stop and search cars and people’s phones

What actions should countries take to address the risks facing people in Sudan's Al Obeid?

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of countries including Britain, France and Germany raised the alarm at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday that Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces could imminently escalate an assault on the central Sudanese city of al-Obeid, possibly resulting in large-scale atrocities

What are the different ways we can work towards peace and safety for everyone affected by the conflict in Israel and Gaza?

An Israeli attack on a vehicle in Gaza City has killed at least three Palestinians

How could the meetings between Pakistan and Iran affect relations between the US, Iran, and Pakistan?

Pakistan’s army chief has arrived in Iran for high-level talks aimed at reviving negotiations between Iran and the US

What should the U.S. do about Iran's nuclear deal, considering different opinions on their intentions?

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump and other senior officials that evidence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raises serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concessions the U.S. is seeking in any final deal, according to three sources familiar with those discussions. Friction point: Ratcliffe isn't the only skeptic in Trump's top team. In internal discussions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth both expressed concerns and raised questions about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced Sunday, while Vice President Vance and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner advocated for it, according to two of the sources. Behind the scenes: There were a series of high-level meetings about the deal between Trump and his advisers in the lead-up to Sunday's announcement. During those meetings, Trump and his team discussed intel gathered by several U.S. intelligence agencies that showed that the way Iranian officials were discussing the deal among themselves was inconsistent with what they were telling the mediators and the U.S., two sources said.Ratcliffe and Rubio said that based on that intel, they doubted the Iranians would agree to take the nuclear steps the U.S. was seeking, according to two sources."The intelligence reflects that the Iranian intentions are not in line with their commitments under the deal," a source said. What they're saying: "President Trump listens to all opinions on any given issue — but everyone understands he is the final decision-maker," a White House official said in response to questions for this story. "This MOU meets all of the redlines that the administration has long articulated by ensuring that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon, they cannot keep their highly enriched uranium, and they cannot hold the world's energy supply hostage," the official said, adding that Trump would only agree to a "good" final agreement.The CIA and the State Department declined t

What can be done to address the crisis in Haiti and reduce gang violence effectively?

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has failed Haiti as gang violence deepens

How should countries balance support for Ukraine with efforts to negotiate peace with Russia?

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - The leaders of the G7 countries said on Wednesday they stand united to support Ukraine, including its territorial integrity, and agreed to increase the pressure on the Russian war economy. "In this context, we will strengthen our sanctions (against Russia), including those on the oil and gas sectors," the leaders said in a joint statement

What are the potential implications of increased military surveillance and naval presence in international waters for global security and diplomacy?

Increased activity comes amid reports Moscow has sent submarine to escort vessel to its territory

What impact could foreign support for leaders like Orban have on democracy in other countries?

Vice President Vance on Tuesday will plunge into Europe's most volatile election in years — a Hungarian campaign engulfed by spy scandals, sabotage and unprecedented peril for MAGA's favorite foreign ally. Why it matters: Viktor Orbán is the cornerstone of President Trump's vision for Europe. The pro-Kremlin, anti-EU strongman has spent 16 years building a template for Christian nationalist rule now embraced by the American right. Trump's national security strategy openly calls for "cultivating resistance" in Europe by empowering nationalist forces like Orbán's. His defeat would shatter that model at its source. Zoom in: Vance arrives in Budapest with a clear mission: Boost Orbán as an indispensable U.S. ally in the fight against migration and the liberal European order. Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, systematically reshaping its courts, media and electoral maps to entrench his party's power — a playbook the European Parliament has called "electoral autocracy."His challenger, former ally Péter Magyar, has channeled voter anger over corruption and a struggling economy into the most serious threat to Orbán's rule in years. The big picture: Hungary's April 12 election is exposing a rare geopolitical convergence: The U.S. and Russia are both intervening to try to keep Orbán in power, while the EU and Ukraine are eager to see him gone. Washington: Trump's administration has made Orbán's survival a strategic priority — his government has served as both ideological inspiration and proof of concept for MAGA's vision of nationalist governance.Moscow: Orbán's government is Russia's most valuable ally inside both NATO and the EU — blocking Ukraine aid, vetoing sanctions and allegedly leaking sensitive information to Moscow.Brussels: No single member state has done more damage to EU unity than Hungary under Orbán. A Magyar victory would unlock billions in frozen EU funds and remove the bloc's most disruptive member overnight.Kyiv: Orbán has grown openly hostile to his war-to