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Diplomacy & Power
Summits, sanctions, elections, leadership shifts, and statecraft.
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April 6, 2026
414 stored stories in archive
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Diplomacy & Power
Summits, sanctions, elections, leadership shifts, and statecraft.
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The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.
The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline.
U.S. President Donald Trump's "arrogant rhetoric" on the war on the West Asia is not hindering Iran's soldiers, Tehran's army said, after the President on Monday (April 6, 2026) threatened to raze Iran's infrastructure
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Summits, sanctions, elections, leadership shifts, and statecraft.
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The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.
The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline.
U.S. President Donald Trump's "arrogant rhetoric" on the war on the West Asia is not hindering Iran's soldiers, Tehran's army said, after the President on Monday (April 6, 2026) threatened to raze Iran's infrastructure
The operation to extract him from the ground in hostile territory was hugely complex and involved multiple US government agencies.
The Foreign Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman says the two sides should do more frequent exchanges at the level of political parties and officials to deal with ‘difficult issues’ so that misunde...
Steve Bannon, an ally of US President Donald Trump, served a four-month prison sentence after his 2022 conviction.
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BBC World
Public broadcaster
Live
BBC Asia
Regional desk
Live
Al Jazeera English
International broadcaster
Live
CNN World
Cable network
Live
The Korea Herald
National daily
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Reuters World
Wire service
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Reuters Business
Wire service
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The Guardian World
Newspaper
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Newspaper
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Fox News World
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New York Post World
Tabloid
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The Diplomat
Asia-Pacific magazine
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Nikkei Asia
Business daily
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Metropolitan daily
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National daily
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Taiwan News
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Channel NewsAsia
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Dawn
National daily
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National daily
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Times of India World
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NDTV World
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Rappler
Digital newsroom
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The Jakarta Post
National daily
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China Daily World
State-backed daily
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Radio Free Asia
Public-interest broadcaster
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Deutsche Welle Asia
Public broadcaster
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France 24 Asia-Pacific
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Euronews World
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