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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged the United States to meet demands in order to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said in July that an agreement had been reached for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza.
Tokyo’s defense white paper echoes the 2025 edition, which flagged China as ’the greatest strategic challenge' to Japan since World War II.
This year’s exercise is different in unprecedented ways such as the military’s use of drone swarms, said one expert.
Dozens of listed companies have disclosed added tax costs as businesspeople describe authorities revisiting previously approved tax treatment.
Jed Royal said Taiwan’s ’strategy of erosion' can work but requires stronger defenses, dispersed stockpiles, and repeated civilian-military exercises.
Trump ordered U.S. forces to restart the blockade on July 14.
U.S. importers must prove their goods are free of Xinjiang forced labor, and the two sanctioned firms sell forensic testing that makes that proof possible.
