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FACT-CHECK: Taiwan Rehearses Its Worst Nightmare, a Combined Quake and Chinese Blockade
In early July 2026, more than 370 Taiwanese government and military officials shut themselves in a crisis room for two days to rehearse the…
ANALYSIS: Trump says he is targeted by an Iranian "kill list"
At his press conference in Ankara on July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Donald Trump claimed to be "number one…
FACT-CHECK: Trump says he does not want a long conflict with Iran — true or false
On July 9, 2026, Donald Trump delivered two almost contradictory messages within the span of a few hours. In the morning, he spoke of…
DECODING: the June memorandum that reopened Hormuz is collapsing
In mid-June 2026, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding rightly presented as a turning point in the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
DECODING: 14 dead, 78 hurt — the human price of the Iran-US relapse
Iran's Ministry of Health has confirmed a chilling toll: at least 14 dead and 78 wounded in just two days of strikes and counterstrikes…
FACT-CHECK: Did Iran Really Strike a Military Base in Jordan
Continuing its retaliation after the American strikes of July 9, 2026, Iran also struck a military base in Jordan, widening the theater of hostilities…
DECODING: How the US Struck About 90 Iranian Military Targets
On July 9, 2026, US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed strikes on roughly 90 Iranian military targets. The scale of the operation, announced officially by…
FACT-CHECK: EU Repeats That Greenland's Future Belongs to Greenlanders
On July 8, 2026, as the NATO summit was taking place in Ankara and Donald Trump was reasserting his territorial ambitions over Greenland, European…
DECODING: why Erdogan is right to call Ankara historic
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, host of the NATO summit in Ankara, called the July 7-8, 2026 meetings "historic," according to Al Jazeera.