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By Will Ripley, Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s military has grown used to the daily task of tracking Chinese warplanes flying near the island. Some days there are a handful. On others, many more. But they are a near-constant presence. So when the aircraft suddenly stopped coming for nearly two weeks, the

By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s new supreme leader has purportedly delivered his first written message, demanding that the United States and Israel pay “compensation” for their attacks on Iran and warning that the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route will remain closed to apply pressure, as the conflict increasingly spreads to

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned that Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein posed a “general reputational risk” ahead of his appointment as Britain’s ambassador to the United States, according to a trove of files released Wednesday by the British government. In a due diligence report provided

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Iran might be outgunned and outspent by the US and Israel, but it has one major advantage — its control over the Strait of Hormuz. By attacking ships navigating the narrow waterway, Iran has effectively shut the route through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. Iran’s new

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, suffered a fractured foot and other minor injuries on the first day of the US and Israel’s bombardment campaign, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. In addition to his injured foot, Khamenei, 56, received a bruise around his left eye, as

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Russia is helping Iran with advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine to hit US and Gulf nation targets in the Middle East, according to a Western intelligence official. Shahed drones, designed by Iran but mass-produced by Moscow for use in Ukraine, have been unexpectedly successful in