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Pope Leo is weak and terrible for foreign policy: US President Donald Trump’s bizarre attack on Pope Leo XIV
While it is not uncommon for US Presidents and the head of the Catholic Church to disagree on issues, this is a rare occasion when a US President (Trump) has called out the Pope so openly.
Ceasefire in West Asia: US Navy moves to blockade Iranian ports around Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire talks in Pakistan
If US Navy really enforce this blockade, one can be sure to say that the global oil crisis is going to get worse, so much for the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire which got praised by leftists around the world, what ceasefire?
While ceasefire talks are going on in Pakistan, Trump says ahead of the talks that US forces will remain around Iran
For a lasting agreement, Pakistan will need to navigate both sides through tough differences, particularly on opening the strategic Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program.
US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad to lead US negotiating team for ceasefire in Iran
Trump says the US has received a 10-point proposal from Iran, which he considers a "workable basis" for negotiations. The proposal includes Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of uranium enrichment, lifting of sanctions, and withdrawal of US forces from the region
US President Donald Trump wants immediate reopening of Strait of Hormuz, but can Iran even do it with sea mines all over the place?
The mines Iran dropped in the narrow waterway through the Persian Gulf can't even be located by Iran as they drifted with the currents of the sea. With those sea mines still around, in locations nobody knows, passing through the strait is perilous.
The ceasefire brokered by Pakistan is as broken as Pakistan, now America’s $200-Million drone disappears over Strait Of Hormuz
Pakistan’s role in this unfolding drama, meanwhile, appears increasingly peripheral. Far from being a decisive broker of peace, it risks being seen as a bystander whose proclamations carry little weight on the ground.