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Iran Threatens Gulf Oil Routes as United States Prepares Sanctions and Pakistan Mediates

Iran's Supreme National Security Council warned that international support for impending United States sanctions would be treated as an act of war and threatened to block alternative Persian Gulf oil transit routes, while Pakistan's military leadership pursued urgent mediation efforts requested by Washington.
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Iran Threatens Gulf Oil Routes as United States Prepares Sanctions and Pakistan Mediates
United Kingdom Sends Ukraine Storm Shadow Production Blueprints as EU Approves Six Billion Euro Defense Package
United States Expands Maritime Anti-Narcotics Strikes in Eastern Pacific
Canada Suspends Trade Talks With United States Over Economic Restrictions
United Kingdom Raises Power Grid Security After Suspected Iranian Cyberattack
Taiwan Charges Nine Over Alleged Smuggling of Nvidia and Super Micro AI Servers to China
Romania Shuts Down Cernavodă Reactor as Drought Cuts Danube Cooling Capacity
Prime Minister Andy Burnham to Give Ukraine Classified Storm Shadow Blueprints for Domestic Missile Production
UK Graduate Job Vacancies Plunge 45% to Lowest Levels on Record
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