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Deadly UK Train Collision Exposes Infrastructure Rot — Is America Next?
Two passenger trains collide near Bedford, killing one and injuring dozens — another warning the West can't maintain what it built.
June 21, 2026
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Great-power competition and the West.
The World desk covers great-power competition, war, and the slide of Western institutions — always through what it means for American interests and security. Stories are built from wire and outlet reporting with sources listed on every article.
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Foreign Clash Grounds Vance: Israel-Hezbollah Derails US-Iran Talks
Foreign wars still run Washington's schedule as ceasefire barely holds
June 20, 2026
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Caribbean Resort Fire Kills One — U.S. Brands Sell What U.S. Codes Ban
Wyndham-branded resort burned with thatched-palm roofs U.S. fire codes ban. One tourist paid the price.
June 20, 2026
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Iran Cancels Nuke Talks After Israel Strikes 150 Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon
Vance's Swiss diplomatic trip scrapped as Middle East ceasefire collapses — Americans stuck holding the bag
June 20, 2026
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Qatar's $400M Jet Gift: What the Emirate Buys
Qatar gifts a luxury 747, Congress looks away, and taxpayers foot the billion-dollar conversion bill.
June 20, 2026
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Trump's Iran Deal Unfreezes Billions, Leaves Nukes Intact — Text Hidden for Tehran
14-point Versailles deal reopens Hormuz and unfreezes billions, but leaves Iran's nukes and missiles — while the White House hides the text at Tehran's request.
June 20, 2026
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Trump Announces Turkey, China Trips From Qatari 747 Tarmac
Great-power pivot meets foreign-gifted jet as Trump maps 2026 travel
June 19, 2026
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ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan Suspended by British Bar
The global court demanding jurisdiction over Americans can't even keep its top prosecutor licensed.
June 19, 2026
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Israel Defies Trump, Refuses to Leave Lebanon as Shaky Ceasefire Takes Hold
US-Iran deal fails to stop the fighting — and American taxpayers keep paying to be ignored.
June 19, 2026
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Iran Deal Dead on Arrival, Taxpayers Left Holding the Bag
Iran no-showed the Swiss talks and Israel kept bombing Lebanon, leaving U.S. diplomacy in tatters and taxpayers footing the bill.
June 19, 2026
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U.S.-Iran Deal Already Unraveling as Israel Pounds Lebanon
American credibility gets mortgaged for a Middle East agreement no party intends to keep.
June 19, 2026
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Trump Thanks Xi, Putin for Staying Out of Iran War
The president credits rival restraint with saving American lives — and calls out freeloading allies.
June 18, 2026
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