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Freshman rep unveils new bill to ratchet up penalties on spies for adversaries like China, Russia and Iran
Freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan introduced new legislation to ratchet up penalties on spies who funnel US secrets to foreign ...
With much to lose, China sat on Israel-Iran war’s sidelines as U.S. flexed
China, heavily dependent on Middle East oil, has tried to cast itself as a peacemaker. But in the Israel-Iran war, Washington ...
A Strait of Hormuz crisis could hit global oil, but China may be less vulnerable than it looks
China has been diversifying its sources for oil imports well before the current Middle East tensions.
Who are Iran's allies? What to know after US attack
While Russia, China, and North Korea condemned the U.S. strikes, only Russia called the aggression groundless. Iran has ties ...
‘If Middle East Is Unstable, World Will Not Be at Peace’: How China Views the Israel-Iran War
“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said June 19. “If the conflict ...
Russia's former president says countries are lining up to give Iran their nukes. Analysts are calling his bluff.
Dmitry Medvedev wrote that multiple countries were "ready to directly supply Iran" with nuclear warheads after the Pentagon's ...
China says US attack on Iran has damaged its credibility
China said the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities had damaged Washington's credibility and warned the situation "may go ...
Kremlin warns that other nations ready to give Iran nukes: ‘Dangerous escalation has begun’
Moscow warned Sunday that several nations are prepared to supply Tehran with nuclear weapons, as Russia and China condemned ...
How Trump's Iran Attacks Could Help Putin
"Russia could emerge as a beneficiary if Iran were to close the Strait of Hormuz," said Nikos Tzabouras, analyst at Tradu.
The China Wild Card
Beijing is one of Tehran’s most important economic partners. But experts question how much China will help Iran if it ...