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      <news:title>Araghchi Heads to Beijing to Shore Up Chinese Support Before Xi-Trump Summit</news:title>
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      <news:title>Defense Stocks Climb as Iran War Enters Its Seventh Month</news:title>
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      <news:title>Iran Sanctions Watchdog Faces Expiry as U.N. Council Remains Divided</news:title>
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      <news:title>House Passes Third Iran War Powers Resolution, 220-204</news:title>
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      <news:title>Araghchi Ties Hormuz to Expired Ceasefire as Oman Mediation Stalls</news:title>
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      <news:title>Brent Crude Tops $100 as Hormuz Tanker War Squeezes Global Supply</news:title>
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    <loc>https://americastrikes.com/articles/2026-09-16-iaea-cannot-verify-iran-enriched-uranium-stockpile/</loc>
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      <news:title>IAEA Cannot Verify Iran&apos;s Uranium; Russia and China Block Oversight</news:title>
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      <news:title>Micron Taiwan Union Demands Profit-Sharing as Strike Threat Persists</news:title>
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    <loc>https://americastrikes.com/articles/2026-09-15-oman-confirms-el-gaia-attack-crew-missing/</loc>
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      <news:title>Oman Confirms Attack on Tanker El Gaia; Two Crew Members Missing</news:title>
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      <news:title>Kim Jong Un Vows to Deepen North Korea-Russia Cooperation</news:title>
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      <news:title>Iran Claims Two U.S. Drones Downed Near Strait of Hormuz</news:title>
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      <news:title>Kim Jong Un Pledges &apos;Invariable Support&apos; for Russia in Letter to Putin</news:title>
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    <loc>https://americastrikes.com/articles/2026-09-15-zelenskyy-energy-ceasefire-trump-russia/</loc>
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      <news:title>Zelenskyy Rejects Energy Ceasefire Until Russia Stops Attacking Ukraine</news:title>
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      <news:title>IRGC Claims It Shot Down U.S. MQ-1 Drone Over Strait of Hormuz</news:title>
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      <news:title>Boko Haram Rejects Nigerian Ceasefire, Ransom Deal in New Video</news:title>
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      <news:title>IRGC Claims Supertanker El Gaia Hit Hormuz Mines; CENTCOM Disputes</news:title>
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      <news:title>Zelenskiy Wants Specifics on Energy Ceasefire as NATO Pledges More Aid</news:title>
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      <news:title>Iran&apos;s IRGC Says It Shot Down U.S. MQ-1 Drone Over Strait of Hormuz</news:title>
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      <news:title>Trump Administration Adds Iran-Linked Penalties to Russia&apos;s VTB Bank</news:title>
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      <news:title>Supertanker on Fire After Hitting Mines in Strait of Hormuz</news:title>
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      <news:title>NATO Pledges More Ukraine Aid After Russia Strikes Warsaw-Bound Train</news:title>
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      <news:title>Houthis Claim Large-Scale Missile, Drone Strike on Saudi Air Base</news:title>
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