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Every Magna Bureau story on geopolitics: 13 articles, investigations and analysis in one place.

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The war that refused to end: Ethiopia is fighting in…

Four years after a war that killed hundreds of thousands, Ethiopia is fighting in Tigray again — and this time the internet went dark first.

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The first handshake in four years — Magna Bureau

Russia's and Germany's foreign ministers met for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine.

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The cartels want a seat at the ballot box — Magna Bureau

One week before Brazil votes, prosecutors are trying to keep gang-linked candidates off the ballot.

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Iran offers to reopen Hormuz in seven days — if the U.S.…

Tehran's offer at the UN: lift the naval blockade, waive oil sanctions, ceasefire — and Hormuz reopens in seven days. Trump says he said no. The full terms.

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The High Seas Treaty hits 100 ratifications — Magna Bureau

Germany, Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Brunei and Samoa pushed the BBNJ treaty past 100 parties at the UN General Assembly — and set up a Janua

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Trump said no to Tehran's Hormuz offer — Magna Bureau

The American president rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for halting US strikes. Oil jumped 3%, Kuwait intercepted Iranian drones, and the mediator channel kept runni

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Sheinbaum's gambit: buy American, curb — Magna Bureau

Mexico will buy more US goods and cut its reliance on Asian suppliers ahead of the USMCA review, Sheinbaum said — with a record $102.6 billion bilateral surplus and Trump's tariffs on the table in Was

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Lula signs it into force: the Mercosur-EFTA — Magna Bureau

Brazil's president promulgated the free-trade agreement with the EFTA states by decree on September 23. It takes effect October 1 for Brazil and Iceland, November 1 for Norway — ten rounds of talks si

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Beijing reaches for the levers: the — Magna Bureau

China's cabinet pledged 'stronger counter-cyclical measures' Monday to defend its 4.5–5% growth target — as Washington and Beijing each cut $30 billion in tariffs and opened an AI incident channel. Th

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Evacuating the gap: NATO drills its first civilian flight

Iron Defender 25 moved civilians out of the Suwałki corridor for the first time — 10,500 troops, 700 vehicles, and a quiet message to Moscow about NATO's…

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Three Carriers, 60,000 Troops, and the… — Magna Bureau

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the Middle East with 9,000 to 10,000 more troops, joining two carriers already in the region — as Donald Trump weighs resuming strikes on Iran after the m

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The Bridge-and-Refinery War: Kyiv and… — Magna Bureau

Russia has hit Kyiv's Southern Bridge two days running; Ukraine has answered at a Volgograd refinery. The trenches are quiet. The infrastructure is the front.

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The POWs Seoul Wanted Kept Secret — Magna Bureau

South Korea's president threatened unspecified retaliation against Ukraine over its public disclosure of two transferred North Korean prisoners of war — and accused Kyiv of cheering on war on the Kore

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