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When U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance lands in Islamabad (Pakistan) for his second round of dialogue with Iran, he will encounter the same impediments as in the failed meeting of April 11. The ayatollahs’ regime remains standing and inflexible to Washington’s demand that it renounce its uranium enrichment, nor does it seem willing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz while the American naval blockade lasts, nor to withdraw its financial and logistical support for its allied militias in the region.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired, a source close to the matter said Wednesday. This is another wartime reorganization at the Pentagon, just weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Chief of Staff Randy George.

Berlin announced on Wednesday that Russia will suspend the supply of Kazakh oil to a major refinery supplying eastern Germany starting May 1. The suspension comes amid the global energy crisis caused by the war in the Middle East.

Ambassadors of the European Union member states preliminarily agreed this Wednesday to unblock the €90 billion macro-loan for Ukraine, which had been frozen for months due to Hungary’s veto. The Prime Minister of this country, Viktor Orbán, had conditioned financial support for Kyiv on the repair of the Druzhba pipeline, which is now operational.

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The great wars of history have always led to a restructuring of the international order. Let’s think about the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the two world wars and the Cold War, which led to the liberal order, the rise of the

At least three container ships were attacked by gunfire this Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British agency UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and maritime security sources.

Cuba wants to end what it calls an “energy siege” and the United States wants the adoption of far-reaching reforms. Havana maintains that there is no ultimatum, but U.S. officials assure that Washington gave a two-week deadline to release relevant political prisoners as a sign of goodwill. The two countries, separated by less than one hundred kilometers of sea and ideological enemies, speak different languages and seem far from any agreement, but they are dialoguing.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s trip to Islamabad (Pakistan) for his second round of dialogue with Iran has been suspended, though not canceled, as the two-week ceasefire between the two warring countries is about to expire. President Donald Trump lied on Monday when announcing that Vance was already flying and would arrive in the early hours. The White House later said that the expectation was for him to depart this morning, but he remains in Washington and, according to U.S. media reports, will stay in the capital until Trump sees honest negotiating will from Tehran.

The European Union resists breaking with Israel and has again ruled out suspending the Association Agreement. Not even partially. The issue, which had been formally requested by the Spanish Government, was the focus of Tuesday’s meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg, but the Council refused to make any decision on the matter due to the persistent division among the Twenty-Seven on an issue that remains too delicate for some capitals.