President Donald Trump once again addressed the situation in Cuba, rejecting the idea that his policy toward the island could be described as an attempt to “strangle” it and arguing instead that the real problem lies in the Cuban regime’s structural failure. “I don’t know, the word ‘strangle’ is terribly harsh,” he said, while describing Cuba as “a failed nation.”

Trump stated that the situation in the Caribbean country should inspire compassion not for its government, but for its people. He argued that the regime has treated its population “very badly” for decades, leading to poverty,

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Saudi Arabia said it will not allow the use of its airspace for any military attack against Iran. This geopolitical move has surprised many, since Saudi Arabia has historically been an ally of the United States and a major oil partner as well.

While both Iran and Saudi Arabia are Islamic nations, each represents the cradle of a different branch of Islam. Saudi Arabia is the cradle of the Sunni current, including Wahhabism and Salafism, two strands of Islamic fundamentalism, while Iran is the cradle of the Shiite branch, which also, of course, has its own forms of extremism.

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