Apr 12, 2026 TERKHIIN TSAGAAN LAKE
In this episode, I'm heading further east into Mongolia, on my way to Ulaanbataar.
ROME (AP) " In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the "delusion of omnipotence" that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica on the same day the United States and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan and as a fragile ceasefire held.
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4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
Napoleon Bonaparte's maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on.
And now that a 14-day ceasefire between Tehran and Washington is in effect " with both sides claiming "victory" " Russian and Chinese leaders still have an opportunity to profit from what many see as America's latest folly in the Middle East.
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