Ukraine Peace Talks on Hold as Iran War Diverts Global Attention
The Kremlin announced a “situational pause” in negotiations between Moscow, Kyiv, and Washington aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Talks have been mediated...
Thai PM Anutin Secures Historic Reelection
Anutin Charnvirakul won a decisive parliamentary vote on Thursday to become the first Thai prime minister in two decades to secure reelection, giving his...
Europe Draws a Line on Trump’s War
Europe’s leading powers have delivered a clear and unusually blunt message to Donald Trump: the Iran war is not theirs to fight.
From Berlin to...
Taiwan Rejects China’s Energy Reunification Offer
Taiwan has firmly rejected an offer from China linking energy security to political unification, highlighting how the Iran war is reshaping geopolitical pressure far...
Markets Defy War Fears: Stability Surprises Global Investors
Global investors are showing an unexpected degree of calm in the face of the Iran war, resisting the urge to retreat from risk even...
Energy Shock: Meloni’s Stability Faces First Real Test
The political calm that has defined Giorgia Meloni’s tenure is facing its most serious test yet, as the fallout from the Iran war ripples...
Trump Presses Japan for Help as War Widens
Donald Trump is expected to use a White House meeting with Sanae Takaichi to push for greater Japanese involvement in the Iran war, opening...
Gas War Escalates as Trump Draws Red Line
Donald Trump said Israel will not strike Iran’s key gas infrastructure again unless Tehran retaliates, after what he described as a furious escalation that...
ECB Holds Fire as War Clouds Inflation Outlook
The European Central Bank is poised to keep interest rates unchanged, but its message will be anything but neutral. With energy markets rattled by...
Decapitation Strikes Reshape Iran’s Leadership
Since February 28, coordinated strikes by the United States and Israel have targeted the upper ranks of Iran’s leadership, marking one of the most...