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Iran Hits Tel Aviv With Cluster Missiles as War Spirals Wider
The conflict between Iran and Israel has entered a far more dangerous phase, moving beyond limited strikes into a sustained and widening regional war....
China’s Fuel Export Freeze Deepens Asia’s Energy Shortage
China’s decision to halt exports of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel until at least the end of March is set to deepen fuel shortages...
AI Accelerates Warfare In Iran But Raises Urgent Humanitarian Risks
The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has been described by some analysts as the “first AI war,” reflecting how artificial intelligence is reshaping military...
UN Panel Declares Israeli Airstrike On Iran’s Evin Prison a War Crime
The United Nations has formally flagged an airstrike carried out by Israel on Evin prison last June as a war crime. The facility, which...
Trump’s Citizenship Voting Bill Could Backfire On His Own Base
President Donald Trump has been aggressively pushing the SAVE America Act, a proposal that would require all Americans to prove citizenship using either a...
Philippines Rebuffs China Claim as South China Sea Tensions Harden
The Philippines has rejected renewed assertions by China over sovereignty in the South China Sea, deepening a long running dispute that has increasingly defined...
Make a German ECB Chief to Reboot Europe’s Economic Edge
As the European Central Bank prepares to hold interest rates steady, attention is shifting from short term policy to long term leadership. The question...
Kabul Strike Claims Deepen Pakistan Afghanistan Crisis as Narratives Clash
A sharp escalation in tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan has followed claims by the Afghan Taliban that a Pakistani air strike killed at least...
Iran Widens War to Gulf, Exposing Cracks in Trump Strategy
The conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel has entered a more volatile phase, as Tehran expands its attacks to include U.S....
$200 Oil No Longer a Bluff as Iran War Tightens Global Supply
The threat from Iran to push oil prices to $200 a barrel is no longer rhetorical excess but an increasingly plausible outcome of a...