Americas
Iranian Official Describes Months of Nightly Strikes on Hormuz Smuggling Vessels
Tehran has not published a single vessel name, date, or coordinate, yet the figure it cited implies roughly 150 strikes a month. Who is actually being hit, and…
U.S. Taps Strategic Reserve Again as Hurricane Isaias Shuts Gulf Output
The U.S. is drawing on its emergency oil stockpile while it sits at a 43-year low, and the next supply shock arrives with less cushion than the last…
Zelenskyy Says EU Will Send Ukraine €3 Billion More in Military Aid
Kyiv says the money arrives next week, but the figure is moving through Ukrainian channels first, while Washington is floating a settlement that leaves Europe paying the bill.…
- By Ava Isley
Mearsheimer Doubts Israel Could Defeat Iran Alone
The realist scholar who has long argued against US entanglement in the Middle East now says Israel could not win even with American help. His reasoning rests on…
Tanker Charter Costs Now Exceed a SpaceX Launch, Haaretz Reports
One Gulf-to-China voyage was reportedly chartered for $76 million, ten times its pre-war price. The number is real enough to move markets, but the comparison behind it is…
US Moves to Ease Russian Fuel Sanctions, Blindsiding Kyiv and European Negotiators
Ukrainian negotiators flew to Washington to discuss an energy truce with Russia. They left having heard the opposite, and the fallout is reaching fuel markets far from Kyiv.
Israeli Battlefield Medicine Cuts Wounded-Soldier Mortality to 7.1 Percent, Drawing US Army Attention
Medics once needed 15 to 20 minutes to reach a wounded soldier with advanced care. Now a doctor sits inside every company, and the US Army is reportedly…
Boris Johnson Condemns US Easing of Russian Diesel Sanctions
A cargo of Russian diesel is reportedly bound for American ports after a Trump-Putin arrangement, and the former British prime minister says Washington has asked the wrong people…
Washington Dangles Sanctions Relief for a Partial Ukraine Truce
According to reports, the offer on the table is frozen Russian assets and a Lukoil stake in exchange for quiet skies over Ukraine’s grid. Kyiv’s answer depends on…
Miami Talks End Early as Trump Moves to Ease Russian Diesel Sanctions
Two days of US, Ukrainian and European consultations wrapped ahead of schedule, and within hours Washington’s agenda had shifted to fuel. Kyiv says the trade-off is backwards, and…