ABU DHABI/ISLAMABAD - The United Arab Emirates presents itself as a beacon of modernity and tolerance, a "brotherly" partner to Pakistan for decades. But in the spring of 2026, this…
UK: Farage Referred To Watchdog Over £5m ‘Gift’ From Thai-Based British Crypto Billionaire.
LONDON — The scale and opacity of the financial relationship between Nigel Farage and a reclusive crypto billionaire domiciled in Thailand has been laid bare in a chain of events…
CHINA-THAILAND: Chinese, Thai FMs Hold 3rd Consultation Mechanism Meeting.
BEIJING/BANGKOK - On April 24, 2026, as a late-afternoon Bangkok sun softened the hard edges of Government House, a carefully choreographed piece of political theatre unfolded. Thailand’s new prime minister,…
UK: INVESTIGATION: THE ROAD TO RUIN – How Rachel Reeves’s Pay-Per-Mile Tax Bleeds A Nation Already On Its Knees.
LONDON, UK — In the oak-panelled corridors of the Treasury, the phrase "pay-per-mile" is spoken with the detached efficiency of actuarial science. But in the windswept car parks of Cornwall,…
UK: ‘Not Our War’, But Britain Pays The Price As Iran Conflict Pushes Inflation To 3.3%.
LONDON, UK - The conflict ignited by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February 2026 was, for many in the UK, a distant crisis. It was a war of…
IRAN: Strait Of Hormuz Closed Again – Iran’s Distrust Of US-Israeli Deception Fuels Escalation Amid Failing Lebanon Ceasefire.
TEHRAN - The rapid reversal of Iran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz, from reopening to reimposing strict military control within hours, has exposed not only the fragility of the…
CUBA: The Next Domino? Inside The Pentagon’s Secret War Plans For Cuba And The Echoes Of A Doomed Invasion.
WASHINGTON / HAVANA – In the fluorescent-lit corridors of the Pentagon, far from the chaotic endgame of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, a quiet but ominous machinery has been set…
UK: Britain’s Secret ‘Summer of Food Shortages’ War Plan.
LONDON, UK — For the first time, details have emerged of "Exercise Turnstone," a secret, high-level government contingency plan revealing that the UK could face significant shortages of chicken, pork,…
UK: Britons Face Years Of Higher Bills As War Shock Deepens Cost-Of-Living Crisis, Fuels Debt Surge And Economic Instability.
Britain is heading into a prolonged economic squeeze, where rising household bills, stagnant wages, and mounting personal debt are converging into what economists and campaigners warn could become a multi-year…
US: Borrowing To Eat, Bombing Abroad – The Violence Of America’s Economic Priorities.
In the United States, millions of people are now going into debt to buy food.
