GENEVA/BEIRUT/TEHRAN — The diplomatic breakthrough that many hoped would reshape the Middle East lasted barely long enough for the signatures to dry.
The Islamabad Accord: A Fragile Peace Built On Electronic Signatures And Unanswered Questions.
ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON / TEHRAN — With three electronic signatures and a carefully staged ceremony in Islamabad, the world’s most dangerous maritime standoff came to an abrupt and uneasy halt…
Propaganda At Sea: The Unverified Spectacle Of Iran’s “Lifted Blockade” And A War Nobody Can Confirm Ended.
TEHRAN — In the predawn hours of Tuesday, Iranian state media erupted with a synchronised, triumphalist narrative: at least three Iranian oil tankers and two cargo vessels had “successfully broken…
‘The Numbers Were Great,’ Trump Said. For Millions Of Americans, They Are Anything But…
WASHINGTON — Tanya Vasquez paused in the cereal aisle of a Food Lion in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Wednesday, calculator app open on her phone. A box of store-brand cornflakes…
The Brexit Bill Comes Due: Can A ‘Clunky’ Energy Deal Save Britain From Its Own Choices?
LONDON — On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the vote to leave the European Union, millions of British households are opening notices of a 13% energy price hike.…
Beijing’s Urgent Plea As US-Iran Clashes Ignite The Strait Of Hormuz.
A Shattered Ceasefire, A Nervous Kuwait, And A Strategic Island Under Fire, China Steps Into The Void As The Middle East Teeters On The Edge Of All-Out War.
GULF ON THE BRINK: How A Night Of Tit-For-Tat Strikes Exposed The Fragility Of The Iran–US Ceasefire.
MANAMA, BAHRAIN / TEHRAN - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced in the early hours of Wednesday that its Aerospace and Navy forces had launched coordinated missile and drone strikes…
Iran Asserts Control Over Strait Of Hormuz As Maritime Stand-off Deepens: Sovereignty, Sanctions And The Battle For A Global Chokepoint.
TEHRAN — Iran has doubled down on its claim that the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most strategically important waterways, falls under the sovereign jurisdiction of its littoral…
Iran’s Red Line On Lebanon, The Hormuz Stand-off, And A War That Refuses To End.
An Analysis Of The Deadlocked Negotiations, Contradictory Red Lines, And The Expanding Shadow War That Has Killed Thousands And Rattled The Global Economy.
US-IRAN: The Art Of The Double‑Cross: Trump’s Third Betrayal, A Naval Blockade That Won’t Lift, And The Spectre Of A Dead Supreme Leader.
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — In the fog of a war that was supposed to have ended, the most dangerous sound is not the screech of an incoming drone but the silence of…
