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Dollars and Sense
The U.S. and its Gulf partners are racing to bypass the Strait of Hormuz — the UAE doubling its pipeline capacity, Saudi Arabia expanding...
Dollars and Sense
The IEA warns the renewed U.S.-Iran fighting could upend its forecast of a massive 2027 oil surplus, calling a lasting peace a "must" for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine's drone sector has transformed from an ad hoc network of volunteers modifying commercial quadcopters into an industry of hundreds of companies building strike...
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A new analysis argues the true beneficiaries of Trump's Iran war were America's great-power rivals. Russia reportedly fed Iran targeting data on U.S. bases...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Brandon Weichert reports a panelist citing administration and Pentagon sources who claims the U.S. plans a Marine and Ranger landing on Kharg Island —...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Japan's merchant fleet has all but left the Gulf — down from roughly 45 ships to four, with crews cut from 1,100 to about...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Unclaimed airstrikes rocked southern Iran hours after CENTCOM declared its 90-target operation complete — and no country has stepped forward, with one Iranian lawmaker...
Ukraine War
Putin hinted the war is "coming to an end" — but analysts are split on whether he can afford peace. Russia's economy now runs...
Ukraine War
Ukrainian drones set the Ilsky refinery ablaze for the 17th time since 2022, part of an overnight wave Russia says included 376 drones downed...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's strike on Omsk succeeded because Russia left its largest refinery almost completely undefended — a fatal assumption, with the drones' true endurance range...
The Treaty
Israel's warning of a fresh Iranian plot to kill Trump is credibly reported — and unconfirmed, undetailed, and viewed by some U.S. officials as...
The Treaty
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed to a crawl — just five ships tracked Wednesday, down from 45 on Monday — with...
The Treaty
Hours after Trump announced Iran had asked to continue talks, a source close to Tehran's negotiating team told the state-linked Fars agency that reports...
Dollars and Sense
With Hormuz effectively shut for more than four months — the most severe oil supply shock in history — Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Qatar...
Dollars and Sense
Brandon Weichert argues Washington has China backwards: in two wars, Beijing has played stabilizer — quietly draining its 1.4-billion-barrel oil reserve to hold down...
Dollars and Sense
Trump agreed to resume talks after Tehran asked — revealing the 90-target strike wave was meant to force Iran back to the table, not...
North Korea Talk
North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...
North Korea Talk
The recent North Korea–China summit highlights Beijing’s increasing concern over Moscow’s growing influence in Pyongyang. Since the Ukraine war began, Russia and North Korea...
North Korea Talk
Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...