22+ hour, 20+ min ago   (563+ words) Exports face a five-to-seven-day stockpile window as damage to a vital Red Sea route deepens an already severe global supply crunch. Saudi Arabia could run out of oil stocks available for export if it does not restart its major east-west…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1071+ words) Saudi pipeline shutdown and Houthi gains raise fresh fears over the world’s most critical oil and shipping routes Saudi Arabia has shut down a critical oil pipeline after a drone attack by allies of Iran, opening a new and potentially…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (769+ words) Our imperial overreach began 25 years ago with the War on Terror. It is being brought to a grim conclusion by Donald Trump’s war on Iran. Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history,…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (413+ words) The capture of a strategic Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon has exposed the fragility of a U.S.-brokered regional ceasefire and complicated efforts to bring Washington and Tehran back to negotiations. Hezbollah and the IRGC refused. Their apparent calculation was that…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1069+ words) A disputed claim that he received a warning before the 7 October Hamas attack has revived questions about Benjamin Netanyahu’s responsibility—and whether Israeli voters still trust him. Benjamin Netanyahu has spent years at the centre of Israel’s most bitter political…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (463+ words) The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has transformed oil tankers from commercial assets into strategic necessities, sending second-hand prices soaring as countries and shipowners compete for scarce vessels. “There is fierce competition to acquire these second-hand tankers, which has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (197+ words) Surrendered insurgents blockade roads and railways, exposing unresolved demands and growing doubts over the implementation of the 2024 peace accord. Dr. Afsara Shaheen is a Research Associate at the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, India Sri Lanka police have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (333+ words) A collapsing currency, empty bazaars and fuel shortages are deepening Iran’s economic crisis — but US pressure has yet to force a retreat from Tehran’s core demands. The immediate economic indicators are stark. Iran’s currency, the rial, fell to 2.2 million to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (726+ words) What more can we do as part of global civil society, at a time when our governments are becoming increasingly Israelized and international judicial institutions themselves seem to be fighting for their very existence? A few days ago, when I…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1055+ words) After 286 days at sea, 5,000 US sailors arrive in Pattaya for rest and recreation — reviving a controversial military tradition rooted in the Vietnam War. For nine months, the sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln have lived largely within the confines of…...