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A popular former defense minister whose dismissal last month sparked protests has delivered a videotaped address to Ukrainians in which he assailed wartime corruption, warned of a systemic crisis of governance, and said the country must find a way to...

Washington may be biting off more than it can chew: escalating over Hormuz could trigger a wider confrontation, undermine U.S. credibility, and expose the limits of American power. A Strait at the Center of a New Power Struggle Trump’s Hormuz...

Canada has won a three-day reprieve from President Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariffs, but a final trade deal remains hung up on Canadian auto exports, leaving Washington and Ottawa until Friday to settle one of their biggest remaining disputes, Reuters...

This late summer, Quadric is taking its vision for programmable, on-device AI to three of the industry’s most influential gatherings. From advanced processor design at HotChips to scalable deployment at the AI Infra Summit and physical AI at Embedded World...

UK household energy bills are set to further rise from October by 4% to their highest level since the summer of 2023, as the Iran war has tightened global gas supply and made gas restocking in Europe more difficult and...

Putin’s visit to Iturup demonstrated Russia’s confidence in its control over the Kuril Islands, exposing the failure of Japan’s attempt to combine territorial pressure, Western-aligned sanctions, and strategic containment of Moscow. Putin’s Visit Reinforces Russia’s Sovereignty Over the Kurils On...

The price of Murban Crude, the flagship grade of the United Arab Emirates, surged to a four-month high this week, amid reports that the UAE’s national oil company ADNOC will reduce its immediate crude shipments to Asia. ADNOC plans to...

Iceland will hold a referendum on August 29 on whether to reopen negotiations over joining the European Union, in a closely contested vote that could reshape the country’s economic and strategic direction. The referendum, however, is not a vote on...

Thousands of National Guard soldiers have been deployed across Washington under President Donald Trump’s campaign to combat crime and improve public safety in the U.S. capital. Yet a Reuters review of criminal court records suggests that the troops have played...

India’s government is looking to incentivize city gas distributors to increase piped gas connections to raise domestic cooking gas supply to households as the costs of importing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have soared since the Iran war choked off supply...

Tensions between Turkey and Israel over Syria have sharply escalated after Israel carried out airstrikes on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border, prompting Ankara to accuse Israel of using “untenable” claims to justify an attack on Syrian sovereignty. The...

We have to talk about Gaza. It is the defining moral crisis of modern history. One of the reasons people don't get it is that you cannot understand what is happening in Gaza without understanding the history of Israel and...

Commodity vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz further slowed on Wednesday as operators continue to avoid the area amid heightened security concerns and uncertainties about how far Iran’s control could extend. As of early Wednesday, ship-tracking data on Kpler...

Schools across Thailand have begun conducting active shooter response drills following a deadly attack at a school that killed at least eight people. The exercises were launched as authorities moved to strengthen security measures and prepare students and teachers for...

Two Chinese very large crude carriers have made U-turns in the Strait of Hormuz, currently idling in the area, Bloomberg reported today, citing ship-tracking data. One of the supertankers, Sea V, loaded crude oil in Iraq and set off for...

In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare parts, food, water, and energy. Jonathan is joined by David Tuttle (Rune Technologies), Paul Lwin (HavocAI), and Tom Garvey (CACI)...

Japan has issued an unusually direct criticism of its U.S. ally after Washington imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. Japan’s foreign ministry described the sanctions as “very unfortunate” and reaffirmed Tokyo’s...

The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still very different — Ukraine is a large-scale ground invasion, while the Iran war is not there just yet. But their...

China has completed the first phase of construction at Antelope Reef in the disputed Paracel Islands, creating a large artificial island that analysts say could eventually become one of Beijing’s most important military facilities in the South China Sea. Satellite...

In early 1963, a single number characterized the difference in the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union on a comprehensive nuclear test ban. Nikita Khrushchev had proposed three on-site inspections each year. Washington was asking for seven....

Venezuela has signed deals with oilfield service major SLB and Hunt Oil Co. as part of efforts to boost investment in its key energy industry, Bloomberg reported, citing a TV statement made by the South American country’s oil minister, Paula...

As campaigning begins for Nigeria’s January elections, President Bola Tinubu faces a difficult test of both his economic reforms and his All Progressives Congress party’s more than decade-long record in power. Tinubu is seeking a second term against major challengers...

The United States and South Korea have long relied on their military alliance to deter North Korea and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula. But President Donald Trump’s decision to substantially reduce U.S. participation in joint military exercises has introduced...

Crude oil prices extended their gains for the fourth day today as fresh tanker-tracking data suggests traffic via the Strait of Hormuz has slowed further amid harder rhetoric from both Iran and the United States, with both sides demonstrating an...

Recent events in Ceuta have revived a debate that many had long regarded as little more than a historical dispute. That interpretation, however, fails to capture the issue’s contemporary strategic significance. Ceuta and Melilla now stand at the intersection of...

Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name of a self-centered version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify its hardline ideological beliefs in favour...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defense Pact, a new collective defense arrangement that connects the Middle East with South Asia. Its central promise is striking: An armed attack against any one of the three countries...

Forklifts can be equipped with cameras, proximity detectors and collision-warning systems, workers appear to remain dependent largely upon horns, painted lines, mirrors and the ability of a forklift driver to twist around and look backward. Meanwhile, GM advertises the Flint-produced...

Discovery Channel India’s Declassified: Operation Sindoor, released August 15, 2026, offers New Delhi’s most polished retelling yet of the 88-hour confrontation of May 7–10, 2025. Pakistan remembers the same four days as Marka-e-Haq — and when the record is broken down...

As the era of frictionless globalization gives way to systemic warfare, the European Union finds itself trapped in an institutional paradox: it remains a global economic titan, yet it lacks the strategic machinery to defend its own interests. While authoritarian...

“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the...

The Iran war has created an extraordinary earnings season for U.S. refiners. Brent crude has fallen to around $90 per barrel from a wartime peak of $126, but the shortage of refined fuels has only deepened. According to Reuters, Global...

There have been perhaps a handful of events since the end of the Second World War that have fundamentally reshaped the world’s oil markets and consequently its geopolitics while remaining largely unnoticed at the time. The quiet agreement between U.S....

Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5....

Just days after threatening to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social platform with that label over the crucial waterway – and was swiftly called out by a top...

China’s new Arctic route cuts the journey from Ningbo to Europe in half. What the headlines aren’t saying is that every mile of it runs through Russian waters, on Russian terms. You’ve rarely seen China advertise dependency. This is because...

Palantir chairman and hedge fund owner Peter Thiel bought a 1% stake in one of the biggest companies operating in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina in the latest evidence of the play’s prospects as the world’s second-largest shale...