The world is at war in the Persian Gulf. Oil is trading above $104 a barrel. Inflation is at a two-year high. And yet the S&P 500 just closed at an all-time record. Welcome to the strangest stock market in a generation — where a global energy crisis and a Wall Street bull run are…
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Jerusalem / Tel Aviv — It was the admission that millions of Israelis have been waiting for — and simultaneously the admission that Israel’s most battle-hardened political survivor had spent eighteen months carefully, calculatedly avoiding. Standing before cameras in a moment that felt less like a press conference and more like a reckoning, Prime Minister…
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Jerusalem / Beijing / Washington — Standing before cameras with the controlled fury that has become his signature posture in the Iran-Israel war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a statement on Sunday that simultaneously complicated ongoing US-Iran diplomatic negotiations, directly accused China of enabling Iranian missile capability, and drew a bright, unambiguous line around what…
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Wall Street enters one of its most consequential weeks of 2026 carrying six straight winning sessions, a fragile Iran peace process teetering on the edge of collapse, and an inflation print that could rewrite the Federal Reserve’s script for the rest of the year. It is the kind of week where three separate macro forces…
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Baghdad / Tel Aviv / Washington — In the annals of modern intelligence operations, few revelations carry the geopolitical weight of what is now emerging from the Iraqi desert: a covert Israeli military installation — operational, strategically positioned, and functioning for an undisclosed period entirely beneath the awareness of the Iraqi government — has been…
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While the world watches the Strait of Hormuz — blockaded, mined, and fought over — Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant has been quietly routing around it. And the numbers tell the story: Aramco has posted a 25% surge in first-quarter profits, turning one of the most disruptive energy crises in modern history into a record-breaking…
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Moscow / Tehran / Washington — In a diplomatic move that is simultaneously bold, self-serving, and genuinely significant, Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that Russia take custody of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium as a confidence-building measure designed to alleviate dangerously escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington. The proposal — framed publicly in the…
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The Pacific Ocean is warming fast. Scientists are watching the numbers climb and issuing a warning that the world — and India in particular — may be heading toward one of the most disruptive climate events in decades: a Super El Niño that could scorch summer temperatures, slash monsoon rainfall, and destabilise agriculture across the…
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New Delhi / Mumbai — When the Prime Minister of the world’s fifth-largest economy publicly urges citizens to exercise caution in purchasing two of the most economically and culturally significant commodities in Indian life — petrol and gold — financial markets do not shrug. They listen, recalibrate, and in many cases, move. Prime Minister Narendra…
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Washington / Tehran / Persian Gulf — Guns are firing and diplomats are talking. In what may be the defining paradox of the current US-Iran war, Washington is simultaneously conducting active military operations against Iranian-linked targets and waiting — with a patience that surprises even seasoned observers of American foreign policy — for Tehran’s formal…