The US-Iran peace deal has been announced. The signing ceremony in Switzerland is set for June 19. But in the Persian Gulf, 600 ships sit idle engines running, crews exhausted, cargo spoiling waiting for answers that have not yet arrived. Despite the diplomatic breakthrough that sent oil prices tumbling 4%, the shipping industry is responding…

The ink is barely dry on the US-Iran ceasefire framework, the Strait of Hormuz is days away from reopening, and global oil markets have already celebrated with a 4% price drop. But beneath the diplomatic optimism lies a single, explosive variable that could unravel everything: Iran’s stockpile of 440 kilograms of near-weapons-grade uranium enough, experts…

In a historic diplomatic breakthrough, the US and Iran Sign have reached a landmark peace agreement to end six months of conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz the critical waterway through which nearly 20% of the world’s oil supply flows daily. Oil markets responded immediately, with Brent crude falling nearly 4% and WTI plunging…

On June 8, the Pentagon quietly expanded its list of “Chinese Military Companies” to 188 entities adding some of the most recognisable names in global technology: Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, BYD, CATL, DJI, SMIC, COSCO Shipping, and dozens more. Five days later, Beijing’s response arrived with the force of a diplomatic thunderclap. “China is strongly dissatisfied…

The Pentagon had a plan. Special operations teams were briefed. Cargo aircraft routes were mapped. Excavation teams trained for radioactive material extraction from underground tunnel complexes. The mission: send potentially thousands of US troops into Iran to physically seize 440.9 kilograms of highly enriched uranium enough, by Washington’s own reckoning, to build ten to eleven…

President Donald Trump stood before reporters on June 12 and delivered a declaration that was either the most consequential diplomatic announcement of his presidency or his 38th premature claim of an Iran deal in fewer than three months. “We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, subject to finalization of documents,” Trump…

Three hours. That is how close the US military was to launching another wave of strikes against Iran when President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled them on June 11. No final debrief with generals. No press conference. And according to multiple sources cited by Axios and ANI News no phone call to Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s Prime…

At 5:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 10, the United States military launched its second consecutive day of strikes against Iran 49 Tomahawk cruise missiles slamming into air defense systems, command-and-control nodes, ammunition depots, and surveillance infrastructure across southwestern Iran. By the time markets opened Thursday, Brent crude had climbed to $93.50–$95 per barrel, the…

The world’s most critical oil corridor is shut and global markets are feeling every hour of it. Since late February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has been at the center of the most dangerous geopolitical standoff in decades. Following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran beginning February 28, Iran moved to block the narrow 33-mile…

In a move that rattled Beijing and sent shockwaves through Indo-Pacific security circles, Taiwan’s military on June 10, 2026, fired US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rockets into the Taiwan Strait a first. The live-fire exercise, conducted in Taichung on the island’s western coast, was not just a training drill. It was a carefully…