New Delhi / Tehran / Washington, May 15, 2026 — The ceasefire in the US-Iran War is technically alive. The diplomatic channel is technically open. And yet, standing before the world’s press at the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reached for a word that no negotiating framework, no…

New Delhi, May 15, 2026 — It is rare for India’s Prime Minister to personally descend into the arena of individual media fact-checks. But the report was explosive enough — and damaging enough — that Narendra Modi moved with unusual speed. “This is totally false,” Modi declared in a direct public statement on May 15.…

London / Washington / Beijing — May 15, 2026 — After months of spiking fuel costs, panic buying, and an oil market that the International Energy Agency called “the largest supply disruption in the history of global energy,” a rare note of optimism is emerging from the world’s top energy analysts. One prominent voice —…

The United States has now spent $29 billion fighting the Iran war — and every expert watching the numbers says that figure, staggering as it sounds, is a fraction of what the true bill will eventually be. Acting Defense Department Comptroller Jules Hurst III delivered the updated figure to the House Armed Services Committee on…

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…

Tehran / Washington — In a disclosure that has sent shockwaves through diplomatic and intelligence circles worldwide, Iranian officials have confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei — the reclusive, powerful son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the figure most widely considered his likely successor — was physically affected by a U.S. strike, claiming he was knocked…

Washington / Tehran — In a statement that immediately ricocheted across global newsrooms and military briefing rooms alike, President Donald Trump described the latest U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian-linked targets as a “love tap” — a characterisation that is equal parts strategic signalling, political theatre, and a window into how Washington is managing escalation in…

As the United States and Iran edge toward a war-ending memorandum, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped out of an unusually prolonged public silence to deliver an unmistakable message: Israel has not stood down, has not been sidelined, and is prepared to return to battle at any moment if the emerging deal falls short…

By Staff Reporter | May 5, 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday issued a sharp condemnation of Iran’s drone and missile assault on the United Arab Emirates’ key port city of Fujairah, calling the targeting of civilians and infrastructure “unacceptable” after three Indian nationals were moderately injured in the attack. The statement marks one…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on May 1 that Tehran remains willing to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the ongoing US-Iran war but only if Washington abandons what he described as its “excessive demands, threatening rhetoric, and provocative actions.” The statement, delivered in a flurry of phone calls with regional counterparts, marks one of…