Iranian FM 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 the most…
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Washington / Doha | May 2, 2026 What were once the most imposing symbols of American military projection in the Middle East sprawling, fortified, and seemingly untouchable have emerged from nearly two months of Iran’s retaliatory strikes as something far more unsettling: a liability. A sweeping investigation by CNN, corroborated by assessments from Stars and…
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In one of the most consequential phone calls of the ongoing Iran war crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down with US President Donald Trump on April 29, 2026, for a 90-minute conversation that covered two of the world’s most dangerous active conflicts and delivered a blunt Russian warning about what happens if the American…
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Global energy markets remain on edge as geopolitical fault lines deepen April 29, 2026 The price of crude oil pulled back modestly on Wednesday after touching a three-week high, as markets attempted to absorb the twin shocks of the United Arab Emirates’ surprise exit from OPEC and the continued Strait of Hormuz disruption that has…
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The war between Iran and the United States has crossed into a chilling new domain. Iranian hackers have published the personal data of 2,379 US Marines deployed in the Middle East exposing home addresses, phone numbers, and family details and delivered direct death threats to the service members via WhatsApp. It is among the most…
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A bombshell report has cracked open one of Washington’s most closely guarded secrets: inside the Trump administration, Vice President JD Vance has been privately questioning whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is giving President Trump an accurate picture of the US war in Iran and the cracks are widening by the day. The Report: Vance Questions…
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When the United States imposed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026 locking down one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints as part of its ongoing war against Iran energy analysts feared India faced an imminent supply crisis. Nearly half of India’s crude oil imports and roughly 60% of its…
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The gunfire outside the white house correspondents’ dinner had barely stopped echoing when a different kind of assault began one waged not with weapons but with screenshots, clipped video, and algorithmic amplification. Within minutes of the first reports of shots fired outside the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, social media platforms were saturated with…
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The Iran-Israel war is being fought not only with missiles and naval blockade it is also being waged in the shadows, inside secure military bases, through encrypted messaging apps and cryptocurrency wallets. And according to Israeli prosecutors, Iran steal has just scored one of its most damaging intelligence victories of the conflict: a penetration of…
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In a landmark shift, the Trump administration has moved state-licensed medical marijuana out of the same federal category as heroin and the ripple effects are already being felt from Washington state medical license holders to New York and beyond. On April 22, 2026, President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical…