Will Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Be Different from Biden’s Economic ‘Nuclear Bomb’?
President Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration was preparing the “most crushing economic operation” for Iran, and that…
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S. Korean President Proposes New Round of Dialogue as Trump Again Reduces Commitments to Peninsula
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung used the occasion of the country’s day to commemorate freedom from Japanese domination to…
Trump’s War on Iran Now Solely Centered Around Hormuz
Story at a glance… The war on Iran has coalesced almost entirely into a battle for control over the…
Yemen’s Blockade Cuts Saudi Oil Export by 40% with Strikes on Refinery and Red Sea Shipping
Oil loads into the East-West pipeline at the Saudi port city of Yanbu have fallen 40% since strikes on…
With Up to 4 Killed and Dozens Wounded, US Ground Forces Pay the Cost of Renewed Fighting
While news headlines circulated the announcement that 2 US soldiers were killed by an Iranian strike in Jordan, an…
Yemen Warns $200pb Oil if Attacks by Saudi Continue, Closure of the Red Sea Strait Discussed
Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the faction which has controlled northern Yemen and the capital of Sana’a for over…
“Mood Inside Iran Is Not Triumphant. It Is Watchful”—The Peace Deal’s Shaky First Day
On June 19th, WaL sat down with Tehran-based Geopolitical Analyst Peiman Salehi to get a sense of the feelings inside the…
What Does Iran Think of the Deal with the US?
The American, Arab, Israeli, and Iranian airways are drunk on speculation over what this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed…
Armenia’s Pashinyan Comfortably Wins Parliamentary Elections Described as ‘a Vote for Peace’
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan watched as his party comfortably won parliamentary elections with a hair short of 50%…
Ukraine War Updates: Congress Commits Billions in Aid, Zelenskyy’s Letter to Putin, Kostiantynivka
On June 4th, the US House of Representatives voted 226-195 to approve $1 billion in Ukraine aid money and…
Iran Strike Injures 5 Americans, Showing the Cost of Trump’s Failure to Negotiate Seriously
On May 28th, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. (IRGC) struck an American air base in Kuwait, destroying 1, potential…
As US Doubles Down on Militarism in the Pacific, What Can its Defeat to Iran Teach an Observant China?
Springtime saw Beijing security officials presented with two valuable datasets that would inform potentialities in a conflict between China…
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns After Her Office Contradicted Trump, Pentagon’s Claims on Iran Missile Capabilities
Tulsi Gabbard announced on Friday, May 22nd, her resignation from the position as Director of National Intelligence (DNI),…
U.S. Reportedly Preparing Indictment Against Raúl Castro Over 1996 Plane Shootdown
The United States is reportedly preparing criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, according to American officials cited…
Intelligence Agencies Claims Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities: Will Trump Ignore Them Again
One week before President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, US intelligence officials found no evidence to suggest that Iran…
US–Iran Talks Edge Toward Fragile Breakthrough
The possibility of a peace deal has emerged in the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, with…
The Houthis Enter War on the Side of Iran, Further Straining Israel’s Missile Defenses
Multiple security and financial analysts have observed that all Iran must do to win this war imposed on them…
Will 2026 Be the Year Russia Finally Breaks Ukrainian Lines?
Multiple reports say that Russia’s spring offensive in eastern Ukraine has just started, following some 948 drones fired across…
Did Iran’s Threat Cause Trump to Back Down, or Are Negotiations Really Taking Place?
Breaking news from the Gulf is that a 48-hour ultimatum of strikes on Iranian power plants by President Donald…
Call of Duty Generation Leads America Against Iran, Disturbing Nation with its ‘Slopaganda’
The Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran is being led by a new generation of military personnel, by a decidedly different…