He is no liberal, but rather a moderate conservative figure who has seized on Hungarians’ dissatisfaction with rising living costs, corruption and crumbling public services. Orbán’s pitch has largely centered around Russia’s war in neighboring […]
Alexander Smith
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America’s poster-in-chief has a new challenger. While most Iranians are barred from the internet, one of the country’s rising hard-line figures is using social media to take on President Donald Trump. Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher […]
The world is now facing price rises and perhaps even shortages for energy and food that are already baked in — and that’s if the conflict ended tomorrow. “The Iran crisis is an epoch-defining event, […]
The president is “leaving all options on the table,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “What could happen with Kharg Island? We’ll see.” The U.S. has already bombed more […]
In Britain, Starmer must also factor in his own voters’ dislike of the American-Israeli assault on Iran, (59% against and 25% for, according to YouGov), and their long-standing antipathy toward Trump himself, whose net favorability […]
The molten fireballs and belching smoke over the Middle East early Thursday signaled a dramatic escalation in the Iran war — and its threat to the global economy. Israel launched a widespread strike on Iran’s […]
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked after the assault by the United States and Israel, Iran has threatened another vital maritime trade choke point: the Red Sea. The Islamic Republic said this week that the […]
Though plenty of experts warned that Iran could and would likely close the strait if attacked, this crisis seems to have come as a surprise to those prosecuting the war. President Donald Trump had tried […]
LONDON — President Donald Trump has berated and threatened America’s NATO allies. Now he wants these same countries to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz — and their response has not exactly been enthusiastic. “This […]
Sergei Markov, a former Putin adviser turned commentator, said “the minor easing won’t achieve much” but as a reversal of a wider trend — from tightening sanctions to easing them — “it’s significant.” The Ukraine […]
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a fiery first public statement Thursday, vowing to keep blocking the vital Strait of Hormuz oil trade route and attacking neighboring countries that host U.S. military bases. The […]
Global oil prices have sharply risen, though they have fallen slightly from highs seen last week, threatening wider economic instability across the world. Trump has threatened to hit Iran “20 times harder” if it disrupts […]