How the Iran War Is Morphing Into a Volatile Standoff in the Strait of Hormuz
The conflict has morphed into a volatile standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, as the economic costs mount and President Trump faces a political backlash at home.
Trade, markets, energy, sanctions, and central bank moves.
The conflict has morphed into a volatile standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, as the economic costs mount and President Trump faces a political backlash at home.
The Star Wars actor apologised and deleted the post, which contained an AI image of the president in a shallow grave.
Ursula von der Leyen hails ‘good news’ after Hungary’s lifting of vetoes allows leaders to sign off on agreements
EU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited €
Police chief Fannie Masemola suspended as President Cyril Ramaphosa faces pressure to tackle corruption ahead of polls.
The Middle East conflict is putting pressure on factory orders, costs and jobs in China's export-driven economy.
On June 30, 2025, as part of the process of normalizing relations with Damascus following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Trump administration overhauled the sanctions impose
WATCH PREVIOUS EPSTEIN FILES EPISODES: https://youtu.be/MGkQG78NTNI JOIN PATREON FOR EARLY UNCENSORED EPISODE RELEASES: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey CLIPPERS DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8QmW
A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.
Russia’s national pavilion has opened at the Venice Bien
Li Auto, one of Tesla’s major rivals in mainland China, has set its sights on the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, with its premium intelligent models poised to take on petrol car brands such as BMW and
The suspect, 38-year-old Gannon Ken Van Dyke, allegedly made $400,000 from insider knowledge of the Venezuela attack.
Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to emails dating back to 2018.
Brown to advise on global finance, while Harman will focus on social and economic improvements for women and girls
One pilot ordered to repay some of the $600,000 of damage caused by collision in 2021
South Korea’s air force has apologised for a 2021 mid-air collision involving two fighter jets, a day aft
IDF thwarts attempted car-ramming attack on troops; French FM warns that EU might impose sanctions on Israelis linked to violent settler attacks 'in the coming days'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation i
Air China has restarted its Beijing-Delhi direct flight,
The chief opponent of the loan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lost his campaign for reelection this month.
Watch a cheap commercial drone destroy a battle tank on the frontlines in Ukraine, or a cut-price Iranian Shahed menace Tel Aviv, then ask yourself why Southeast Asia’s defence ministries are suddenly
The old order is dead. We just don’t know what will replace it. As Henry Kissinger reminded us in his 2014 book World Order, “no truly global order has ever existed”. After US President Donald Trump’s
Lai Ching-te abandons visit after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar revoke overflight permission
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has cancelled his trip to Eswatini, the democratic isla
Since the beginning of the year, President Donald Trump has enthusiastically reinstated regime change as a key tool of U.S. statecraft, despite previously campaigning against the military excesses
Ensuring regional energy security and resilience, stabilizing food security, and upholding the safety of ASEAN nationals are prioritized at the 48th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Cebu
En víspera de la celebración del Día de la Victoria, el alto el fuego fue anunciado por Trump y confirmado por Zelensky. También se llevará a cabo un intercambio de prisioneros.
The approval came as Donald Trump is to attend a dinner with billionaire Paramount backers the Ellisons.
The suspected Chinese spy balloon that transited the US earlier this year was able to capture imagery and collect some signals intelligence from US military sites, a source familiar with the matter te
China’s bid to build a renminbi-based financial system beyond the U.S. dollar’s reach is gaining traction as a way to sidestep sanctions.
The president has made immigration an early priority to start second term, with ICE making more than 900 arrests Sunday.
The Chinese foreign minister spoke by phone with Marco Rubio, the new secretary of state who has been a critic of Beijing.
CS 153 has gone viral on the Palo Alto campus—and on X. Not everyone is happy about it.
The president has reworked his tariffs repeatedly — sometimes because they have been declared illegal — with more updates still to come.
New Delhi and Hanoi have set a $25bn target by 2030, up
In an extraordinary break from the diplomatic restraint typical of central banks, a dozen leaders of the world’s foremost monetary institutions issued a joint statement in January declaring their “ful
The plan isn't final and could change, but his ouster would be no surprise.
The party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making gains in a state once beyond its grasp, but many decry an audit that removed nine million voters, many of them Muslim.
Attacks by powerful militias against civilians reflect the state’s inaction eight years after a peace accord removed a powerful rebel group from the field.
Islamabad has seized chance to act as mediator in Iran war and hopes to reap diplomatic and economic benefits
As Pakistan works frantically to narrow differences between Iran and the US in it
Imports from Russia to world’s biggest ship refuelling port surge in March and April
Mayor called out billionaire’s $238mn property as he pushes for second-home levy on the wealthy
Iran is expecting the US to follow through on promises m
A U.S. submarine recently sank an Iranian warship in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors. Many overlooked the incident’s significance. Others misunderstood what had occurred.T
Shares of ServiceNow sank over 16%, dragging down other software names like Salesforce, Workday and Oracle with it.
The US and Brazilian presidents did not appear together publicly, but traded compliments after their talks.
After throwing their support behind Gov. Janet Mills, party leaders are left doing an about-face on the insurgent candidate.
Trump's deadline to the European Union came as a trade court ruled his global tariff policy violated US law.
China Renaissance, a top dealmaker in the country's tech industry, said it would suspend trading of its shares and delay the release of its annual results because it still can't get in touch with its
Israel says 91 hostages abducted on Oct. 7 remain in captivity, including the bodies of at least 34.
A well-known Russian military blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, authorities said. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
Hundreds of millions at risk from Chinese shopping app malware
The Pope gives a frank and passionate speech, the likes of which have characterised his tour of Africa.
Donald Trump says ceasefire remains in place despite strikes, with Iranian TV saying situation is ‘back to normal’
The US and Iran exchanged fire late on Thursday in the most serious test yet
A court has convicted 20 people for the 2018 mob lynching of two men falsely accused of kidnapping children.
Tim discusses Zohran Mamdani being elected New York’s next mayor & the archetype of a Zohran voter, the government shutdown causing chaos in the airline industry, his most and least favorite childhood
Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.
Consumers worldwide are facing more shortages and higher
Industry minister tells FT she wants ‘level playing field’ for Canadian and EU companies
Republicans are charging ahead in the nation’s redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeals against arrest, Russian state media says
Analysis indicates that parts of the video appear to have been filmed hours after the ships were reportedly seized.
It is a great honor for Pakistan that, in these most difficult circumstances, Iran has trusted Pakistan to stop the U.S. war on the Islamic Republic. Along with the honor, this is also a great test fo
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reviewed a report on the outcomes of a comprehensive medical convoy organized by the Supreme Medical Committee and Reliefs at the Cabinet
After a March Madness filled with twists and surprises -- all four No. 1 seeds failed to reach the Elite Eight for the first ever time in NCAA men's basketball tournament history -- it is time for the
The country is focused on exports, but China is slowing imports and U.S. tariff threats are growing. Politicians are offering few alternatives.
On April 13, the U.S. military began a “blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports.” The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on April 12 that
Read the BoJ’s April forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
An anticipated meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week has sparked concerns of a repeat of the pressure campaign China launched last
Message on Telegram account has sparked alarm among diaspora groups, with one calling for the embassy to be closed
He made his company a juggernaut, but he did so by risking America’s economic and political security.
Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Dalia Burgoin is the mother of Lidu, a non-speaker such as the non-speakers featured in the Telepathy Tapes demonstr
"Look at that, wow!" - A couple in Temecula woke up to find a balloon boarded with 13 people behind their home on Saturday.
Disparate pricing raises prospect of investors earning unequal returns in the same deal on the basis of who their banker is
Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made trades on Polymarket on the basis of classified information, the justice department says.
The British pound crashed to a record low last fall as investors rebelled against budget plans by former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Now, it's enjoying a comeback.
A bitcoin price reprieve can’t erase the company’s contradictions
Beneath the surface of Polish-German alignment within NATO lies an unresolved problem with growing strategic weight: Almost 70 percent of the Polish public believes that Germany has not made amends
The OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of Apri
The chip maker reported a 7 percent rise to $13.6 billion in its latest quarter, more than $1 billion more than Wall Street expected.
Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Paci
As global markets are roiled by geopolitical uncertainty and the energy fallout from war in the Middle East, a tiny speck in Southeast Asia has emerged as an oasis of stability – at least in terms of
Defense tech giant Palantir has tweeted a manifesto that
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is ‘s
The US Department of Energy has announced that it has re
In 2019, Gen. David Berger, the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, issued his Commandant’s Planning Guidance, which announced the service’s force planning initiative to prepare for co
A jury trial that is set to start on Monday could shift the course of the A.I. race, with Mr. Musk seeking billions of dollars in damages from Mr. Altman’s OpenAI.
The post Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant
Allegations of a coup plot first surfaced last year when an Independence Day parade was cancelled.
Aid workers estimate as many as 300,000 people are fleeing advances by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group, which has taken two strategic towns on the approaches to Goma over the past several days.
Mit einem »Gas-Aktionstag« will Fridays for Future bundesweit für strengeren Klimaschutz werben. In Berlin ist ein besonderer Protest geplant – mit Verantwortlichen von Union und SPD im Visier.
Kakde also allegedly clicked her objectionable photographs and threatened her with dire consequences in case she complained against him, the woman told police
Prediction markets like Kalshi show slim chance that the hantavirus outbreak will be of international concern
Tesla removed a timeline for five robotaxi launches in its latest earnings report. It comes as the company spends $25 billion to support AI efforts.
Tim discusses the AI actress named Tilly Norwood that is causing outrage in Hollywood, Greta Thunberg’s Flotilla being stopped by the Israeli Navy, Netanyahu calling influencers a weapon in the war, D
The Western independence movement has gained the most support since the 1980s as deep discontent with Ottawa fans the flames of separation
AIDSO Mysuru District Committee alleges that while the government claims to be building a model education system through its “8 Guarantees” for education, it is simultaneously closing down government
The states most likely to draw America into its next major crisis or war are not unknowns. They are the usual suspects: The same handful of states that have threatened the United States repeatedly
Texas Instruments beat on earnings and revenue and gave upbeat guidance.
Scientists in Germany say they've been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body.
After four years of watching the war in Ukraine, NATO defense decision-makers are finally beginning to pour money into drones. The Iran conflict has drawn further attention to these investments. Th
Shortlisted through the MedTech Innovation Challenge, the startups have been piloting their technologies across 18 government hospitals; the best performers will be awarded cash prizes and a ₹1 crore
OCBC, the second-largest banking group in Southeast Asia, has agreed to acquire HSBC’s retail and wealth management operations in Indonesia through its subsidiary, PT Bank OCBC NISP Tbk, according to