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“Let no one test our resolve”: The US ultimatum to Iran’s partners and the threat of expulsion from the Dollar
New barrage of U.S. sanctions targeting gold, technology, digital resources, aviation and maritime transport is being prepared — Tehran promises Washington a “new defeat”
After the Melania threat, Iranian state TV targets Barron Trump with a $10 million bounty
Iran’s state television (Channel 3) has broadcast a video describing efforts to locate and reach Barron Trump, son of US President Donald Trump, with reference made to a $10 million reward. It is a fresh, direct threat against a member of the US president’s immediate family, coming just weeks after a similar segment targeted US […]
“Women are brainless”: BBC’s revealing report from inside the Taliban’s world
A new BBC investigation exposes daily life inside Taliban-run Afghanistan, from a young woman's divorce plea to a prison chief's past in suicide bombings, as officials defend restrictions on women five years after Taliban's return
Iranian hackers knocked out UK power plant for four days, Telegraph reports
The unprecedented breach in July hit a small-scale facility whose outage did not affect the wider grid. It emerged alongside separate cyberattacks on US water infrastructure, which have also drawn concern from the White House
Turkey and Israel’s rivalry raises fears of a dangerous miscalculation in Syria
Israel's bombing of a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border signals its refusal to tolerate Ankara's military presence in Syria, as tension between the two US allies deepens over air defence, energy corridors and influence
Canada-US trade talks collapse as Ottawa announces retaliatory tariffs
Ottawa will target American steel, dairy, appliances and paper products from 8 September, while Washington's trade representative says talks are unlikely to resume soon, casting fresh doubt over the future of the wider USMCA agreement
Secret tanker crossings are keeping oil prices from soaring through the Strait of Hormuz
Satellite imagery shows dozens of tankers switching off transponders daily as producers reroute supply through pipelines and reserves, while Washington shifts to sustained pressure on Iran, pushing crude toward $100 amid Gulf attacks this week
