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 Iran Tells Gulf Governments: Your Populations Are Paying the Price for Your Choices

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Gulf governments that their populations are paying the price for choices made in favour of Washington's military campaign, warning that this will continue as long as enemy forces are allowed to operate from their territory. His message, delivered more than a month into the Iran-US war, is designed to create political pressure from Gulf populations as well as...

 IEA Chief Fatih Birol Warns Iran Crisis Could Tip Global Economy Into Recession Without Urgent Action

The global energy crisis triggered by the Iran war could tip the world economy into recession if urgent action is not taken to stabilize supply, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned. Fatih Birol, speaking in Canberra, said the combined oil and gas losses from the conflict were already exceeding those of the crises that caused global recessions in the 1970s. He...

Iran War Tests Whether Shared Enemies Can Sustain an Alliance With Different Goals

The maxim that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" has limits — and the US-Israel campaign against Iran is testing those limits...

Conflict Escalates Beyond Military Lines as Iran Threatens Gulf Energy Infrastructure

The Middle East conflict escalated beyond purely military lines on Wednesday when Iran threatened the Gulf's energy infrastructure on a sweeping scale, following an...

Trump Uses Iran Victory to Settle Scores With NATO in Scathing Post

President Donald Trump used his claimed military victory over Iran on Tuesday to settle scores with NATO, publicly accusing the alliance of abandoning...

Urban Drainage Systems Incorporate Turbidity Sensors for Stormwater Management

Modern smart cities are increasingly integrating turbidity monitoring into their stormwater management systems, driving the global turbidimeter market toward a US$ 2.1 billion valuation...

European Countries Rebuff Trump’s Hormuz Coalition Plan with Diplomatic Counterproposal

Donald Trump's plan for a NATO-backed naval presence at the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively blocked by a broad European refusal, with the...

Trump Calls Iran’s Energy Hub a Target as Global Oil Supplies Face Mounting Threat

Global energy markets were thrown into fresh turmoil on Friday when President Donald Trump announced that US forces had completely destroyed every military facility...

Trump Says Oil Revenue Helps US, But Iran’s Nukes Remain the Priority

President Trump made an unusual economic argument Thursday while simultaneously asserting a firm security priority: the United States benefits financially from higher oil prices...

Trump’s “America First” Agenda Yields $300 Billion Refinery in Texas

President Donald Trump has announced a "historic" $300 billion deal to open a new oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas. This facility, the first of...

Trump Rejects Mojtaba Khamenei’s Leadership Amid “Short-Term” Iran War

President Donald Trump has officially dismissed the legitimacy of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s third Supreme Leader, calling the appointment a "big mistake." During a...

Iran Installs New Supreme Leader Amid Calls for Gulf States to Maintain Unity

Mojtaba Khamenei was installed as Iran's new supreme leader on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic called simultaneously for domestic unity and continued military operations...

“Join Wars After We’ve Won” — Trump’s Barb Stings British Political Circles

The phrase quickly became the most quoted line of the entire episode: the American president's declaration that America did not need "people that join...

Markets in Mourning: The Economic Fallout of the Leadership Crisis in Iran

The death of a Supreme Leader who ruled for nearly forty years has sent shockwaves through an already fragile Iranian economy. While the military...