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August 1, 2026, 11:08 AM - 2 min read
"They do lie, and they do misrepresent. They always want to talk, but they break their word so often."
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July 30, 2026, 12:30 PM - 8 min read
The most effective way to reduce the proliferation risk of the deal is prohibiting indigenous Saudi uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing. Should the US allow enrichment, implementing a black box facility and stringent IAEA safeguards would mitigate any risk of Riyadh gaining expertise for a future nuclear weapons program.
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July 27, 2026, 08:58 AM - 2 min read
The United States military halted its attacks against Iran, leading Tehran to stop its retaliatory measures in the region.
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July 22, 2026, 06:27 PM - 7 min read
Trump promised to end America’s forever wars. Ironically, his presidency may instead come to symbolise the evolution of a new kind of forever war without a clearly defined beginning or end. The greatest danger may therefore not be another Iraq. It may be the gradual normalisation of an enduring conflict that repeatedly disappears from the headlines, only to return in new forms because the political conditions necessary for genuine peace have yet to emerge.
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July 18, 2026, 01:39 PM - 2 min read
Prices have come under pressure amid rising crude oil prices, a strengthening US dollar against the domestic currency, and higher-yielding US Treasury bonds weighing on the safe-haven metal.
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July 2, 2026, 08:55 AM - 2 min read
Tehran has reportedly said that it will establish a communication channel with Washington to report and discuss breaches of the MoU. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said they held back-to-back meetings with mediators Qatar and Pakistan.
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June 24, 2026, 09:23 AM - 5 min read
In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed Iran was in a weakened position and ready to make major concessions when the Senate moved ahead with what he described as a "poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act vote."
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June 23, 2026, 04:52 PM - 2 min read
France's CAC 40 dipped 1.0 per cent in early trading to 8,313.86, while the German DAX fell 1.6 per cent to 24,746.63. Britain's FTSE 100 declined 0.6 per cent to 10,379.26.
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June 22, 2026, 08:43 AM - 2 min read
While both sides announced significant progress made in the peace talks, mediators Pakistan and Qatar said Iran has taken “encouraging steps” on the first day of high-level negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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June 18, 2026, 05:09 PM - 6 min read
This deal is undoubtedly better than open war. It has reduced the immediate risk of a major conflict and may bring some short-term stability to oil prices. It also provides diplomats with valuable time to work on more difficult issues. However, calling it “peace” is misleading and raises false hopes among people who have already suffered too much.
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June 16, 2026, 04:10 PM - 7 min read
The current 60-day deferral is not a resolution. It is the same unsolved problem with a clock attached. The Strait is open, the oil is flowing, and the question the war was fought over sits exactly where it began. Thousands of lives were lost to arrive back to square one. Nobody has won, though both sides will say they did.
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June 15, 2026, 04:29 PM - 4 min read
The May WPI-based inflation is the highest in the current series with a base year of 2022-23.
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