A fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran—hailed just days ago as a step back from the brink—has quickly become a test of global order. What is emerging instead is a three-front diplomatic rupture: over Lebanon, over control of the Strait of Hormuz, and over the future of transatlantic
In the final hours before a deadline that threatened to tip the Middle East into a far wider war, the United States stepped back. A two-week ceasefire with Iran was announced just before midnight, halting what had been building toward a potentially catastrophic escalation. In Washington, the move was cast
As the war between Iran and a U.S.-Israel alliance enters a decisive phase, a single moment now anchors the trajectory of the conflict: Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (00:00 GMT). What happens—or fails to happen—by that deadline could determine whether the region steps back from the brink or accelerates
The race to build artificial intelligence is no longer just a technological competition. It has become one of the largest financial engineering exercises in modern history, reshaping how capital is raised, risk is priced, and infrastructure is funded at a global scale. At the center of this transformation is a
The war unfolding across the Gulf is no longer just a contest over territory or oil. It is a confrontation over the infrastructure that powers the modern world. Beneath the headlines of airstrikes and naval maneuvers, a deeper shift is underway. The global race for artificial intelligence is being rerouted
The world’s most important economic arteries are narrowing—and fast. At the center is the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, where President Donald Trump has embraced a strategy that goes far beyond conventional warfare. It is a strategy built on choke points, strategic geographic and economic bottlenecks that
The world is watching the Strait of Hormuz for oil. It may soon realize it should have been watching it for food. As tensions escalate between the United States, Israel, and Iran, the narrow maritime corridor—long viewed as the world’s most critical energy chokepoint—is emerging as something more consequential: a
WASHINGTON — A little-known federal panel with the power to override the United States’ most powerful environmental law has been revived for the first time in decades—and its decision could determine the fate of one of the rarest species on Earth. This week, under the Donald Trump administration, the Endangered
WASHINGTON — The global energy system, already strained by escalating conflict in the Middle East, is now colliding with a political rupture among Western allies that could redefine the rules of cooperation in times of crisis. In a series of extraordinary posts on Truth Social, Donald Trump urged countries facing
The global race to finance climate resilience took a decisive turn this week as the Green Climate Fund approved $440 million for a new wave of projects across Africa—an investment that signals both urgency and momentum in the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions. Announced following the Fund’s latest board meeting, the
