Middle East tensions between Iran and Israel deepen energy crisis, reshape world market outlook
Analysts say the significance of the crisis lies not only in short-term market volatility but also in the possibility that sustained energy shocks could reshape inflation expectations, interest-rate outlooks and global asset pricing.
Analysts say it is unlikely US and Israel will accede to Iran’s preconditions for ending war
The demand for reparations is highly unrealistic, as it would require the United States and Israel to admit war guilt, said political analyst from Gaza Mustafa Ibrahim. Ibrahim believes asking for reparations appears more like “a political bargaining position” to strengthen Iran’s negotiating leverage, rather than a condition that could “realistically be implemented in the near term.”
It’s coming home: FBI puts California in US on high alert over imminent Iranian drone attacks
The FBI’s warning did not specify how or when vessels carrying attack drones could get close enough to the US mainland. The warning came just as the Trump administration launched its assault against Iran, the report added.
Puzzle of new Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei delivering first address to the nation ‘in a coma’
Days after Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei took over from his dead father, and suffering from injuries sustained in a US strike, he released his first message of vengeance for his war-ravaged homeland. According a British newspaper, the Daily Mirror, “Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is said to be fighting for...
End-game Why US is developing cold in war with Iran as Israel pummels unbending Middle East nation
Although the United States and Israel killed then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the first round of attacks on Tehran, the Iranian political system did not undergo a fundamental shake-up. Iran quickly elected Mojtaba Khamenei, who holds a more staunchly anti-US and anti-Israel stance, as the new supreme leader.
US grapples with ‘massive epidemic of vaccine injury’, experts want childhood vaccine schedule ‘eliminated’
The event’s strong showing signals that “the medical coercion paradigm that enforces mass vaccination is falling apart,” she said. “Whether the powers that be recognise it or not, we thankfully are coming to the end of the era of forced medicine.”
Beyond falling bombs and lives gone silent: Hidden toll of war in Middle East as US, Israel and Iran trade fire
For 35-year-old Turkish sports coach Cem Demirok, the numbers on the scale have lost their significance. These days, it’s the explosive weight of the missiles Israel and Iran keep unveiling that occupy his thoughts. The deadly clash between the United States, Israel and Iran, which erupted at the end of...
How can we infect humans with a bat coronavirus? New evidence suggests Covid was a pre-conceived ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Researchers proposed modifying viral spike proteins – the part that latches onto host cells – to test whether bat viruses could bind more tightly to human receptors. They also explored changes to the viruses’ cleavage sites, molecular switches that allow them to unlock and enter cells more efficiently.
US gives nod to sale of 12,000 bombs to Israel as war with Iran sucks in more Middle East states
The United States and Israel launched massive attacks on Iran on February 28, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, multiple senior military commanders and hundreds of civilians. Iran has responded with multiple waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and US assets across the region.
Group of Seven nations considers release of reserves as oil prices soar highest since 2022 at more than $119 a barrel on Iran war
Monday’s prices compare with all-time highs of around $147 a barrel for the contracts in 2008, according to LSEG data going back to the 1980s. The premium of front-month loading Brent contracts over contracts for delivery in six months’ time surged to an all-time high on Monday of almost $36, according to LSEG data going back to 2004.
