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TESTIMONY: The CRINK axis watches Iran capitulate — and draws its own survival lessons
Here is an uncomfortable truth that the Burgenstock negotiators appear to have underestimated: while Washington and Tehran were signing their 60-day memorandum,
OPEN LETTER: Pakistan and Qatar, you averted a world war — here is why it matters
On June 21, 2026, at Burgenstock, in Switzerland, two nations that Western chancelleries rarely rank among the great powers accomplished something extraordinary:
FACT-CHECK: OPEC+ adds 188,000 bpd in July — oil market oversupply verified
On June 25, 2026, the OPEC+ organization voted to increase its production by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July — confirming
ESSAY: Gaza, the tunnels and Hamas disarmament — when peace demands the impossible
On June 17, 2026, envoy Nikolay Mladenov, appointed by the Trump administration to head the "Peace Council," submitted to Gaza a 15-point
NARRATIVE: Iranian oil returns, Moscow loses 20 percent of its revenues in one week
In a single week of June 2026, the return of Iranian oil to world markets set off a shock wave that Moscow
PROFILE: Pezeshkian, the man who says no to Washington on enriched uranium
On June 22, 2026, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian uttered words that chilled diplomats around the world: Iran will "never back down" on
COMMENTARY: Vance to Israel — "Wake Up, Trump Is Your Only Ally — Don't Torpedo Him"
On June 18, 2026, U.S. Vice President JD Vance crossed a line that few American leaders had ever dared cross so explicitly:
OPINION: Lebanon — The Ceasefire Is Barely Holding Eight Days After It Was Signed
On June 19, 2026, Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire in Lebanon. That is the official date. But to understand the fragility
EDITORIAL: Hormuz Reopens, Brent Falls to $73 — But Oil Normalization Will Take Months
Twenty percent of global oil transits through a passage just 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest: the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran