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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

COLUMN: Burgenstock, Two Contradictory Truths — The USA and Iran Don't Tell the Same Nuclear Story
On the shores of Lake Lucerne, in a luxury Swiss resort perched at 874 metres above sea level, something extraordinary and deeply

INVESTIGATION: The USA-Iran MOU of June 15 — Peace in 60 Days or Back to War by August 17
On June 15, 2026, in a moment that will enter the history books, American president Donald Trump and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian

REPORT: $12.3 Billion in Six Months — Silicon Valley Goes to War to Fund Tomorrow's Armies
The first half of 2026 has written a number into defense industry history that will be debated for years: $12.3 billion in

DECODING: Trump calls green credits a "scam" — the Republican fracture on energy explodes
In public statements relayed by Ground News on June 22, 2026, President Donald Trump called the green tax credits inherited from Biden's