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INVESTIGATION: The IMO gets sidelined as Hormuz maritime law moves on without it
On July 28, 2026 , an International Maritime Organization spokesperson told Reuters : "Any proposal for new shipping routes or traffic management measures should…
ANALYSIS: The US Navy piles into the Gulf as France pulls its carrier home
CENTCOM confirmed, on July 21 , 2026, the simultaneous deployment of three US aircraft carriers — the USS Abraham Lincoln , the USS Gerald…
DECODING: In Lebanon, strikes continue and the truce becomes a useful fiction
An ambulance hit in Nabatieh on July 23, 2026 , two medical staff members wounded, a health minister calling it "a flagrant violation of…
REPORT: Seventeen wounded in Gaza the same day a ceasefire is invoked
Nine wounded in Nuseirat , three in Deir al-Balah, five west of Khan Younis: seventeen Palestinians hit by Israeli artillery and gunfire on July…
ANALYSIS: Israel approves an international stabilization force for Gaza
Two hundred soldiers, two countries, a legal framework approved on July 26, 2026 : that, in its concrete dimensions, is the first step of…
FACT CHECK: Every casualty count in this war comes from an interested party
Between 3,468 and more than 9,676 dead: that is the spread revealed by a simple review of the published casualty tallies for the Iran-US-Israel…
DECODING: Trump wants shipowners paid with Iran's frozen billions
One hundred billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets: that is the sum Donald Trump proposed using to reimburse shipowners hit by the blockade of…
FACT CHECK: What the IAEA can still verify in Iran, and what it no longer sees
The International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted "no verification activity on the ground" in Iran since the American and Israeli strikes, according to Rosemary…
ANALYSIS: Pickaxe Mountain, where Trump and Netanyahu read different reports
"Why couldn't you just tell me? Why did you have to tell the whole world?" Donald Trump reportedly asked Benjamin Netanyahu during their White…